I'm 20 (despite my age saying 19...i got my year of birthdate wrong..) and my boyfriend is 23. we've been going out for about a year now and have begun talking about engagement (very casually). we wouldnt get married until i have finished uni, because we know it wouldnt work with only one of us working, so we have atleast 2 years up our sleeves, but we want to do some 'research' on it. as in reading books and talking to people, and i was just wondering if any of you knew good books to read before getting engaged/married. We love each other very much and would love to marry each other, but we also dont want to do something on the spur of the moment without thinking about it and regret it in 5 or 6 years time or something. so any suggestions would be great.thanks
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there's no book or course to get you ready for married life.it will never be as another says.2 individual people make the marriage unique.I think time is everything.Love eachother for what you have right now,relax and get rushing into anything out of your heads.i think the longer people are together getting to know eachother the better their long term life together will be. Forgot to say best wishes!!!!!!
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- Boundaries Before Marriage (Cloud and Townsend)
- Fit To Be Tied (Hybels)
- Five Love Languages (Chapman)
- Adventures in Holy Matrimony (this one's a maybe - it looks good, but I've only read a sample chapter... I posted a link to it in another thread)
- Personality Plus (Littauer)
These will help you look at your relationship and work out what its good and bad points are... and hopefully give you some ideas and skills for making it better. The last one is good for helping us understand those with different personality types... very useful in marriage, trust me
- Fit To Be Tied (Hybels)
- Five Love Languages (Chapman)
- Adventures in Holy Matrimony (this one's a maybe - it looks good, but I've only read a sample chapter... I posted a link to it in another thread)
- Personality Plus (Littauer)
These will help you look at your relationship and work out what its good and bad points are... and hopefully give you some ideas and skills for making it better. The last one is good for helping us understand those with different personality types... very useful in marriage, trust me
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