Cheryl, an elementary school teacher in her second marriage, didn’t want another divorce in her life. “I thought my second marriage was headed for divorce. My husband’s business took a downturn and he became irritable and withdrawn. He wouldn’t tell me how he was feeling, he just clammed up. I felt abandoned. We fought, I threatened to leave him, and he told me he didn’t care. In desperation, I moved into the spare bedroom. I stopped doing anything nice for him. Communication was either intense bickering that got nowhere or heartbreaking silence that went on and on. I didn’t know what to do. I wanted a marriage not a divorce. Thanks to Dr. Bradley’s ideas, I am now happily married and pleased with who I am as a married woman. And, my husband is happily married, too. I didn’t think it could ever be this good, but it is.”

“Oh my God, was I worried about my marriage. It had gone dead: No communication, no intimacy, lots of silence, and no pizzazz from my husband. I thought: Is this all there is? Is it crazy to expect fun and fulfillment in my marriage? Then I read The Happy Couple. I stopped expecting my husband to make marriage work for me and I started getting myself on track. I began to feel better about myself. If I needed pizzazz, then it was my responsibility to bring it to the marriage not his. I’m pleased with being married now and so is my husband—he was as stuck as I was. Dr. Bradley’s ideas freed me up to be myself in a way that worked.”

– Kirstin, 28 year old artist.

“My husband told me he wanted a divorce. I knew he was unhappy but I didn’t know he was that unhappy. I was shocked and didn’t know what to do. I read The Happy Couple and decided to work on myself. I knew I was off track with who I wanted to be as a wife. I got on track. Without any urging from me, my husband changed his mind. I got my self-regard back and with it my marriage.”

– Leslie, 42 year old nurse.

“I’m a feminist. When I saw that Dr. Bradley, a man, had written a section of a book entitled, The Happy Wife: A Woman’s Guide to Marital Success, I thought ‘yeah, sure, a man trying to tell a woman how to be married. The title has bias written all over it.’ Then I read the book. Dr. Bradley is no sexist. His writing is fair and respectful and, most of all, helpful.”

– Erin, 48 year old therapist

Mark, a custom home contractor in his second marriage, was going nowhere in his present marriage and didn’t know what to do. “I was in a marital funk. It didn’t seem like it was fun anymore—maybe not worth being married at all. One night when we had a neighborhood couple over for dinner, I found myself alone with the wife out on the deck. She shared that she was unhappy in her marriage, too. We both had too much to drink. One thing led to another, we kissed and rubbed bodies, in fact, did everything but have sex. I didn’t know it, but my wife saw us. After the couple left, my wife lit into me. She told me she was angry, hurt, and unhappy. When I told her that if she were more fun and loving it wouldn’t have happened, she slapped me really hard. I gave her a push and she landed backwards on the floor. It was an ugly scene. She told me to get out. Instead, I moved into the spare bedroom. The next day I tried to talk to her, to make up, but she just ignored me—like I didn’t exist. I didn’t know what to do. I started applying Dr. Bradley’s ideas and, today, I am happily married, my wife loves me and trusts me, and I’m proud of who I am as a husband.”

“I was confused about how to be married. It seemed that whatever I did, it didn’t help. My wife and I argued a lot or withdrew from one another for days. I felt like I didn’t know how this marriage thing was supposed to work. Then I read The Happy Couple. I put into practice Dr. Bradley’s ideas on how to be successfully married and it worked. Today I am happily married. I didn’t know it could be this good. The Happy Couple is the most important book I’ve ever read.”

– Greg, 35 year old computer technician

“I just got through my second affair. My wife found out. She was angry and devastated. Trust took a nose dive. Seeing her hurt woke me up—what was I doing, should I stay married, do I even know how to be married? Was marriage just a lot of work and no fun? Then I read The Happy Husband: A Guy’s Guide to Marital Success. I found out that I was seriously off track as a husband and going about being married in a way that doesn’t work. My wife could ‘do’ marriage but I didn’t know how. I decided to apply Dr. Bradley’s ideas. Wow! Did I change. I grew up and became a man who is responsible for making his choices in life successful. Now, I’m on track. I know how to love and I’m confident there will be no more affairs. My wife has forgiven me. It took awhile, but now I’m a happy husband.”

– Brad, 46 year old attorney.