Do NOT Get Married Unless You’ve Learned These 4 Critical Skills

Before someone gets a driver’s license, they take a drivers ed course, practice with the help of an experienced driver, and closely study the rulebook. These are all valuable things to do, because driving without the necessary skills would make someone a menace on the roads, and a danger to themself and others.

The same thought process applies to getting married, as well. Before getting a marriage license, people must learn how to do the high-skills activity that partnership requires. Otherwise, couples are at risk for intense fighting, and launching a marriage that’s at risk from the outset.

Multiple research projects have clearly established that couples who learn marriage skills have the highest odds of enjoying a long-lasting and gratifying partnership. If you’re spendi

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5 BIG Reasons You Should Get Married


Here 5 reasons you should totally get married.

1. Marriage has financial benefits


Couples accumulate more wealth by combining households and reducing living expenses. Dale and I, however, had already combined our households. We didn’t need marriage to get this benefit. On the other hand:

  • Marriage makes it easier to get family health, dental, and other insurance benefits.
  • Marriage conveys benefits to survivors from retirement plans and Social Security that we wouldn’t otherwise have.
  • Marriage makes it easier to inherit from each other. Most states give preferential treatment to surviving spouses in probating an estate.

2. Marriage

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