Marriage Be Hard by Kevin and Melissa Fredericks Summary
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In "Marriage Be Hard," celebrity couple Kevin and Melissa Fredericks deliver raw truths about relationships that earned them NYT bestseller status. What makes even Tabitha Brown praise their courage? Twelve conversations that normalize marital struggles while keeping you laughing, loving, and finally feeling understood.
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The Paradox You Wake Up To
You open your eyes to find someone who feels both deeply familiar and utterly foreign. This isn't a riddle-it's marriage. Kevin and Melissa Fredericks didn't set out to become relationship experts. They were just high school sweethearts who followed all the rules: waited for marriage, attended counseling, said the right vows. Yet eighteen years later, they've built a social media following of millions not by pretending marriage is easy, but by admitting it's brutally hard. Their honesty has earned praise from celebrities and therapists alike, because they dare to show what happens after the fairy tale ending. Their story begins in eleventh-grade history class and winds through broke honeymoons, communication disasters, and jealousy-fueled fights-all while discovering that real love isn't about finding perfection but building something meaningful with gloriously imperfect human beings.
When the Rules Don't Save You
The Words We Don't Say
Shame in the Bedroom
The Green-Eyed Monster's Visit
When the Script Changes
The Art of Fair Fighting and Eighteen Years of Wisdom
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"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
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