I came across the following YouTube today, and I absolutely must share it with you!  Dave Willis ask 6 very simple, yet very necessary questions to ask yourself BEFORE you say “I do.”  I have said before, marriage truly is the most important decision you will ever make.  All other aspects of you life will revolve around your marriage…a happy, successful relationship in your marriage makes all other areas of your life bearable, even exciting!  Marry the wrong person, you will pay for the rest of your life!  It is not something anyone should just rush into, but it should be given careful consideration.  You should prepare for marriage even more than than you prepare for your education, your career, and most certainly, more than your next vacation!  Click on the link below to learn the right questions BEFORE the big day:

Dave Willis Shares the Six Questions to Ask Before Marriage

We have just been watching a show called “Love It, or List It.”  It’s a home show about a family that, when they purchased their current home thought it was exactly what they wanted, but as time passes, they now find that there are elements about this house that they just cannot live with.  Now, it is the exact same house they fell in love with and just had to have regardless of the flaws!  But as they lived in the house, those flaws became so big to them that they have now decided that if it can’t somehow be “fixed” or changed into the house that they originally set out to find, they will have to sell it and find that house that has all the things that they must have in a house.  Now, if you ask me, a huge 3-story home with 3 to 4 bedrooms that has only 1 bathroom is a huge NO!!  But, these folks thought well, they could sacrifice the extra bathroom for the size of the house.  Wrong!

I find young folks go into marriage a lot like this couple went into home-ownership; totally enamored by the size and beauty of the home, totally forgetting their initial list of requirements in a home.  It is so easy to by distracted by a handsome face, or by money, etc., that we think, ah well, I don’t really need a trustworthy mate, or so what if he loses complete control of his temper sometimes, he’s so funny and sweet…usually…

But, as time goes on, they find themselves saying, “Either fix this guy or get rid of him!” Just as if he were property.  Please trust me when I say if there are elements about your prospective Prince Charming that you cannot like, move on and hold out for your one true love who you will want to hold onto and cherish forever!  Just like purchasing the right home in the first place saves you so much money, time & effort, marrying the right one will save you from so much heartache, time and suffering.  Spouses truly are not interchangeable, they are not “fixable”…shop, take your time…choose wisely.

And, may I say, 1 bathroom is simply not acceptable in any house!