Summary of Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married by Gary Chapman

People spend so much time planning their wedding when they should be planning their marriage! Learn important tips that other couples got from experience.Dr Chapman has been counseling couples for 35 years which has given him a lot of experience to talk about how to properly manage a relationship. Through his own personal experience and his clients, he managed to write a book that tells you everything you need to know to have a successful marriage. It's best suited for people who are planning to get married or are within their first steps as a married couple. There is a lot to dig in on this topic and Dr Chapman makes it an extremely entertaining journey!
"People do not get married planning to divorce. Divorce is the result of a lack of preparation for marriage and the failure to learn the skills of working together as teammates in an intimate relationship." - Gary Chapman

Dr Chapman condensed all of the knowledge compiled in his thirty-five years of experience into 12 things you should know about being in a marital relationship. Learning from people that already went through the things you are about to experience is a really effective way to succeed! And that's the entire point of this book, to provide knowledge you might get at some point through experience but by then, you would have struggled a lot and learned the hard way when there is no need to do that.

Gary Chapman is here to give little pearls of wisdom to anyone who is committed enough to work for their relationship.