 What do you want your marriage or partnership to be
like?
 What aspects of your parent’s relationship would you
like to continue/not continue in your relationship?
 THIS ONE IS A BIGGIE! Do you know about your
partner’s past?
 Have you talked about money, children, family, friends,
work, careers, personal goals, values, priorities, leisure
time, who does what around the house, intimacy?
 Have you identified and communicated your
needs/expectations to your partner?
 Have you identified your differences and found ways of
working through them?
 Are you able to ask your partner what you want and
negotiate when your wants are different?
 How do you and your partner cope with the
unexpected?
 What is going to keep love alive in your relationship?
 Are you prepared to make sacrifices for your future
spouse/partner?