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For Better or for Best

A Valuable Guide to Knowing, Understanding, and Loving your Husband

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For Better or for Best

By: Dr. Gary Smalley
Narrated by: Maurice England
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Crack the code on what motivates your man and how you can build a better marriage together!

So you want your husband to:

  • Be sensitive to your emotional and romantic needs?
  • Comfort you when you're down?
  • Spend more time with you?
  • Listen to what you have to say?
  • Appreciate you?
  • Do more around the house?
  • Spend time with the kids?
  • Be your most intimate friend?

In this revised and updated edition of his classic best seller, Gary Smalley explains how women can use their natural, God-given qualities to build a better marriage. He helps women understand not only the way men think, but also how to move a man's heart.

Using the latest research, stories from his own marriage, and case histories and biblical examples, Gary Smalley offers an insider's perspective into the world of men, including practical help and application so wives can deepen their relationships with their husbands and build a lasting marriage.

Companion to If Only He Knew. Spanish edition also available.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

Download the accompanying reference guide.©2012 Gary Smalley (P)2012 Zondervan Christian Living Christianity Marriage & Long-Term Partnerships Marriage & Relationships Ministry & Evangelism Relationships Spiritual Growth Women's Christian Living
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really appreciate the information to help me bea better mate. seems so basic yet I need regular review and listen to this at least once a year!

great information

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I don't think I would recommen this book to anyone. It had some good points but it was very hard to stay focused and flow along. sometimes it was hard to relate and I oten thought that the situations of married couple were a little exaggerated.

for better or for best

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I can't imagine that this would be a helpful book for wives. I have been married for 30 years and Gary Smalley's work transformed our marriage early on. His concept of honoring your wife really hit home with me. The companion book for this to husband is pretty good but this book is not.

one of his worst

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I feel this book would be useful to many couples out there, but I personally did not relate to the majority of examples given for marriages and husbands.

This book would help women who have unengaged husbands. Whether it be because of career, sports, escapism, or just plain clueless and selfish behaviors, this is the book for you. This book would also be good for women who feel their husbands ignore them.

My husband is very mature, highly respectful, and highly engaged, but I still feel we struggle to know how to share and communicate. I will keep looking for that advice I guess.

I had a hard time relating to most examples.

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