Applying a business strategy to such an intimate and emotional quest as love and marriage might seem unromantic. But a front page article in the "Wall Street Journal" in 2006 summed it up this way: "In their rush down the aisle, couples often think love will overcome any disagreements about savings and spending. It doesn't. So even among the most compatible couples, the pre-wedding vow of personal-finance silence leads to frustration, fights and power struggles." And to divorce, adds the author of this book. His advice is to look - and talk - before you leap. In this eye-opening book, he shows how we can use our heads - in addition to our hearts - to find wedded bliss and avoid a failed marriage. The author provides a framework to increase the chance of long-term success in marriage, by helping couples to weather the storms that come with all marriages. He advises on how to jointly make good decisions, avoiding financial stress and the other traps that lead so many couples into divorce court. Finally, he advises on how to do right by the most important outcome of most marriages: the children.