Preparing for a Marriage

This week we learned about the process to marriage:

• Dating  {a lot of different people in a lot of different situations}
• Courtship  {being exclusive, but you still do so in a lot of different situations}
• Engagement  {letting the world know you are getting married- a time to plan wedding AND marriage}
• Marriage  {not just the wedding day}

The most fascinating thing I learned this week was about courtship.  I guess I knew that we still "court," but we are always so vague about it.  If we called it courting, we would probably think about boyfriend/girlfriend relationships a bit differently.  I have never had a boyfriend because I have always been taught that you aren't exclusive until you are ready to prepare for marriage and think that it could possibly be with that person. 

During courtship is when you should start asking serious questions.  Questions about their dreams, their fears, their plans, their family, their envision of a future family, etc.  Courtship is a big deal that should be taken more seriously in the world.