Great Handbook! | The Nest Newlywed Handbook: An Owner's Manual for Modern Married Life

Fun Reading | The Nest Newlywed Handbook: An Owner's Manual for Modern Married Life | Carley Roney

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	• The Nest Newlywed Handbook: An Owner's Manual for Modern Married Life Carley Roney Clarkson Potter, 2006 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 15 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Get a copy....your newly wedded life will be more blissful!!!!

I don't think that I am considered a "newlywed" any longer. That being said, I love "The Nest" magazine and thought this would be a great addition to my extensive book collection. There are so many wonderful strategies for all kinds of personalities to help with everything from the not so big of decorating, frustrating family situations to the BIG, BIG challenges of life of finances. With tips, thoughts, and how it worked for me exerpts. This is now the "card" that will be attached to EVERY wedding gift I give from here on out!!!

Great Handbook!

The Nest book for newlyweds is a great book for those in a committed relationship or marriage. The practical tips are helpful and the links are a great way to go further. I don't find the short comments and feedback from nesters is helpful but overall the book is essential! I love the size and colorful pages.

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Fun Reading

I've been reading this on and off with my husband of 8 months during long car trips and it's been a really good conversation starter. The open ended question lists are a great way of finding things out about your spouse that I wouldn't have thought to ask directly. A fun read.

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Great gift!

Love this book- I am a subscriber to 'The Nest' web-site and when I found this book for sale, I bought one for myself. As a woman who is in the midst of her own wedding planning and has 6 weddings to attend this summer alone, I thought it would make a very nice compliment to a wedding gift or as a bridal shower gift. I tucked the envelope of cash into the inside cover to make the cash wedding gift a little more personal. Tons of great tips for after all the craziness of the wedding is over and the reality of building a future together sinks in. My girlfriend said she took it with her on the plane to their honeymoon and loved it, and her husband appreciated it too. There are so many wedding guides and planners, but not many practical books for AFTER the big day! Great tips on money merging, decorating for BOTH your tastes, in-laws, etc., and it is modern and well designed. Great gift, I bought 6!

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Good guide, but with a few major flaws

The Nest Newlywed Handbook is a fun an informative read. It is well organized, and has sound advice about money, keeping house, friends, family, sex, and kids. The checklists and guides on the green-colored pages in the book are particularly useful--they include a changing your name checklist, a glossary of investing terms, a tax guide, a home-buying guide, and more. Most of all, however, the book is written and presented in a way that make it fun to read.

Other reviewers have covered the book's assets, so I won't go into any more detail here. But the Nest Newlywed Handbook had a few major flaws that I think should be mentioned and that caused me to dock an otherwise 4-star rating to a 3-star rating.

-The book is obviously written for those who are at least moderately well-off financially. It is unlikely that couples who are struggling to make ends meet will find this book very useful. This is not surprising given the demographics of people who frequent sites such as The Knot and The Nest, but is still disappointing.

-This one is not a flaw so much as a warning--while the book has good coverage of money issues, it should not be considered (and is not meant to be) a complete guide to your finances. I would recommend Suze Orman's Money Book for the Young, Fabulous, and Broke as a better introduction to money matters.

-Wives with serious in-law issues will find this section of the book useless. While a few intense situations are covered, most of the advice is geared towards minor quibbles (e.g. "Mother-in-law constantly buys me preppy clothes that she wishes I would wear"). More importantly, even the advice on some of these peccadillos is inane. While I would be comforted to believe that a mother-in-law who makes comments about her daughter-in-law's weight is simply "self-conscious about her appearance and is projecting her low self-esteem," this reminds me of the similarly well-meaning but useless advice parents give their children about junior high bullies.

-These last two complaints may appear to be minor, but I found these mistakes serious enough to nitpick. In the "Sex" chapter, the author suggests that one way to liven up your love life is to "Call your honey's boss and schedule a day off for him or her. When the day rolls around, surprise your spouse with the no-work news and a day's worth of things you plan to do...together." I hope I don't have to list all the potential dangers of calling your husband's boss to schedule a day off for him, especially when the reason is less than legitimate. Furthermore, it's simply inappropriate.

-In the "Kids" chapter, the author treats the topic of miscarriages with blatant insensitivity. If you miscarry early in your pregnancy, the author advises "[D]on't worry. Be upbeat, try again, and consider your false alarm a practice run." But, the author continues generously, if you miscarry later in your pregnancy, it's okay to be upset. The idea of treating a miscarriage as a "false alarm" or "practice run" at any stage of the pregnancy is against all medical and psychological advice I have heard about dealing with a miscarriage, and also offends me personally.

Overall, I can't deny that The Nest Newlywed Handbook was a fun read. But it contains too many flaws to make it a great book.

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If only the answer to every marital question were as easy as ?I do!?

For many couples the challenges of planning their nuptials are a piece of (wedding) cake compared to what comes after: How do we merge our finances?or do we? Do we need to spend every free minute together? And how do we decide where to spend our first Thanksgiving?

Online wedding community TheKnot.com was fielding so many questions like these from their newly married members that they were inspired to create an entirely new site?TheNest.com?dedicated to the unique issues that face people in the first few years of marriage. A 24/7 virtual married-best-friend-who?s-been-there-before, the site and its thousands of just-married members dish out advice on everything from how to get your permanent roommate to pick up his or her dirty socks, to how to inspect a property when you?re buying your first home, to foolproof guidelines for entertaining the in-laws. Unlike single friends (who don?t have the experience to give tried and true advice) or Mom (who has lots of experience but tends to give too much advice), Nesties share their experiences with no strings attached?and free of the worries that come with real-world friendship.

Now the editors of The Nest have brought together the very best of this hard-won knowledge, plus their own astute insights into the early years of marriage, to create a unique resource for navigating the sometimes bumpy road of marriage. Touching on everything from money to sex and starting a family, they go where no etiquette book or self-help manual has gone before, providing real-life solutions for the myriad problems even the happiest couple can encounter when two become one.

The first in a series of books for any couple who wants every day of their new lives together to be as fulfilling and meaningful as the day they walked down the aisle, The Nest Newlywed Handbook goes beyond platitudes and pep talks to explore the many rich rewards of married life.

An offshoot of the hugely popular wedding website The Knot, The Nest started out as an online community of girls grappling with the emotional issues?and enormous to-do lists?that come with the first years of marriage. The Nest has grown into a weekly webzine, a print magazine, and now a book series?all 100% committed to the phrase ?happily ever after.? Visit us at thenest.com.

Secrets every couple needs to know, from the website that put marriage on the map

Whether you?re about to tie the knot or are already well into your first years together, you are sure to have realized that this is not your parents? marriage. Oh, how the rules?and roles?have changed. Who does the housework now that everyone works? If you want to keep your money separate?does it mean you?re not committed? Is it OK to order takeout when the in-laws come for dinner? The Nest Newlywed Handbook is your road map to modern married life, guiding you through the ins and outs of tackling life as a twosome.

Get tips and tricks on:

?Merging your money (or not)

?Building the family fortune

?Loving your in-laws

?Buying your first home

?Decorating as a duo

?Divvying up the chores

?Keeping the flame alive

?Fighting nicely

?Talking about kids

?Maintaining your single friends

?Hosting during the holidays

?Figuring out the future

This book is filled with advice, detailed to-dos, checklists, quizzes, and worksheets that are sure to spark conversations, fix problems, and get your new life together on track and off to a good start.

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