A cross between Deborah Tannen's YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND & a Relate guide, this well-written, accessible book by America's phenomenally successful relationships guru provides essential strategies for maintaining a fulfilled relationship. A generation ago it was common to sacrifice personal fulfilment for the sake of preserving the relationship. Now, with dramatically changed roles for men & women, divorce has become the common 'solution'. Gray maintains neither is the answer &, without resorting to meaningless jargon, pinpoints the seven essential rules for long-lasting monogamy.