How to Stay Lovers for Life: Discover a Marriage Counselor's Tricks of the Trade

By Sharyn Wolf

Book Overview

Surviving in any long-term relationship requires careful strategy and a strong dose of playfulnessEvery relationship has its ups and downs, the moments when someone says, "I'm so in love I can't imagine being single", and the moments when they wonder, "Who is this alien beside me?" But the good news is that the excitement and romance a couple knew at the beginning can be restored and sustained.Based on the stone model of guerrilla survival skills that made her book Guerrilla Dating Tactics such a success, Sharyn Wolf takes the same playful, humorous approach to solving relationship problems -- from the lingering dirty socks in the bedroom to the bigger issues like children, housework, sex, and communication.In this step-by-step guide to diagnosing and treating your relationship problems, hundreds of simple strategies are provided to get your relationship back on track. Some sample Mating Tactics: -- After a fight, make it up to your partner by doing a household task she/he hates to do-- Chart your positive and negative times together -- and see the patterns that develop-- Draw a family tree with your partner so you can recognize the impact of your past on your presentReplete with colorful, real-life stories of couples who made it through the trenches together, How to Stay Lovers for Life offers hundreds of quick, easy, and fun things couples can do to keep their love alive and their relationship flourishing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452278031
• ISBN13: 9780452278035
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Plume
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.9" x 0.8" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

great

This book is extremely practical in every area. Tha main focus of the book is how to fight fair and how to love to the extreme.One of the best things about it is that you can pick it up and put it down at any time and not feel as if you have lost out. Every page is packed with advice, humor and life stories. it should appeal to every type of reader.

Staying Lovers

I nearly lost a 10 year relationship due to my stubborness and ignorance. A friend gave me this book and The RoMANtic's Guide and I got a good understanding on how to have a happy relationship.

I loved this book

I lost a relationship to constant bickering. That will never happen again. There are so many tips, so much humor, and so much hope in this book that I know my relationships are safe from now on. If you love your partner and you want to keep her, get this book.

This book helped save my relationship

How to Stay Lovers for Life is filled with good advice, and helped me to not give up on my relationship after the "honyemoon" ended. Sharyn Wolf writes with humor about serious subjects, so it is fun to read.