Love, lust and infatuation are NOT enough to sustain a marriage. There are MANY factors to consider when prescreening an ideal candidate for long term commitment or marriage. Our dating coaching program will mentor you to help you make healthy choices.
Here are some questions to ask yourself when you are dating someone to determine whether they are a good match for you:
- Do you want to know more after every date?
- Do you have more similarities than differences with both big and small issues?
- How does this person relate to family and friends?
- Do you feel safe when you are together?
- Have you evaluated the red flags in your relationship and are you feeling confident to move ahead?
- Physical: could you look at this face for the rest of your life, stare into those eyes, listen to that voice?
- Can this person help you to grow in the areas where you are weak?
- Do you understand where this person came from (their past)? Do you connect to where they are now, in the present moment? Are you looking to build a similar future?
- Have you spoken about the big issues like building a family, where to live and what community to be a part of?
- Has your mood shifted toward the positive since you started dating, or are you struggling daily to feel good about dating this person?
Source: Get Real Get Married, Aleeza Ben Shalom