About

Know Before You Vow™

Marriage is one of the most important commitments a person can make.


Yet many people enter marriage knowing less about some of the practical realities of their future spouse
than they would know before making a major financial purchase.


Debt may be discovered after the wedding.
A criminal or legal history may surface later.


Important physical or mental health information may never have been discussed.


Addiction, gambling, financial habits, previous relationship patterns, or other significant realities may
emerge only after two lives have already been legally, emotionally, and financially joined.

Our Vision

Our long-term vision is to make structured premarital disclosure a normal part of preparing for marriage.
People routinely perform due diligence before buying homes, entering business partnerships, accepting
major financial obligations, and making other life-changing commitments.
Marriage deserves thoughtful preparation too

Our Mission

Marriage Blue Book™ provides serious couples with a structured premarital disclosure process covering four practical areas that can significantly affect married life:

Financial Transparency

Debt, income, spending, savings, financial obligations, credit problems, gambling, financial expectations, and other money-related realities.

Physical Health Transparency

Important health history, ongoing conditions, reproductive and sexual health considerations, lifestyle factors, and health circumstances that may affect married life.

Mental Health Transparency

Mental and emotional health history, addiction, trauma, anger, coping patterns, treatment, recovery, and willingness to seek help when necessary

Legal & Character Transparency

Criminal and legal history, violence, ishonesty, infidelity, significant past conduct, countability, relationship patterns, and other matters affecting trust and safety.

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Why It Matters

Why We Created Marriage Blue Book™

Many marital crises do not begin with what happened after the wedding. They begin with something important that existed before the wedding but was never adequately disclosed, discussed, or understood.

There is an important difference between knowing an important reality before marriage and discovering it only after the commitment has been made.

“I knew about this and chose to marry you.”

versus

“I would never have agreed to this marriage if I had known.”

Marriage Blue Book™ exists in that difference.

We believe people considering marriage deserve the opportunity to ask difficult questions respectfully, disclose important realities honestly, and make one of life's largest commitments with their eyes open.

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Structured Premarital Disclosure

What Is Marriage Blue Book™?

Marriage Blue Book™ is a structured premarital disclosure and decision-support platform.

Our comprehensive assessment guides individuals through 100 questions across four major disclosure areas.

The process is designed to help identify:

✓ Areas of strong transparency
✓ Matters requiring further discussion
✓ Significant practical concerns
✓ Areas where greater accountability may be needed
✓ Issues that may benefit from professional consultation

After completing the assessment, users receive a confidential Marriage Blue Book Report™ designed to organize those disclosures into meaningful information for reflection and conversation.

The objective is not simply to collect answers.

The objective is to help couples have conversations they might otherwise never think—or feel comfortable enough—to have.

Ready to Know Before You Vow™?

Explore Marriage Blue Book™ options and choose the plan that works best for your premarital journey.

Our Role

We Are Not Here to Decide Who You Should Marry

Marriage Blue Book™ does not give people a passing or failing grade.

× We do not determine whether someone is a “good” or “bad” marriage candidate.
× We do not diagnose mental or physical health conditions.
× We do not conduct criminal background investigations.
× We do not verify every disclosure a participant makes.
× We cannot predict whether a marriage will succeed or fail.
✓ We help bring important information into the conversation.

Human beings are more complicated than a score.

Our role is different. We help bring important information into the conversation so that you can make your own informed decision.

Understanding the Whole Person

Transparency Does Not Mean Perfection

Everyone brings a history into marriage.

Some people bring debt. Some bring medical challenges. Some have experienced mental health difficulties. Some have made serious mistakes.

Some have complicated family histories. Some have experienced addiction and entered recovery.

A difficult history does not automatically make someone unsuitable for marriage.

What often matters greatly is whether that history has been honestly disclosed, responsibly addressed, and appropriately managed.

Honest conversation before marriage

Our framework emphasizes three important dimensions:

01

Transparency

Has important information been openly disclosed?

02

Risk

How significantly might the disclosed circumstances affect married life?

03

Accountability

When challenges exist, is the person acknowledging and responsibly addressing them?

Together, these dimensions provide a more balanced picture than simply asking whether someone has problems.

Everyone has problems.

The better question is: Do both people know what they are agreeing to?

What Guides Us

Our Four Principles

Marriage Blue Book™ is built around principles intended to encourage thoughtful disclosure, meaningful conversation, and responsible decisions before marriage.

1

Truth Before Commitment

Important information should not become a wedding anniversary surprise. Serious commitments deserve serious disclosure.

2

Informed Consent

Marriage should involve more than emotional enthusiasm. Both people should have enough relevant information to understand the commitment they are making.

3

Accountability Over Perfection

Past mistakes do not necessarily define a person's future. Honesty, responsibility, corrective action, and demonstrated growth matter.

4

Conversation Before Conclusion

A concerning answer should often begin a conversation—not automatically end a relationship. Some concerns require discussion, professional guidance, additional verification, or deeper consideration.

Some discoveries may cause a person to reconsider marriage altogether. That decision belongs to the individual.

Start With Better Questions Before Marriage

Marriage Blue Book™ helps turn important disclosures into meaningful conversations before a lifelong commitment is made.

Premarital counseling and conversation
Supporting Better Conversations

A Tool for Better Premarital Conversations

Marriage Blue Book™ can complement traditional premarital counseling rather than replace it.

Couples may choose to discuss their results privately or bring relevant concerns to qualified professionals such as:

Premarital counselors Mental health professionals Physicians Attorneys Financial professionals Clergy Trusted advisers

The report can help answer an important question:

“What do we need to talk about before we get married?”

Privacy and trust in relationships
Confidentiality & Respect

Privacy Matters

The information people disclose before marriage can be deeply personal.

Marriage Blue Book™ is therefore being designed around confidentiality, voluntary participation, responsible data handling, and individual control over personal reports.

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Participation Must Be Voluntary

A partner's participation should never be obtained through intimidation, coercion, or manipulation.

Honest disclosure has value only when it is genuinely honest.

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Looking Forward

Our Vision

Our long-term vision is to make structured premarital disclosure a normal part of preparing for marriage.

People routinely perform due diligence before buying homes, entering business partnerships, accepting major financial obligations, and making other life-changing commitments.

Marriage deserves thoughtful preparation too.

We envision Marriage Blue Book™ becoming a trusted resource for:

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Individuals and couples preparing for marriage.
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Counselors and therapists facilitating premarital conversations.
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Churches and faith communities strengthening marriage preparation programs.
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Marriage educators and organizations seeking structured disclosure resources.

And ultimately, communities interested in helping couples build marriages on knowledge rather than assumptions.

What We Stand For

The Marriage Blue Book™ Promise

We will not promise you a perfect marriage.

We cannot promise that every disclosure will be truthful.

We cannot tell you whom to marry.

What we can do is help you ask better questions.

✓ Questions that encourage honesty.
✓ Questions that reveal important realities.
✓ Questions that create meaningful conversations.
✓ Questions that may prevent painful surprises.

Because some things are better discovered across a table before marriage than across a courtroom during divorce.

Marriage Blue Book™ Know Before You Vow™