I’m on my second marriage, a marriage that I hope ends with the happily ever after. To say that we have the perfect marriage would be a lie. To say that I adore my husband every single day, every minute of the day well… that would be a lie, too. We have our ups and downs like any marriage. In my first marriage that ended in divorce I can honestly say that had I read this book before hand who knows how our marriage would of turned out. Maybe things could of been different. Project Happily Ever After Saving your marriage when the fairytale falters Book is for those of you who are struggling to stay in your marriage. Living in a house with someone who you used to love, that you thought loved you, but for some reason you feel like strangers. Two people who just can’t seem to be on the same page or find common ground to meet in the middle. I am no stranger to fights and arguments with a spouse. I know it’s not easy but what can be easy is reading this book and making an effort to find your way back to each other, work at a relationship and to hopefully make your way back to being in a secure, loving relationship.
In Project: Happily Ever After Alisa Bowman bravely tells the the story of how she went from wishing her husband dead to renewing her wedding vows. her four-month project was a last ditch effort to save a marriage that many –her friends, her colleagues and even her own mother–had written off as hopeless.
It’s a fearlessly honest account of all the topics that unhappily married people and the counselors who try to help them are too scared and guilt-ridden to discuss. From dry spells to bikini waxes, romance instruction manuals to second honeymoons, the silent treatment to power struggles. Bowman goes were many marriage improvement experts have feared to tread.
Roughly 72% of married women have considered divorce, but stay in a marriage regardless. So know that your not alone. Most marriages start experiencing trouble around the birth of a child or after 7 years of marriage, and midlife crisis years.
Bowman read 12 marital improvement books to get her marriage on the road to recovery. She share’s 10 steps that you can do to help heal your relationship and find your way back to a more loving relationship and maybe even on a road to renewing your vows.
Bowman started www.projectHappilyeverAfter.com in October 2008 to connect with other couples who also had trouble in their relationship and to chronicle her project. She was voted among the top 10 best Marriage blogs in 2009 and 2010 and gets over 50,000 visitors each month.
Thoughts: You’ll find your self crying, laughing and even being able to relate to situations that are described in the book. I love when she talks about situations that her and her husband went through as well as what they did to heal. Sometimes we are blind to so many things until simple exercises open our eyes. From holding grudges, rehashing old wounds, giving each other the silent treatment, and even treads on the topic of sexual fulfillment, Alisa covers many topics that couples go through, including her husband losing his job. I love that the book tells it like it is and there’s no sugar coating the actual things that happen in marriages gone bad. It’s a refreshing reality view of how bad relationships and marriage can be revitalized and have two people working together again a loving relationship.
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I’ve been married for 7 years and this sounds like a good book for any married person to have on hand, so it would be for me.