Thought this was a great book to challenge people’s preparation for marriage. I liked how the author gave tips for how he leads counseling sessions. Very helpful resource if you plan on counseling others considering marriage.

The book is misleadingly titled. It's actually about avoiding poor choices regarding getting married. It does have a lot of good advice, so it's not a bad book. You're just on your own for actually finding people to have a relationship with.

Loved this book when I read it as a single lady.

Now I'm so fussy, I'll never find a man!

Read this book over 13 years ago. Not a fan of Focus on the Family, but I thought the advice was sound for things to look out for when choosing a good life partner.

This book was pretty good! It offered insightful information about finding your true love.

Very insightful. Revealing.

This book was recommended to me by a psychotherapist I know who suggested I read it after a bad break-up. I was a good sport and gave it a go even though these types of self-help books I usually find to be very commercialized and not fit for reality.

I think this book actually put A LOT of things about my past relationships in perspective. I thought there were some really good takeaways in the book. As I was reading, I was able to imagine the couples Dr. Warren was talking to. I could see how these things could apply to many of the couples I have observed over my life. I definitely understood his perspective.

Although I understand Dr. Warren’s perspective and can envision the couples to who he is talking, I do not think everything he listed regarding the topics he brought up necessarily applies to me – but, he did mention that some things were out of the scope of this book.

This is one of those books where "what doesn't apply, let it fly" type of deals. In the later chapters of the book (Chapter 4 - 9) I found Dr. Warren to have a doomsday attitude towards those who weren’t brought up in healthy relationships (seems it is almost impossible to become "healthy"), he was very moralistic and had a religious bias (I'm agnostic), he seemed to have a very judgmental attitude towards divorce, and he was kind of old school in that relationships should be one way and traditional.

I made notes of the things that I took away from his perspective that I felt were relevant and I feel like the book helped me think more about what each of the topics presented (i.e., love, companionship, intimacy, conflict, commitment, familial support) mean to me and how they have or should play a role in my relationships with others - it helped me develop my own perspective and improve my self-concept in how I approach these things even where I disagreed with what Dr. Warren was saying.

I think if a reader takes a similar approach, there is much to get out of this....and I think it can be useful for married couples as well.

This is one of the best books ever, period. Not so useful if you are already married, though. If you don't like your spouse, it will point out all the reasons you were dumb and shouldn't have married him or her. If you like your spouse, you'll congratulate yourself on being so level headed and smart, even in the passionate throes of young love.

However, if you are still single BUY THIS BOOK BUY THIS BOOK BUY THIS BOOK!! It's not too late for you!!! Brent Barlow, a professor at BYU, assigned me to read this book when I was a single gal. Best assignment ever. I decided to marry my husband after reading this book. I would probably still be a lonely virgin today if it wasn't for this book.

This is a really good book to read if you're thinking about getting serious about the relationship part of your life. It's not cheesy or based on false pretenses. It's practical, good advice about figuring out what you want and what works in a relationship.

Neil Clark Warren is humble, dedicated and insightful. He keeps his religious views in the background of his scientific and experiential views. He advocates for a return of principled reason to the process of choosing a partner. I learned a ton.

This book as required reading for anyone considering a serious relationship with their significant other. It opened my eyes to very important parts of relationships and made me think about points I did not consider before. The book was easy to digest and filled with great anecdotes. The author clearly shows his experience through his stories and advice. It is written from a Christian viewpoint, but most of this is objectively good information concerning relationships. This is practical, immediately useful information and I am glad that I own a copy of this book.