1. Get your heart broken.

Sounds cliche, but true. Dealing with a breakup
teaches you about what went wrong in your
relationship and how you can prevent them from happening again.

2. Experiment With Online Dating.

You need to learn to take credit for all your
strengths and general awesomeness right?

3. Learn From Your Relationship Mistakes.

Look back at your past? What part did you play
in the destruction of that relationship? Did you
take them for granted? Were you neglectful?
Critical? These are all very important things to
ask yourself before moving on to a new relationship so you can be a better version of yo
and not make the same mistake.

4. Fall in Love, More Than Once.

You need to find out what kind of relationship or partner you want for the rest of your life, so get out there and figure it out.

5. Come Up With a Definitive List of What You

Won’t Compromise On in a Relationship.
These are normally called deal breakers. You
have values that your partner shouldn’t make
you compromise just like they have values that
you shouldn’t ask them to compromise either.
Talk it out and see where each of you stand.

6. Learn to Trust Others.

Trust is one of the most important (if not THE
most important) thing to have in a relationship. I you don’t trust your future partner, how will you create a solid marriage?

7. Learn Not to Make Being Married Your Sole Identity.

You need to be your own person and not to rely
on someone else solely to define you.

8. Spend Time Alone.

The more comfortable you are with yourself, the
more likely you are to attract someone who will
be comfortable with you.

9. Get to Know All the Facts.

You need to talk about all the boring stuff, like
financial matters and health before taking the
leap into marriage. Would you rather find out
your partner is $30,000 in debt before you got
married, or after?

10. Live with someone that is not a member of your family.

Think of it as testing the waters before getting
married. You want to know if you can live with
your future spouse!

11. Spend some time on your career.

Again, cliche but true. You need to work on
yourself before being able to fully commit in a
relationship.

12. Spend time around kids.

This will help you decide whether or not you
want them and to let your partner know where
you stand regarding children before you tie the
knot.

13. Figure out why you want to get married.

Do you genuinely love your partner? Or do you
just like the idea of getting married? Do you
really want to spend the rest of your life with
them? Do you just want to wear a wedding gown and have a big fancy party? Or do you think it’s just something you now have to do because you’re getting older? Find out your true
intentions before making the leap.

14. Learn to fight fairly.

Disagreements will inevitably happen with your
future spouse. Learn to fight fairly now before
you say something you’ll regret after you’re
married.

15. Learn to love people as they are.

Don’t expect people to change for you. Marrying
your partner means you’ll accept for their
strengths AND weaknesses.

16. Learn to DIY.

How can you nurture a marriage if you cannot
learn to take care of yourself first? Consider
learning how to cook or become the handyman
around the house.

17. Meet your future spouse’s friends.

You might be able to pick up on red flags that
could hint at why you might not want to marry
this person. Or to confirm that your decision is
completely spot on.

18. Meet your future spouse’s family.

You’re not just marrying your spouse, you’re
marrying into the family. Figure out if you can
deal with their family drama beforehand.

19. Get to know yourself.

A no-brainer here. If you don’t know who you ar
and aren’t comfortable in your own skin, how
could you possibly know what type of person yo
want to spend the rest of your life with?

20. Learn to apologize sincerely.

We screw up from time to time. Admitting it
shows your partner that you’re mature and
you’re willing to do what it takes to make things
right.


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