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Are you really ready for marriage: Aug 1, 2009

Important questions to ask yourself or your partner before committing to marriage Things I Want My Daughter To Know: Aug 1, 2009

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Here is an interesting article on what people should consider before they get married. Sue

Question - Are You Really Ready For Marriage?
By Dave A Patrick

Are you really ready for marriage? What exactly does that question mean? Of course we're ready you might say. We love each other and we want to spend the rest of our lives together. OK, fine you love each and love is very important and it can transcend everything else but people can fall out of love very quickly.

There are other things that go to make a long and happy marriage. And it is important that each of you should ask each other the 5 essential questions below and listen very carefully to each others answers about how you truly FEEL.

#1 Children

Do you want to have children? If so, how do you want to bring them up?

#2 Religion

How strong are your beliefs, if any? How do you feel about church and church going?

3# Money

How do you feel about money? Are you a spender or a saver?

#4 Family

How do you really feel about each others families?

#5 Sex

How important do you feel sex is in a marriage?

There are many more questions you can ask each about subjects like what food do you really like? What's your favorite vacation or hobby or movie star? But asking the 5 questions above are essential, if you wish to live together in harmony for the rest of your lives.

Why, you might question, should knowing each others TRUE FEELINGS about the subjects above be essential to your marriage plans?

The answer is very simple: Children, Religious belief, Money, Family, and Sex are the BIGGEST CAUSES OF DIVORCE in the USA today. Almost 50% of marriages end in divorce these days and the problems that lead to divorce are usually caused by one or more of the subjects listed above . Relationship experts believe that if all couples planning to get married asked each other the five questions above before they tied the knot they could cut the chances of their marriage ending in divorce by half!

So to all you couples planning to get married, question each other carefully on the 5 subjects above BEFORE you make that final commitment to spending the rest of your lives together.

Dave A Patrick will have been married to his wonderful wife Janey for 39 years come September. He believes that communication with each other is the secret of a harmonious marriage. You can get a whole lot more information about the questions you should ask each other here:
http://www.squidoo.com/questions4couplesbe4marrage.

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