HOMEA Good Las Vegas Marriage Takes More Than Love
This is an exciting time in your life. As you begin to make plans for your new life together, take time to discuss why you are getting married. A life of permanent wedded bliss is not a guarantee you will find on the marriage license. It takes unconditional love, unwavering commitment and patience to build and maintain a strong and loving marriage.
In this decade of persistently high divorce rates, more and more engaged couples are seeking premarital counseling. Professionals agree--seeking help and guidance before problems begin, increases the likelihood of resolving future conflicts before they get out-of-hand.
For the most effective results, down load and print two sets of this questionnaire. Once you have completed the questionnaire individually, review each others answers together. Remember to answer for yourself; what you feel, areas you can improve upon, how you can react differently in certain situations. Take what you learn and focus on the changes you need to make within yourself, then observe the positive changes that occur in your partner as a result.
The lifetime commitment of marriage deserves the utmost honesty. Be truthful with yourself and your fiance. Far better to know what your differences are before the wedding, than after.
What are your expectations of marriage?
Do you treat each other like equal partners?
Are you sensitive to your partner's needs? How so?
What will be different simply because you get married?
What will be the same?
How do you make decisions as a couple?
What happens when you do not agree?
Do you argue fairly?
If not, what do you think you personally can do to improve this interaction?
Do you resolve conflicts easily ?
If not, how might you respond differently to help facilitate resolution?
How will you manage money?
Bills?
Checking accounts?
Are there issues and behaviors you would never tolerate in the marriage?
What are they?
What will they be?
Are you committed to looking out for your fiance's best interests?
How so?
When you talk to each other do feel you have been heard?
If not, why?
Are you satisfied with your emotional intimacy?
Social intimacy?
Physical intimacy?
What areas need improvement and why?
How does your fiance treat your family and friends?
Is your fiance compassionate and sensitive to your needs?
How so?
Are you patient with each other?
What outside influences affect your level of patience?
Are you forgiving with each other?
Do you communicate well?
How so?
When you argue, what do you normally argue about?
How do you resolve arguments?
Are your religious beliefs compatible?
If not, how will this affect your relationship?
How will it affect the way you raise your children?
How do you plan on handling the division of household responsibilities?
Are you both in agreement about children?
How so?
What are your goals?
What are your fiance's goals?
If you plan on having children, how will you negotiate child care vs. career?
Do you have any concerns about your relationship?
What are they ?
What characteristics do you most admire about your fiance ?
What do you love most about your fiance ?