Don't Get Married Until You Are Single ... not everyone can accept this truth about marriage

I received a DIGITAL Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. From the publisher - Sam Opeche didn’t know his mum until he turned 19. His parents were divorced when he was just six. Something always told him that growing up wouldn’t have been so difficult if his parents had stayed together. He found that there’s his dad’s side of the story, his mum’s side of the story, and then there’s the truth. Since then, a lot of his time has been spent on trying to search for the truth. Could his parent’s divorce have been prevented or was it inevitable? Could there have been something different in the mix that may have helped them weather the storms, or could it be that they were just not made for each other? It wasn’t until years later, as he faced up to his own personal challenges in marriage, that it dawned on him what the solution could have been. ‘Don’t Get Married Until You Are Single’, but if you are married already, seek singleness and self-love and your marriage will blossom to new dimensions of fulfilment. A Note From the Publisher Sam O. Opeche together with his wife Elizabeth Opeche run The Marriage Workshop service that reaches over 300,000 people monthly on Facebook. Through bespoke video clips, they touch on salient issues affecting many marriages and have a growing audience of 32,000 since they started the workshop on July 14th 2016, which was their 16th wedding anniversary,

As a very recent newlywed (at age 50) I realize that I wasn't SINGLE until about two weeks before I met HIM. It was my 48th birthday and I looked at the sky and realized that I WAS MEANT TO BE SINGLE. Well, I was single by then ... truly single.

Opeche declared the reality - preparation is everything.

Singleness is a state that is hard to explain in one sentence --- and he shares some of these key truths in the book, such as: 1. You don't have to be married to be happy. 2. Married people are some of the loneliest people on the planet. 3. Lack of discovery of yourself will mean you cannot cultivate the virtues you need in marriage 4. You can only get as much love as you receive (and vice-versa) 5. You cannot truly love another until you love yourself. .. and so on.

I could write pages about what the book is about and his excellent theories but you would be better to read this book --- if you are unhappily single or unhappily married you will love this book. Happily married? You will love this book. Just outright confused about your love life or lack thereof? Read this book. (I already pre-ordered it for my hubby and me to have on our already-groaning bookshelves.

OKAY --- if you have a pulse READ THIS BOOK!!! 5 shining stars.