How to Know When You are Ready to get Married

How to Know When You are Ready to get Married

We've been dating for years, will we ever get engaged?

We've been dating for years, will we ever get engaged?

Do most couples know when it is time to get engaged?

Do most couples know when it is time to get engaged?

How will we know it is the right time to get engaged?

How will we know it is the right time to get engaged?

Where can I find help in processing this huge decision?

Where can I find help in processing this huge decision?

What are the benefits of premarital counseling?

What are the benefits of premarital counseling?

What types of premarital counseling options are there?

What types of premarital counseling options are there?

How can I find a properly trained counselor who can help me know if I'm ready to get married?

How can I find a properly trained counselor who can help me know if I'm ready to get married?

Should a third party be telling me whether I should get married?

Should a third party be telling me whether I should get married?

How do I know if I have found my soul-mate?

How do I know if I have found my soul-mate?

Should I live with my fiancé before getting married?

Should I live with my fiancé before getting married?

Is it important to have our finances in order before getting married?

Is it important to have our finances in order before getting married?

Do I have to like my fiancé's family?

Do I have to like my fiancé's family?

Where should we live once we are married?

Where should we live once we are married?

How do we know if we are communicating well with our significant other?

How do we know if we are communicating well with our significant other?

 Is age a big deal in marriage?

Is age a big deal in marriage?

Is compatibility important in marriage?

Is compatibility important in marriage?

When is the right time to make the marriage proposal?

When is the right time to make the marriage proposal?

Can the potential bride pop the question?

Can the potential bride pop the question?

After getting engaged, when does the wedding planning start?

After getting engaged, when does the wedding planning start?

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Bill Cochran

Say "I Do" Your Way

www.sayidoyourway.com  

301-926-2671

Rev. Bill Cochran is the owner of Say “I Do” Your Way. In this company, Bill & his wife Joyce offer their services as wedding officiants and pre-marriage Counselors.  They have been working with couples for the past thirty-nine years and have conducted hundreds of weddings. Bill also serves as a trainer for Life Innovations certification of counselors and clergy in the Metro Washington, DC/Maryland/Virginia area. His extensive background in marriage and pre-marriage counseling has prepared hundreds of couples to navigate the tough issues of relationship building.

Over the years, Bill & Joyce have built an exciting and fulfilling marriage relationship. Thus they see weddings as the greatest event in life. Helping other couples to share the same positive experience they enjoy in marriage is their primary goal. They LOVE weddings!

Should I live with my fiancé before getting married?

Host: Should I live with my fiance before getting married?

Bill Cochran: If you asked that question to your pastor or priest or rabbi, I am pretty sure they would have told you no. What I am discovering though is it's the vast norm across our country today that couples are living together before getting married.

Now in the years past there had been lot of studies done on the effect that has on the happiness and longevity of the marriage, suggesting in the past that it's rather negative.

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Host: Should I live with my fiance before getting married?

Bill Cochran: If you asked that question to your pastor or priest or rabbi, I am pretty sure they would have told you no. What I am discovering though is it's the vast norm across our country today that couples are living together before getting married.

Now in the years past there had been lot of studies done on the effect that has on the happiness and longevity of the marriage, suggesting in the past that it's rather negative. I think we are in an era where things are changing a bit. What I am discovering is that probably 90-95% of the couples like married in the past year haven't been living together.

A lot of them I have been doing some pre-marriage counseling with and the value I discover is they know what it is they need to work on. There is no secrets, no questions there about it. So, they are much easier to work with because before they get married they want to work through these issues and make sure that they are going to move beyond them.

Whether or not you should, I would never say that. There is values both ways obviously. That's a decision that you and your intended need to make but nowadays most couples are moving in together long before they decide to get married and so some see it as a part of the process.

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