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5 topics to talk about before marriage
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1 _ Vision of the future

Do you want to work a lot or a little? Do you want to live in a big city or a small town? Or maybe you both dream of a house in the countryside or mountains? How many times a year do you plan to go on vacation? And what if one of you does not like to travel? What kind of car do you want to buy? Are material issues important to you? What do you want to spend most time on during the day?

2_ Roles and responsibilities

The division into "the husband who works" and the wife who takes care of the household is losing its relevance. Often couples cannot afford to have only one of them working. It seems that women have gone to work, and men have not started to devote more time to household chores. And how will it be with you? Who will work, where? Who will be responsible for cooking, washing and ironing? Today we should rethink the roles in marriage in a new way.

3_ Upbringing of children

How many children do you want to have? What will influence the number of children you can plan? Who will work then? Will you have enough for the life you imagine in the first point? Maybe you should adjust your idea? Ask also questions about the role and way of raising children. What beliefs and values did you bring from your home and would you like to pass on to your children? Get acquainted with different concepts of upbringing and choose what is closest to you. What values do you want to instill in your children? Do you live those values yourself and can children learn them from you?

4_Program of actions during a crisis

What if one of you cheats? What if someone becomes addicted to, for example, alcohol? What if there are problems with fertility? What if a disabled child is born? What then, who will help you? Do you both accept the option of a family psychologist? Who will you entrust your family problems to and who will definitely not?

5_Family relations

Would you like to live together, close or far from your parents? When children are born, will you need help or not? What kind of help? What if relatives have a different vision of childcare? What will you both consider to be help and what will be interference in your affairs? How will you show respect for the parents while clearly defending your marital interests? And if your parents ask for help, how will you put it on your family to-do list?

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