MARRIAGE COMPATIBILITY

 Do you and your partner have some similar interests and hobbies?

 Do you both have a few individual interests, hobbies or pursuits?

 Do you both want the same things out of family life?

 Do you get the right amount of love and understanding from your partner?

 Does your partner pay attention and actively listen to you?

 Do you both contribute equally to the household (either financially or homekeeping – both are of equal importance).

 Do you share similar views about your love life and know how to make each other happy?

 Is your partner also one of your closest friends?

 Do you want to grow old and experience everything life has to offer with your partner?

 Does your partner respect you and treat you as an equal?

 Do you respect your partner and treat them as an equal?

 Are you happy and content to be faithful and committed to this person for the rest of your life?

 Do you believe marrying this person will be a life time commitment for you and does your partner feel the same?

Once you've finished with the test yourself, try asking your partner to consider the statements from their perspective and discuss any of the points that you disagree on. This might prove a little tricky, but by doing this now it gives you the chance to resolve any issues and possibly be even stronger as a result.

Disagreeing on some of the points doesn’t mean that marriage compatibility doesn't exist, it may just mean that a particular element is not important to you both or that you’ll need to focus, and work together, on that area of your relationship. If you disagree on them all however, that may be a different matter!

To suceed, all marriages require communication, compromise and effort. Given that you're considering marrying this special person, now's as good a time as any to begin down that path and assess your marriage compatibility.

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