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When to get pre-marital counseling?

My boyfriend and I are talking about getting married in the next year or so. We are not engaged right now but have been planning our marriage (NOT the wedding). We agreed that we would like to participate in pre-marital counseling but are not sure when the right time is. Is that something people generally wait to do until after getting engaged, is it a pre-engagement thing, or just any time it fits into the whole process?

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  • 9 years ago
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    I would say after you are engaged but before you start planning the wedding. Planning a wedding can be a very stressful time and one of the things premarital counselling can do is to give you coping and negation strategy's to help with that process. It sounds like you both a have a good head on your shoulders and talking these things through prior show maturity and forethought which bodes well for your marriage. Good luck.

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    5 years ago

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    It's pretty boring.....you basically have a guy sit across the table from you to judge whether or not he sees it fit that you are prepared to get married....personally, since I rarely care what other people think anyways, I found it a waste of time. He'll ask you what you're thoughts are on money, children, distribution of houseworks/income/means, what your goals are for the future....blah blah. My fiance and I have already discussed this stuff on our own, and know exactly where we stand, so we only had to go to one meeting LOL. A lot of churches do this because they get tired of marrying people then having them divorce a year later. This is there way of making sure you're very, very seriously committed to the idea of getting married. Note- some pre-martial counseling advises you to hold off on sex until the wedding night (this isn't a problem for me, both the HTB and I are virgins), but if I weren't, I'd have an issue with this one...after all, it's YOUR body... All in all, it's not too painful, just boring. Good luck and congrats :)

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  • You could start when ever you wanted. Some people do it as soon as they get engaged, others do it prior to getting engaged. Do what works for you.

  • 9 years ago

    Just after the engagement i'd think. Good for you for doing it btw!

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