I’m not sure if this is what you’re looking for, but Three to Get Married by Fulton Sheen is fantastic.

My Husband (still so fun to say) and I married in the Church this past April. My saving grace to keep things very grounded and focused on what we were really doing was A Practical Wedding. It is by no means a Catholic resource and would need to be used by a young couple who can read through the secular advice and see the wisdom in keeping the marriage the most important part. It really cuts through the wedding industry garbage and brings the joining of two people front and center. The book also gives fantastic information about working through family issues, learning how to navigate the new relationships that are formed and how to problem solve communication issues with the husband and bride to be.

Thank you for your helpful suggestions!  Please say a prayer for this couple as they prepare for the sacrament.

The first book I purchased after I got engaged 15 years ago was Emily Post’s “Etiquette”.  It’s not a how-to book for planning a wedding but surely answers the many questions that come up about how to handle certain situations that inevitably come up when planning one.  It was an invaluable resource to me then and ever since covering such topics as thank you notes, funerals, Christenings and even helped us when we went to an audience with Pope John Paul II in 2002.  It’s a book that sits right where I can refer to it whenever I need and will be something I buy for my own children as they grow up.

Ugh I’d say look at Pinterest-you’ll find real ideas from real people there. I feel like all the wedding planning books out there are targeted at people who are 30 and living together and have 10 million dollars saved up for their wedding. There are so many fun ideas on Pinterest I wish I’d thought of before my own wedding!

I bought this when I was planning my wedding and I found it helpful.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Brides-Book-Lists-Questions/dp/0760742316/ref=pd_sim_b_3 It’s not Catholic, but I think our priest had a checklist for us for the church things.

Let it go. I doubt he’s going to use work email for something bad. At least in my company even sites like facebook are blocked.

I agree with MMH - if you don’t have any reason to suspect anything I’d let it go. My friends with business e-mail accounts ask that I use their personal e-mail…the business e-mail accounts, as far as I know, are basically the business’s property.

My husband would actually get into trouble if it was discovered I checked his business account. I agree you should let it go. If there are trust issues in your marriage then those need to be addressed but at their root, not in this way.

I would agree with the other posters. Also, I know that my email account for work is considered confidential and I believe my husband viewing my work email would be a violation of company policy.  I have a blackberry for work email and would never dream of giving hubby the password.
My employer would fire an employee for looking at an “inappropriate” website on a company computer… but the company does block inappropriate websites.

My husband works for a major bank, and he is not allowed to share his work email with me, it is a breach of security.

Most businesses would frown at the amount of wifely oversight you seem to expect to have.

Not only do I not have access to my husband’s work email, all work-related email is stored on the company’s secure intranet that only employees have access to.  I may inadvertently catch a glance of his email from time to time as our home office computers are next to each other, but there is no way I’d ever ask to read all his work email—his boss would have a fit!

I received ‘Power of a Praying Wife’ by Stormie Omartian for my bridal shower… BEST gift EVER… set the tone for our whole marriage, and my husband has since received (and actually USED) ‘Power of a Praying Husband’ by the same author. The author is not Catholic, but speaks about marriage as sacramentally as any Catholic I have ever known. These books have stopped many a ‘fight’ before it could even begin. I can’t recommend them highly enough. For good measure, throw in ‘Redeeming Love’ by Francine Rivers (fiction based on the story of Hosea in the Bible… also not Catholic in an overt way, but not at all contradictory). My husband gave it to me for valentines day eight or so years into our marriage, we both read it and it took our marriage to a whole new level!

We always give “Love and Respect” by Emerson Eggerichs, “The Five Love Languages,” (Chapman) and “The Power of a Praying Wife/Husband” by Stormie O’Martian.  None of them Catholic, but all of them quite beneficial to our marriage.

Ramona and Colleen (great name!),  Thanks for the suggestions!  Just the kind of input I was looking for.
Thanks.

I recieved Moments Together for Couples, by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Christian, not Catholic, very good. Its a page and day, so not too much material. Good conversation starter between a couple. (being I think a couple should be spending at least 20 mins. of face to face time daily- that’s what our marriage encounter leader suggested anyhow.)