It's happened to everyone: you meet someone and fall madly in love and all good judgment and perspective are thrown out the window--until slowly you realize this person isn't who you thought he or she was. But follow the steps in How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk--a proven program used by thousands of singles worldwide--and break the destructive dating patterns that have prevented your happiness in the past.

Based on years of research on marital and premarital happiness, How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk maximizes your potential of finding the one by giving you the tools to focus on the crucial characteristics of a loving, lasting relationship.

These easy-to-use techniques will help you to:

• Ask the right questions to inspire meaningful, revealing conversations with your partner
• Analyze your partner's level of conscientiousness--considered the window to the soul
• Judge character based on compatibility, relationships skills, friends, and patterns from family and previous relationships
• Resolve your own emotional baggage so you're ready for a healthy relationship
• Open your eyes to problems in the relationship and stop giving a jerk too many chances
• Identify--and break--destructive dating patterns that prevent you from finding a life partner

Years of clinical research along with observations from his own private practice have inspired Dr. John Van Epp to develop universally applicable, proven strategies to navigate the complexities of love. His foolproof method will help you determine exactly what the person you date will be like as a spouse so you can spot the gem among the jerks.