I have two suggestions for where you are at in your sitch. NOT necessarily for Newcomers. The Marriage Benefit Stop Blaming, Start Loving
H and I saw Fireproof together but I sure didn't plan it that way. I had just popped it in to watch on my own one night and was still looking for the remote when H drove in. It was actually uncomfortable for me to sit in the same room with H and watch Fireproof. It was so intense. I don't know if it was me or him but the rest of that weekend felt different in a good way. Monday came and we slipped back into our abnormal normal.
As for the Love Dare book, it seemed from the movie that each activity was planned to get a reaction from the spouse. Maybe the real intent is different and it is just hard to put it all into a movie.
AND then, maybe it's my jaded cynical brain after all these years, but the guys W came back after she found out who really forked over all the money. Until then she was still running to the OM. So is the message that money talks? If that's true then all I need is to bail my H out of debt and all will be well, right? No, I know that answer is no. If only my life was a movie and I could write the rewrite...
Live your life while you are still living. Riding the trail less traveled.