PRE-MARRIAGE

Pre-marriage counselling is a great way to help

couples prepare for their marriage.

It helps you and your partner enjoy a strong, healthy

relationship and offers you a better chance towards a
satisfying and lifelong marriage.
It helps you in the overall readiness for marriage and
prepares you for an amazing married life.
It teaches the couple necessary skills to build a strong,
conscious foundation for their marriage.

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 MARRIAGE ADVICE TO CONSIDER BEFORE
WALKING DOWN THE AISLE

1. Love is created
2. Unspoken agreements go against our integrity
3. Formality and self-discipline

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 PRE-MARRIAGE COUNSELING QUESTIONS
TO ANSWER BEFORE SAYING I DO
Pre-marriage counseling questions are generally
divided by categories, which include:
• Emotions
• Communication
• Career
• Finance
• Household
• Sex and intimacy
• Family and friends
• Children
• Religion
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 The following are a sampling of
important pre-marriage counselling
questions worth answering together.
1. Emotions
• Why are we getting married?
• Do you think marriage will change us and how? Where
do you think we will be in 25 years?
• Do you have any pet-peeves?

2. Communication and conflict

• How will we make decisions?
• Do we face difficult topics or avoid them? Do we handle
conflict well?
• Can we talk openly about everything?

3. Career
• What are our career goals and what will we do to reach
them?
• What will our schedules be like and how might they
impact our time together?
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4. Finances
• How is our financial situation, i.e.; all debt, savings,
investments? How will we divide the household bills?
• Will we have joint or separate accounts?
• What will our budget be for fun stuff, savings, etc.?
• What are our spending habits like?

5. Household
• Who will be responsible for what chores? What chores
do we enjoy/hate doing? Who will be doing the cooking?

6. Sex and intimacy

• How can we make our sex life better?
• Are we comfortable talking about our sexual desires and
needs?
• Are we satisfied with the amount of romance and
affection?
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7. Family and friends
• How often will we see our families?
• How will we divide the holidays?
• How often will we see our friends, separately and as a couple?

8. Children
• Do we want to have children?
• When do we want to have children?
• How many children do we want?
• What will we do if we cannot have children? Is adoption an
option? Which one of us will stay home with the children?

9. Religion
• What are our religious beliefs and how will we include them in
our lives?
• How will we maintain/combine our different religious beliefs
and traditions?
• Will we raise our children with religious beliefs and
traditions? If so, which if our beliefs are different?
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 5 BENEFITS OF PRE-MARRIAGE
COUNSELLING
1. You’ll see your relationship from “the outside
in”
2. It gives you a chance to think past your
emotions
3. Reasons for getting married are discussed
4. Uncomfortable topics are covered
5. The counsellor provides an unbiased opinion

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