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Ellen Fein. The Rules for Marriage
Contents
Foreword
Rule 1. Relax during the Engagement and Wedding
Rule 2. Continue to Be ‘a Creature Unlike Any Other’
Rule 3. Keep Your Own Life
Rule 4. Lower Your Expectations in the First Year
Rule 5. Be a Team
Rule 6. Accept that Some Things Are None of Your Business
Rule 7. Let Him Win
Rule 8. Be Supportive
Rule 9. Don’t Ask Your Single Friends for Marital Advice
Rule 10. Try Not to Call Him Too Much at Work
Rule 11. Don’t Expect a Lot of Sympathy from Him
Rule 12. Give Him 15 Minutes Alone When He Comes Home
Rule 13. Don’t Use the ‘D’ Word
Rule 14. Don’t Engage – and Other Rules for Rows
Rule 15. Say What You Mean in the Nicest Possible Way
Rule 16. To Compare Is to Despair – Don’t Compare Him to Other Husbands
Rule 17. Have a Family Dinner at Least Once a Week
Rule 18. Have a ‘Date’ Night
Rule 19. Don’t Force Him to ‘Talk’
Rule 20. Don’t Hang on His Every Word
Rule 21. Do Things You Don’t Want to Do
Rule 22. Rarely Return His Gifts
Rule 23. He Can Say Anything about His Family – But You Can’t
Rule 24. Don’t Try to Do It All
Rule 25. Rules for Sex
Rule 26. Rules for Pregnancy
Rule 27. Listen to His Advice and Try to Appreciate It
Rule 28. Make Him Feel Like He’s the Most Important Person in Your Life
Rule 29. Don’t Nag
Rule 30. Don’t Complain about the Kids
Rule 31. Keep It to Yourself
Rule 32. Don’t Expect Applause for Doing Chores
Rule 33. Don’t Shout
Rule 34. Don’t Find Fault with Things You Knew about When You Married Him
Rule 35. It’s Easier to Stay Married than Get Married
Rule 36. Don’t Be Surprised If Your Husband Lies
Rule 37. Don’t Go Changing or Trying Too Hard
Rule 38. Realize that Your Marriage Is Over If He Cheats Even Once
Rule 39. Don’t Think Marriage Guidance Is the Answer
Rule 40. Divorce with Dignity
Rule 41. Date Again as Soon as Poss
Rule 42. Listen to What Men Say
Rule 43. Rules for Second Marriages
More Rules from HappilyMarried Women
Final Thoughts from aRules Facilitator
Fifteen Extra Hints
Also by the Author
Copyright
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