First Year Marriage

Do you feel overwhelmed and completely unprepared for marriage? Are you worried about failing in your marriage, second-guessing your decision to even get married, or considering a divorce? Here's how to adjust to married life, build a strong foundation, and survive your first year of marriage - EVEN if you don’t know where to start.

In 2009, 22-year-old Joseph Fink, newly arrived to New York City from the West Coast, was juggling odd jobs to pay the rent and volunteering with a theater company in the East Village so he could snag free tickets to their shows. Meg Bashwiner, a 22-year-old aspiring performer and playwright, was living with her parents in New Jersey, working a desk job and commuting to her internship with that same East Village theater company.

At age 34 Jo Piazza got her romantic-comedy ending when she met the man of her dreams on a boat in the Galápagos Islands and was engaged three months later. But before long Jo found herself riddled with questions. How do you make a marriage work in a world where you no longer need to be married? How does an independent, strong-willed feminist become someone's partner - all the time?

The first five years of marriage is full of ups and downs, and we would like to share with the millennials and the rest of the world what it takes to have a happy marriage. Every married couple is not happy, and it takes a lot of work to have a healthy relationship and a successful marriage. Please take a little time out of your busy schedules to invest in your love life! We hope that our experience helps you on your journey to find happiness and true love.

Are you about to embark on the most exciting journey of your life called marriage? Or maybe you've already said, "I do," and now you're navigating through the first year together? Either way, marriage can be both thrilling and daunting, especially in the beginning. That's why you need a guide, and How to Have a Successful Marriage: 20 Rules for the First Year of Your Marriage, by Dean Talib, is the roadmap you've been searching for!

We all know marriage is hard work; it's not easy to have long-lasting years of marriage. This book is a guide to help you understand marriage better, especially if you are newlywed. The first two years of marriage are always the hardest. Believe it or not, most marriages fall apart in the first year or two. That's why it's important to learn about marriage, and this book will show you how to survive the first year of marriage.

Are you feeling alone or embarrassed to ask questions as you date and plan to marry? Do you wish your wedding gifts included a how to manual? Want help to co-create a successful marriage? Let the Marriage Begin!: A Practical Guide to Getting Married and Surviving Your First Year is your how-to manual to help you understand the phases people do not realize exist in dating, planning the wedding, the honeymoon, and the first year.