Thread: Marriage course

Yep i've been on the course for 23 yrs, and it comprises of the following.


YES DEAR....


Cheers Ean

A marriage course? Thought that was the grandparents domain, first question I would ask of the marriage " instructor' [ for goodness sake, ]
is " how long have you been married, & how many children do you have? "

The mind boggles, Bob [ 36 years, 3 boys , one girl, for us]

If you are planning on getting married in a church then the minister/priest usually does some sort of basic mariage preparation. It is really just low level counselling type stuff designed to flag any obvious issues. These issues however, are usually not obvious to the couple in question. Now this is where I will get a bit political...

Roman Catholic marriage preparation is something to be wary of as no Catholic priests have any first hand experience. Also, your fundamentalist, happy clappy denominations (includes Baptist and AOG - now ACC) can also be badly skewed to the ultra-traditional and now very out-of-date models of marriage. If you want to be safe, go with the Uniting Church or maybe Anglican for a more balanced, real world approach.

A church minister however, is not a marriage counsellor. If they think there are likely problems they should refer you on to one. Also remember that church marriage preparation is based on religious faith being a part of your relationship. The religious model views marriage as a union of three, not two, where it is believed that the closer your relationship to God, the closer your relationship to each other. If you aren't into that then you need to look elsewhere.

Either way, the one big benefit of any marriage course is that they can often help identify problems that are just not apparent to either person in the relationship.

Are meals provided at these 'courses'?

Married twice,, Divorced twice,,

I think I'll sit this one out

I think it basically boils down to..................

............Happy wife, happy life

Originally Posted by Ausfree

I think it basically boils down to..................

............Happy wife, happy life

Or just don't get married, been working fine for us for 20 years now

Just remember that you will need to compromise from time to time. Here's a good clip that sums it up nicely.

youtube - compromise