Before you get married...

[Eclipse]

Originally posted by DeltAlum
Of all of the above, the one I absolutley agree with is living on your own.


To me, what makes marriages work or not work is a commitment to staying married. Nothing else. Not living together beforhand, not classes, no long talks into the night, not psychologists, not wealth, not romance -- nothing.

I've been married for almost thirty-five years, and at some points it has been really hard for innumerable reasons.

Fortunately, there have been good reasons to stay together as well.

While all of the ideas listed are good, not a single one of them will hold a marriage together without a solid commitment to the institution.

So, my suggestion of what to do before marriage is to mentally check your personal commitment to "Till death do we part."

Nuff Said. So true. I think we have a lot of divorces today because people aren't willing to put in the hard work and some folks are just generally selfish.