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Ask Yourself These Important Questions Before Getting Married
Getting married is serious business. While most poor decisions are easy to recover from, a bad marriage is a much more serious matter. The potential emotional and financial impacts of divorce can give the bravest of souls reason to pause. Give this major decision the consideration it deserves.
Enhance your odds of having a successful marriage:
1. What makes this person different from the rest? You’ve probably dated several people in your life before this person. How does this person stand out from everyone that came along before?
2. How will your long-term goals be affected? Do you dream of wandering around Europe and focusing on your art? If so, marrying someone that dreams of staying at home in the Midwest and having six children probably isn’t a good match. Compromise is a part of any relationship, but you’ll be resentful if forced to completely give up your dreams.
Make a list of the most important things you want to experience and accomplish in your lifetime. Is your partner a benefit or a hindrance to achieving these things?
What’s most important to your future spouse? Will you be a help or an obstacle?
3. How emotionally healthy is my potential spouse? The less emotionally healthy someone is, the more…
