Marriage Help Books. Do They Work?

Question

My husband and I are going through a real hard time at the moment.

Our problems are I am sure not out of the ordinary, however I am really starting to worry about our future.
We have lost a lot of our closeness, he doesn't listen to me and we do not deal with problems together like we used to.
Our relationship was really strong and I hate to think that if our marriage problems get worse we may end up another divorce statistic.
A friend has suggest I read a marriage help book and see if I get any ideas from it.
Has anyone used marriage help books with any success, and what other help could I look at?
I don't want to go down the route of counseling yet if I can help it.

Thanks for listening.

Answer 1

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Hi There,

How serious have your problems got?

Are they so bad you feel your marriage might be in real trouble?, and will your husband sit down at all and discuss things?

As far as marriage help books go there are some very good ones out there, and one great thing with using the internet to get them, is that you can often have the books instantly rather than having to wait on the post.

I would look at the website in the resource box (http://www.worldofdad.com/marriage-help) as they have a good looking option for you.

Once you have read something, try and use what you have learnt and see how that goes.

If all else fails do not give up, but at that point maybe it is worth seeing a pro.

I would definatly try talking, or using an online resource first.

Best of Luck

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http://www.worldofdad.com/marriage-help

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Asker's Comment:

Thanks Michael. Gonna give it a read now. Nothing to lose and everything to gain etc!

Answer 2

Dr. Laura has some good books out there check them out.

Answer 3

The first marriage-help book you should read is...find the source of the problem.

If you're not the problem, then it's useless to read a dozen books.

To heal the wound you've got to medicate the wounded part, so...
Wish you a lot of luck and loving.

Answer 4

it is very effective if u will read it HONESTLY.
good luck dear

Answer 5

No matter what course of action you deside to take. It will not work unless both parties want it to work. You have to be able to sit down and talk about your problems with out anger or malis. Onece either of these show up it is lost to the other. You stop listing and actualy hearing and understanding what the other is saying. You automaticly go to the defensive and all is lost form there. You have to remain calm , cool and collected to resolve any problem. Counseling is your best bet, they are trained to teach you how to solve problem and all the pilt fall that go with it. I hope this is of some help to you and are able to work things out. First of all you both have to want things to work out. Good Luck.

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Father, Grand Father, Great Grand Father.

Answer 6

How good can it be if you're the only one that reads it? You can put all the efforts in the world to fix your marriage but if your husband is unwilling to admit something is wrong and and that he needs to work on it........it's lost ahead of time.