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Things from your partner that you should not see before getting married

We are living in a society that does not hold marriage to a high esteem as our forefathers did and this leads me to ask the question, why is it that the number of marriages have drastically reduced? I found out that one of the reasons why people are no longer interested in marriage is because we have violated the rules of the game and eaten the forbidden fruit. I do not necessarily mean sex before marriage although it is a contributing factor to the decreased rates of marriages but the way people have let their guards down when it comes to dating and courting. There are several things that one should never see from their partners while dating in order to lead to a marriage.

Their dirty laundry. Yes, I mean exactly that. The essence of courting is to get to know the other person better but this does not by any means include their dirty laundry. Sharing a bed with a man or woman that you are yet to marry brings about a sense of comfort and familiarity. So much so that people get to the extent of seeing the other person’s dirty laundry. The familiarity will soon kill the intimacy and to others the sense of mystery that makes dating and courting interesting. If you are looking to marry that person that you are dating then you must at all costs avoid their dirty laundry.

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