The Relationship Rescue Plan

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes happily ever after. End of story, right? Not always. While it's true that couples may relax a bit after they've tied the knot, they may feel confused or worried if or when their fairy tale starts to slip away.

"Many people think that marriage is about marrying the right person, so when things go wrong, they automatically go to the 'Crap, I accidentally married the wrong person' place," says Alisa Bowman, author of Project: Happily Ever After. "Although you do want to marry someone you are basically compatible with, marriage has a lot less to do with marrying the right person than it has to do with doing the right things with the person you married." In other words, relationships are a constant work in progress.