Rather than discussing the inane details for 2 weeks of your life, focus on exploring your collective life vision. Spend time discussing one another’s outlook on finances, children, lifestyle, life-work balance, religious associations and community involvement. Define a mission statement. You will soon be a team, best to act like one before the law or church says you should. Most importantly, acknowledge areas where potential differences occur and set immediately toward identifying positions where mutual compromises lie.
For all you know, she may have huge credit card bills, or wants 4 kids. Maybe she had a bad experience with a priest when she was young and is now atheist.
Make no mistake: getting hitched is fundamentally a legal sanction. Businesses perform due diligence before buying one another. Have you done yours?
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