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If We Are To Develop An Intimate Relationship, We Need To Know Each Other's Desires. If We Wish To Love Each Other, We Need To Know What The Other Person Wants.

The Decision To Get Married Will Impact One's Life More Deeply Than Almost Any Decision In Life. Yet People Continue To Rush Into Marriage With Little Or No Preparation For Making A Marriage Successful. In Fact, Many Couples Give Far More Attention To Making Plans For The Wedding Than Making Plans For Marriage. The Wedding Festivities Last Only A Few Hours, While The Marriage, We Hope, Will Last For A Lifetime

We Can Look At The Pain In Our Lives. We Can Look At The Way We Have Been Mistreated, And We Can Have An Attitude Of, I Will Never Amount To Anything. I Have Been Wrong About People All My Life. I Am Going To Pay Somebody Back For This.

What Is Emotional Intimacy? It Is That Depp Sense Of Being Connected To One Another. It Is Feeling Loved, Respected And Appreciated, While At The Same Time Seeking To Reciprocate. To Feel Loved Is To Have The Sense That The Other Person Genuinely Cares About Your Well-being. Respect Has To Do With Feeling That Your Potential Spouse Has Positive Regard For Your Personhood, Intellect, Abilities And Personality. Appreciation Is That Inner Sense That Your Partner Values Your Contribution To The Relationship.

Every Single Day In A Marriage, We Influence Each Other. It Is A Matter Of Am I Going To Have A Positive Influence Or A Negative Influence?