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    101 Tips for Marrying the Right Person: Helping Singles Find Each Other, Contemplate Marriage, and Say I Do
    101 Tips for Marrying the Right Person: Helping Singles Find Each Other, Contemplate Marriage, and Say I Do
    101 Tips for Marrying the Right Person: Helping Singles Find Each Other, Contemplate Marriage, and Say I Do
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    101 Tips for Marrying the Right Person: Helping Singles Find Each Other, Contemplate Marriage, and Say I Do

    By Jennifer Roback Morse and Betsy Kerekes

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    Are you confused about how to find your true love? Do you want to work on a current dating relationship, preparing it for engagement and marriage? 

    Packed into 101 bite-sized suggestions, 101 Tips for Marrying the Right Person is the help you need to approach dating with confidence and joy, while at the same time helping you become the best, most marriage-ready version of yourself. Jennifer Roback Morse and Betsy Kerekes offer inspiration and advice for all stages of your relationship. With research conducted by the Ruth Institute and almost fifty years of marriage experience between them, authors Jennifer Roback Morse and Betsy Kerekes have compiled their best tips to inspire and support Catholic singles during all stages of dating and engagement. The life-changing ideas in 101 Tips for Marrying the Right Person offer short, practical suggestions that will help you find a mate and build a strong relationship. You’ll find advice for meeting other Catholic singles, questions to ask yourself before getting too serious, and topics to talk about before engagement. Tips include:
    • When you’re on the first date, or once you’re in a relationship, see the other person for who they are. Avoid thinking you can change him or her; only God can do that.
    • Don’t expect your significant other to be perfect when you know that you are not.
    • If you’re interested in someone who isn’t Catholic, have an open discussion about how you each expect faith to impact your relationship and potential marriage.
    Morse and Kerekes clearly articulate the challenges that face single Catholics today. The hook-up and cohabitation culture is prevalent in our society and in the media, making the temptation to succumb strong. The authors want you to know that you aren’t weak for being interested in these options, but you are strong enough to resist them. You can combat these challenges by recognizing single life and dating as ideal times to discern your own call to the vocation of marriage as well as your dating relationship’s readiness for the sacrament.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAve Maria Press
    Release dateOct 10, 2016
    ISBN9781594716720
    101 Tips for Marrying the Right Person: Helping Singles Find Each Other, Contemplate Marriage, and Say I Do
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    Jennifer Roback Morse

    Jennifer Roback Morse, a renowned marriage and family scholar, is the founder and president of the Ruth Institute. She is the author of three books and the coauthor of 101 Tips for a Happier Marriage. Her numerous academic and public-policy articles have appeared in such publications as the Journal of Economic History, Forbes, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, and National Review online. She has spoken around the globe on marriage, family, and human sexuality, and her work has been translated into several languages. Morse earned her doctorate at the University of Rochester and taught economics at Yale and George Mason Universities. She and her husband live in Louisiana, and they have two grown children.

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      101 Tips for Marrying the Right Person - Jennifer Roback Morse

      "The most important part of marriage preparation begins long before the engagement. In 101 Tips for Marrying the Right Person, Jennifer Roback Morse and Betsy Kerekes offer simple, straightforward, and sage advice on how to discern marriage with courage and conviction. If you want to build a lasting love, give your relationship a rock-solid foundation, and avoid the heartache of divorce, read these 101 tips!"

      Jason Evert

      Catholic speaker, author, and creator of The Chastity Project

      Finding a spouse is harder than ever in today’s world. This book is full of succinct and practical tips to help navigate the challenging waters of dating. They address a wide variety of questions with answers that are insightful, relevant, and to the point.

      Anastasia Northrop

      Founder and director of the National Catholic Singles Conference

      Part reality check, part tip sheet, this page-turner will prepare your mind, heart, and soul for the most important decision you will ever make, and help you get it right the first time.

      Tom Allen

      Partner in Allied Faith and Family

      The dynamic duo of Kerekes and Morse have done it again. Engaged couples (and those seriously pondering marriage) finally have a discernment guide that is non-moralizing, non-churchy, and non-boring. The wisdom and good humor in this gem of a book should be required reading for Engaged Encounters and seminaries across the country. They hit all the right notes and ask all the right questions about the high adventure known as marriage.

      Patrick Coffin

      Catholic author, radio host, and podcaster

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      © 2016 by Jennifer Roback Morse and Betsy Kerekes

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever, except in the case of reprints in the context of reviews, without written permission from Ave Maria Press®, Inc., P.O. Box 428, Notre Dame, IN 46556, 1-800-282-1865.

      Founded in 1865, Ave Maria Press is a ministry of the United States Province of Holy Cross.

      www.avemariapress.com

      Paperback: ISBN-13 978-1-59471-671-3

      E-book: ISBN-13 978-1-59471-672-0

      Cover design by David Scholtes.

      Text design by Brian C. Conley.

      Printed and bound in the United States of America.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Morse, Jennifer Roback, 1953- author.

      Title: 101 tips for marrying the right person : helping singles find each

      other, contemplate marriage, and say I do / Jennifer Roback Morse and

      Betsy Kerekes.

      Other titles: One hundred one tips for marrying the right person | One

      hundred and one tips for marrying the right person

      Description: Notre Dame, IN : Ave Maria Press, 2016. | Includes

      bibliographical references.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2016026423 (print) | LCCN 2016034166 (ebook) | ISBN

      1594716714 (pbk.) | ISBN 1594716722 ()

      Subjects: LCSH: Marriage--Religious aspects--Catholic Church. | Mate

      selection--Religious aspects--Catholic Church. | Dating (Social

      customs)--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

      Classification: LCC BX2250 .M675 2016 (print) | LCC BX2250 (ebook) | DDC

      241/.6765--dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016026423

      Contents

      A Special Note to Older People Buying This Book for a Young Friend

      Introduction

      1–8 The Search Is On: Being Both Optimistic and Realistic

      9–17 Best Practices: What to Do

      18–35 Potential Pitfalls: What Not to Do

      36–56 Earnest Questions: Ask Yourself These before You Get Too Serious

      57–63 Red Flags: Aspects to Carefully Consider

      64–74 Expectations: What to Discuss before Saying I Do

      75–85 Cohabiting: Should You?

      86–92 Cohabiting: Are You?

      93–96 Perfect Timing: If This Is the One, Is Now the Time?

      97–101 Marriage Planning: Focus on the Marriage, Not the Wedding

      References and Additional Reading

      A Special Note to Older People Buying This Book

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