Why do so many people fail to get marriage right from the start and not experience lasting love? Co-authors, Ken and Verena Hardman, married for more than 40 years, provide a well-researched, experienced-based, marriage-preparation guidebook. It encompasses the best marriage and family practices observed in Western and Eastern cultures corroborated by the social sciences.
Before discussing a safer, smarter way to make well-informed, wise decisions about how and whom to marry, we provide some cautionary advice about falling in love to keep in mind.
In this short video, we begin discussing Step 1 of the 7-Step Decision-Making process. Its purpose is to provide a framework to evaluate an individual's preparedness for marriage. Introduced is an innovative approach for self-discovery called First Principles Thinking. It can enable you to clarify your assumptions about love and marriage, a healthy adult who is prepared for marriage, and the soulmate myth.
This video begins to discuss the “elephant in the room” that two single adults avoid when beginning to explore one another as a potential lifelong marriage partner. They avoid agreeing upon ethical guidelines. Singles may believe that forming a marriage is just about falling in love. And they may presume, “Sure, I’m ethical, what else is there to talk about?” Well, there is a lot more to discuss about being ethical in our personal lives. That is especially true when it comes to choosing a lifelong marriage partner and forming a marriage.
If romantic love is "blind," short-lived and causes love sickness, why do people still desire to experience it?
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