when preparing for marriage what qualities do you have to work on?
By Dominique25
@Dominique25 (9460)
United States
February 7, 2012 7:24am CST
Marriage is a huge step and carries with it a lot of responsibility and joy. What things did or do you have to work on to prepare for marriage? For me I think i had too work more on being submissive. Before i got married i lived on my own and did my own thing. When your married you have to take more into account your spouses thoughts and feelings about different things.
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@lilaclady (28206)
• Australia
7 Feb 12
I think you are right, you do have to take the other persons thoughts on board but as I see amongst my married friends it seems it is always the woman that does this and the man doesn't, so I myself would have a problem with that as I am a very independent person.
@Dominique25 (9460)
• United States
5 May 12
Yeah I agree with you it's usually the woman who tries to be submissive and look to the interest of her husband. It is hard when a person is independent and doesn't view their husband as someone they have to be submissive to. That is why it is a good thing to know what each person expects in a relationship and what they are looking for. This will help prevent a lot of problems in the future.
@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
9 Feb 12
There is a lot of good advice for those who plan to marry or are already married. The Bible was written for us as a guide to act wisely in every aspecet of the human life.
The first marriage was in the garden of Eden as God gave this arrangement for the first human beings for building a family and spreading their children to the rest of the world.
I think many of us would like to make our marriage happier than the one of the first couple. It means that we have to follow the wisdom of our Creator.
I went to watchtower.org and made a search with the word "marriage" - and got over 200 results. There are a lot of articles based on the Bible principles there.
Personally I have decided that if I ever plan to marry, I am going to learn to know the person really well before deciding anything.
That will take a lot of time and allow the first feelings 
to cool down enough so that it is possible to learn to know the person enough and talk with each other to understand if both are willing to work on the relationship so that it becomes successful.
I just hope that others don´t make the same mistake as I did, as I got married too fast.
May you have a happy marriage..
to cool down enough so that it is possible to learn to know the person enough and talk with each other to understand if both are willing to work on the relationship so that it becomes successful.
I just hope that others don´t make the same mistake as I did, as I got married too fast.
May you have a happy marriage.. 