Talk to your parents and get their opinions about marriage
Assumptions:
- You want to get married
- You want to stay married
If you don't agree with those assumptions, then you can tune out / not listen.
Why marriages end in divorce
1. Financial problems
2. Communication issues
3. Family problems (children, in-laws, siblings)
4. Intimacy
5. Friend problems - faithfulness, committed to marriage
6. Addiction
7. Abuse
8. Personality
9. Expectations
10. Time
Hallmarks of a successful marriage
- Remember the central importance of your marriage
- Pray for its success
- Listen, empathy
- Avoid “ceaseless pinpricking.”
- Keep your courtship alive
- Be quick to say, “I’m sorry.”
- Learn to live within your means.
- Be a true partner in home and family responsibilities
Crucial conversations before you get married (while there is still time to back out)
1. Kids
a. Do you want them?
b. How they should be raised / disciplined
2. Money & careers
a. Who will earn the money?
b. What is your standard of living?
3. Religion
a. Morals, values
b. What if one of you changes?
4. How will you handle fights? You will have fights :-)
5. Deal breakers and bucket lists
a. Hobbies, habits
b. Dreams, life goals
Review the the five suggestions from Hanging Out, Hooking Up, and Celestial Marriage
1. for all Cinderellas and Prince Charmings to throw away their glass slippers
2. don’t wait for others to carry your glass slipper about the campus looking for a match
3. to exercise faith and to have courage in dating and marriage
4. to keep physical intimacy at an appropriate level so as to enjoy the presence of the Spirit and to be worthy to seal your commitment to each other in the temple
5. to not only pray for yourself in a dating relationship but also to pray for the young man or woman in whom you are interested
Other links
Of Souls, Symbols and Sacraments (also see Personal Purity)
Nurturing Marriage - the Carrs