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Marriage is a fantasy, being a couple is reality.
Marriage is a fantasy, being a couple is reality.
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Book Introduction
A couples counselor meets with countless couples, listens to their stories, and realizes
― A story about a wise married life


They say that couples are a match made in heaven.
It means a relationship made in heaven.
However, when conflict arises between a couple, the relationship that was meant to be between them becomes mortal enemies.
Why does this situation occur?

They met happily and met for happiness, but do some couples live happily ever after, while others live miserably? And do they end up in ruin? Does a wise marriage even exist? Why does the fantasy of marriage vanish in the face of the reality of marriage?

They say that only the couple knows their circumstances.
However, when couples counselors are in the counseling field, they hear their inner stories quite a bit more than others.
That doesn't mean I can say I know a lot about couples or marriage.
However, through this book, I hope to find solutions for a happy married life by sharing their stories.
It provides a wise way to maintain happiness in marriage by explaining the process of becoming a couple, the path to living as a couple, the process of a couple's relationship dissolving, and the path to becoming a mature couple.
The author, Director Gong Jin-su, is a couples counselor with over ten years of experience counseling couples on issues that arise between them.
This book is a guide to happiness that the author has learned and realized through meeting countless couples, and it provides preventative measures rather than treatment.

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The process of becoming a couple

A Miracle Among Miracles | Marriage Chosen by Desire | Marital Problems with Reason | The Moment When Ideals Collapse | The End of a Marriage of Ideals | Who is the Source of Happiness? | Things I Learned After Marriage

When Things Get Wrong | What Conflicted Couples Have in Common | Do I Really Have to Tell Them? | What Are My Language Patterns? | Couples' Three-Way Communication | How Many Times Do We Talk a Week? | Between Description and Interpretation | Misleading Double Messages

Danger Signs: Sexlessness | The Face of a Couple with Low Self-Esteem | What's My Spouse's Insecurities? | Marital Titles | Reasons for Marriage | Finding Meaning in Marriage

A Couple's Manual | Rules for Marital Arguments | Why Should I Take the First Step? | Family Priorities | Creating Happiness | Resilience: A Prerequisite | Another Element of Sambal | Maturity to Understand Others

Why You Can't Divorce | Couples Who Must Divorce | Things to Consider Before Divorce | Things You Shouldn't Say Carelessly | Things to Consider When Divorcing | Attitudes to Have After Divorce | Things You Need When Remarrying

Reasons for Divorce Between the Bull and the Lioness | Infidelity is an Addiction | The Cost of Infidelity | The Problems of Couples with Personality Disorders | The Problem of Active and Passive Aggression | Four Strengths You Need in Life

From Marriage to Divorce and Remarriage | A System That Prefers Prevention Over Treatment | Couple Studies as a College Scholastic Ability Test Subject

Living as a Couple | Author's Note

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It is more reasonable to explain the fact that among the billions of people in this world, you meet and choose one person as your future spouse as a miracle rather than chance or destiny.
But not many people consider this a miracle.
As we live, we get to know someone, and as we continue to meet that person, we develop feelings of affection and intimacy, and love blossoms, and naturally, we become connected. We tend to think that this is some kind of miracle and not take it seriously.
Among so many people, finding someone to become your spouse is nothing short of a miracle.

--- p.13 From “Miracle of Miracles”

Everyone is self-centered and selfish.
It is said that even altruistic people are selfish.
Because we want to gain something through altruistic words and actions.
Likewise, if two men and women felt attracted to each other because of similar circumstances, they may have been attracted to each other out of the expectation and desire that the other would fulfill their desires rather than trying to understand and help the other.
In such cases, conflicts can arise or the situation can end faster than expected.
Because you reach out to someone to fulfill your own desires before fulfilling the other person's.

--- p.29 From “The End of a Marriage of Birds of a Feather”

Couples need the wisdom to set aside separate time for communication.
If you try to utilize your spare time, you will never be able to secure cozy time just for the couple.
The busier we get each day, the more we need to make time in advance and communicate more.
Happiness is not something that is given, it is something that is created.
The process is not easy for everyone.

--- p.65 From “How many times do you talk a week?”

Marriage is a journey that everyone takes for the first time.
The path to remarriage is the same.
The idea that you can do well because you've already been married is just wishful thinking.

--- p.95 From “Reasons for Marriage”

After marriage, the nuclear family must separate from the original family, whether living together or living separately.
However, many Korean husbands still tend to ignore or overlook this.
No, there are many cases where you don't know.
They are still obsessed with patriarchal and Confucian ideas that a wife must obey her husband's will and that the original family should take precedence over the nuclear family.
--- p.123 From “Family Priorities”

When a family's self-esteem is low, it also affects their decisions about marriage as adults.
Among those who are single, there are those who have clear beliefs and values, but there are also those who have lost confidence in marriage and have a negative view of it due to the wounds they received from their parents and the negative learning effects of their parents' married life, and so they avoid marriage.
Therefore, repeated domestic violence or habitual infidelity does not only cause hurt and pain to the couple.
It can leave irreversible scars and pain on your children and even change the milestones of their lives.
--- p.149 From “Couples Who Must Divorce”

Publisher's Review
A Guide to Marital Happiness: A Guide to Marital Happiness You Should Read Before It's Too Late
- Married life also requires study.


When you look at couples, there are couples who are like tigers and couples who are like bears.
While some couples become furious and end their relationship in the face of crisis and conflict, others endure and suppress their anger, ultimately leading to illness or depression.
As they live saying, 'Oh! This wasn't it...', some couples end up like tigers, and some couples end up like bears.
However, both couples say they are unhappy and dissatisfied.
So, does that mean there are no happy couples in this world? Why not?
there is.
But we need options.
What you need to know about married life.
Especially for a wise married life, both knowledge and wisdom are needed.
Wisdom is gained through success, but also through failure.


It is gained through achievements, but also through frustrations.
In other words, you can gain knowledge and wisdom through everything in married life.
However, whether a couple can move forward on a happier path or not is determined by whether or not they are proactive in learning, becoming more familiar with, and realizing more about married life.
In that sense, this book is a guide to couples that covers the bare minimum they need to know to be happier than they are now, and a guidebook that should be reviewed once again around the middle of their married life.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Publication date: November 10, 2021
- Page count, weight, size: 224 pages | 262g | 130*200*12mm
- ISBN13: 9791190888172
- ISBN10: 1190888173

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