Marriage Readiness Essay

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0 = seldom 1 = occasionally 2 = frequently Marriage Readiness Check This quiz is for people who are dating or considering marriage. Answer these 25 questions about your relationship by putting a 0, 1 or 2 in front of each question. At the end of the quiz, you will total your responses and evaluate your readiness for marriage. If any of these areas are problems before marriage, the likelihood that they’ll become greater problems is high. These issues often become more problematic after the commitment to a life-long relationship is made. 1. How often do you have a general uneasy feeling about the relationship? A lack of inner peace? (This is different from a nervous or skittish feeling people often get days before a wedding takes place. Most people experience some anxieties just before the event because it is a brand new experience for them.) 2. How often do you have arguments? 3. How often do you avoid discussing sensitive subjects because you are afraid of hurting your partner’s feelings or starting an argument? 4. How often do you find yourself involved physically but you are still uncomfortable with ‘who’ the person is or ‘how’ they act? 5. How often do you find yourself always doing what your partner wants to do? Could this mean your partner is dominating the relationship and may be the controlling type? 6. How often do you detect serious emotional disturbances such as extreme fears, extreme shyness, bizarre behavior, irrational anger etc.? 7. How often do you worry about your partner’s lack of interest in spiritual things or how seldom you see him/her reading the Bible or mentioning prayer? 8. How often do you have a nagging fear that your partner may not even truly know Christ? 9. How often are you the one who is always trying to bring up spiritual matters? Are you trying to prop up your partner spiritually whose spiritual desires are
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