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"Can two walk together, except they be agreed?"
Book review: Things I wish I'd known before we got married
A PRACTICAL EXERCISE
If you are seriously contemplating marriage, make a list of the things that come to mind that will be done in order to maintain a household. Make two copies of the list and put your initials beside those that will be your major, minor and combined responsibility. Once completed, set an evening to discuss to discuss the list; where you have disagreements calls for negotiation. Share with each other your reasons for the choice you made.
Be as honest and open as possible.
After listening to each other empathically, then seek to make an agreement on who will take up the responsibility. (If you can't agree before the marriage, what makes you think you will agree after marriage?)
Completing this task does not mean you are locked into those responsibilities for the rest of your life. Six months after marriage, you may renegotiate those things. But it does mean that you will enter marriage with better understanding of expectations of each other. Completing these exercises and reaching agreement on who will do what will save your many conflicts and make life flow much harmoniously for both of you.
We've come to the end of Chapter 7: That Toilets Are Not Self Cleaning
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