Love Courtship and Marriage

ANNIVERSARIES
Always celebrate! Whether it's the 1st or the 50th, each year together is
a triumph.

APPRECIATION
Let each other know how much you appreciate each other.
You may already know but hearing it from each other is always better.

BEST FRIENDS
Be best friends preferably before being boyfriend-girlfriend.
Take time to know each other so the relationship will be a deep one.
Tell each other about your crushes, dreams and problems.
Make sure he/she is your best friend before getting engaged.
The strong bond of friendship will help you both survive tough times.

BOND
Make it a point to spend time together often but leave room for each other. Also spend time alone w/ each other, so that at the end of the day you could both share your experiences. This way, you stay interesting with your partner.

CHANGING EACH OTHER
Don't marry an as...le, j.... or a bi.... (an unsuitable person) You'll never change each other. You cannot change a person, only God.

COMPLIMENTS
Always compliment each other.
This will prevent feelings of resentment & thinking that one is being taken for granted.

DATE
Keep doings things that you both enjoy, do them together.
Make time & continue to date to keep the romance - look good, smell good to maintain physical attraction.

DIFFERENCES
Celebrate differences. Never force your ideologies down each other's throat. Give up trying to turn your partner into you. Accept differences, appreciate them.

FAITH
Keep the faith. This is the top most secret of all. A relationship who is not founded with God cannot withstand the test and the storm that will come along the way. Remember that God is love and He is the ultimate source of love, so get a renewed love for each other from Him. It is also advisable to have a relationship with someone who share the same faith walk with what you have. Different faith may cause division among the family in the future.

FIGHTS
Fight w/the aim to resolve the issue. Don't outdo each other.
The longer you extend the fight, the more chances that you'll say something hurtful that you don't really mean. As mad as you were w/ your partner, he/she is still the person who laughs at your jokes & thinks you're hot. Remember, that God says do not let the sun goes down without resolving the argument. Hear each other out, don't dig up old issues. Choose your battles.
Make sure the fight will be worth it & that something will change in the relationship as a result of the fight.

FLAWS
Know that the perfect person does not exist.
Know that just as there are things that you love about him/her, there will be things that will make you go crazy.
We are only human with our own flaws.

FUN
Have fun together! This means keeping the fun & spontaneity that was there in the early days.
Allow yourselves to get silly. Being able to make each other laugh & see the lighter, crazier, absurd side is the best way to get through all the differences in personalities, adjustments in lifestyle & opposing viewpoints.

GOALS
Make sure you have similar goals.
It would be difficult to keep your bond intact if your views are complete opposite.

GRUDGES
Quit tabulating grudges. Let it off. Discuss it, then trash it, don't recycle it.

KEEP IT BURNING
Keep the love burning by traveling to diffirent places together.
A new setting will do wonders.

HONESTY
Don't lie or hide things. The problem will only get bigger.

KNOW EACH OTHER
Learn each other's interest. It really keeps the conversation flowing!

HOLD HANDS
hold each other's hand while walking, this will give you since of security in your commitment to each other

IDENTITY
Don't lose your personality - that's why he/she fell in love w/you.


INDEPENDENCE
Have separate interest & activities to keep you individual, & to be able to contribute more to the relationship.
Be prepared in times in which you will be far away from each other.

IN-LAWS
Make rooms for the in-laws.

INTENTIONS
Wish each other well. Don't wish each other worst. Make it a habit to pray for blessings and wisdom everyday.

ISSUES
Speak up about the awkward stuff now,like money, decisions, etc. The earlier, the better.

LISTEN
Listen, listen, listen. Hear each other out especially during arguments.

LOOK GOOD
Mind your appearance! Stay fit & healthy for each other.

LOVE
It all boils down to your love, chemistry & respect for each other. Ensure that the love of God radiates in your relationship.

MEMORIES
Remind each other of the old days. Do something that you used to do for each other before.
It may even be corny but it made you two together.
Experience new things together- from dining into a new restaurant to experiencing street food together to exploring to new places. It's the little surprises that make great memories.

MIND READING
No matter how long you've been together, do not think that you can read each other's mind.

NEEDS
Be good to yourself, then be good to your partner.
Be very attentive & sensitive to each other's needs, physically (for married couple only) & emotionally,
that way your partner learns to do the same for you.
Never take your partner for granted.

PRIORITIES
If one says it's important, then it is! Prioritize each other among other things!

SPACE
Give each other space. Have dates with your girlfriends, have your boy's night out.
If you can't trust each other with this, then don't get married.

SORRY
Say sorry when you're wrong.

SURPRISES
No matter how long you've known each other, be open to surprises, both good or bad.

TEAMWORK
Think for two & always work as a team.
Consult each other before making a decision because everything will always affect both of you.
Strengthen couple power.
In many ways, we have to decide based on what is best for the relationship in favor of what the plans of God for your relationship.

SUPPORT
Support each other's dream. Be willing to follow your passions, support your partner in his/her decisions & create new ones together.
Two heads are better than one.

TALK
Tell each other's stories. Life goes by so fast & its easy to see how easily couple can grow apart.
Whenever something funny, scary,exciting or corny happened to you or to someone you know, tell each other about it & have your partner do the same. Keep each other in the loop of life, even by email if you have to and texting. Never stop communicating even if you've been together for so long.



Lastly, I wanna share an Eulogy of an Idian wife to her Chinese husband who passed away.

Indian Woman: I stand before all of you to give an eulogy of my husband. I know almost all the people here speaks on the possitive side of my husband's character or him being a great person. But it is surprising when somebody will speak about the negative side of the that person, which I'm going to do right now. Allow me to tell you that my husband really snores so bad. He snores like an old crunky car and I'm not happy about it, I get irritated about it. He has a lot of imperfections. But I want you to understand that through that imperfections, our marriage become perfect and desirable. Now, I'm going to miss that crunky old car like snore when I wake up in the morning. I'm going to miss his imperfections for the rest of my days. My hopes is that my children will find their imperfect spouses in the future so that they can have a desirable married life. Thank you!

Everyone in the crowd were clapping and was so blessed with that eulogy.

Friends, never be afraid and hide your imperfections, because that made you who you are. Never search for a perfect partner in life because you gonna end up disapponted. Evaluate the imperfections of a person whom you like or who pursues you. If you can live with it, then don't be afraid to give your commitment to him/her.