Friday, October 30, 2015

Marrying the Right Person!


When I think about marrying Mr. Right, I imagine how happy I will be in that moment, and, without sounding too cliché, what joy will fill my heart. I wonder how I will truly know that it’s him. Will it seem as though a spotlight is shining down on him? Have I met him already and just didn’t know it?

Let's be honest, we have all wondered about that special someone we will want to enjoy our life with. Once you have reached that point where you have dated someone long enough that you feel there is a good chance you are headed toward marriage, what are the right questions to ask?

Sometimes I think as young women we can get caught up in the glamour of the wedding and be so focused on the pictures that we want to put on social media that we overlook what to others may seem like obvious red-flags. 

I recognize that once you are married you have to become as one with your spouse. Each has to think as much or more about the other than they do for themselves. Our spouse’s needs should be a primary consideration. I believe that the first year of marriage is likely going to be one of the hardest because of the adjustments needed to live for the first time with a new companion. Problems will need to be worked out without waiting until it is too late.

4 comments:

  1. A Bishop of mine gave some good advice... go around making good friends (guys) one day you'll find your best friend and then marry him. It turned out to be the best advice ever. I found him and married him. Now 22 years later, he's still my best friend.

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  2. Is there such a thing? Maybe you just marry a wonderful, yet flawed person and eventually you become great together if you commit to work at it and stay with that person in spite of their flaws.

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  3. Except when you marry a Radford? Ha......You can't have everything,although we think we can. My advice is make a list of his good qualities and the things that irritate you. If the good is really good and right, decide if you can tolerate the other. He might change, but maybe he won't.

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