This Is How Your Marriage Ends

304 pages | paperback |

A thoughtful, down-to-earth, contemporary guide to help partners identify and address relationship-killing behavior patterns in their own lives.

“This Is How Your Marriage Ends . . . takes aim at some of the conventional wisdom of coupledom as it seeks to expose the hidden threats present in many relationships.”—Wall Street Journal

“An entertaining, honest, and truly practical guide for saving our relationships.”—Justin Baldoni, actor, producer, director, and bestselling author of Man Enough

“A beautiful exposition on partnerships, love, and unpaid labor.”—Eve Rodsky, New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play

One night during his divorce, after a few too many vodkas and a call with a therapist, Matthew Fray started a blog attempting to piece together the story of how his marriage ended. Suffice it to say, Matthew is a decent guy, but he was kind of a shitty husband. As he shared raw, uncomfortable, and darkly humorous stories about the lessons he’d learned from his failed marriage, a peculiar thing happened: Matthew gained a following. It turned out he wasn’t alone.

Written from his own surprising, life-changing experience and his newfound insight as a relationship coach, Matthew Fray captures what is central to the overwhelming number of breakups and divorces: We simply haven’t been taught the necessary skills to navigate one of the most foundational aspects of our lives.

Smart, entertaining, and counterintuitive, This Is How Your Marriage Ends helps us identify relationship-killing behavior patterns in our own lives and offers solutions to break the cycles of dysfunction and destruction. Inside you will discover: