How to Know If It's Time to Go: A 10-Step Reality Test for Your Marriage by Birnbach, Lawrence

Can your marriage be saved? Or is it time to go? It's the question that haunts millions of people: "Should I divorce?" How to Know If It's Time to Go will help you find the best answer to that question. It provides ten steps to help you examine how serious the problems are in your marriage, what you might try to do to improve it, and, if that's not possible, whether it's time to get serious about divorce. You'll be asked to evaluate important aspects of your marriage including the effect it's having on your children's behavior and self-esteem, the level of your happiness, and the quality of your intimacy, as well as all the issues that frighten you about divorce from financial repercussions to losing friends and family. This unique guide presents the best research and personal examples about divorce drawn from the authors' twenty-five years of counseling individuals and couples, as well as scores of interviews conducted for the book. Whether you decide to stay and try to work it out or to go, this book will help you formulate a step-by-step, concrete plan for action. This book also includes The Marriage Bill of Rights, which is a unique list of ten basic rights that married people should expect from their spouses, and The Marriage Test, a powerful 100-question test that enables couples to evaluate the state of their relationship.