So we went to our marriage preparation class yesterday in Auburn Hills, MI at the St. John Fisher Catholic Center on the campus of Oakland University... It lasted 6 hours and 45 minutes (12:45 pm - 6:30 pm.)
Let me guess - you're asking yourself what we learned in all that time?
Well here is the top 5 culminating in the #1 most important thing (according to the Catholic Church) we learned during the session:
5. Have many, many Catholic babies (We MUST procreate and bring the children up in the Catholic church. If we don't, we have broken our vows because we must be open to accepting children into our home.)
4. We speak the same love languages (Physical Touch and Quality Time were our top two "love languages" according to a test we did)
3. Joining finances is hard (We did some case studies to help us learn how to do it, and heard from one of our fellow attendees about how he has his own business and doesn't get a regular paycheck.)
2. Natural Family Planning is 99% effective (No joke according to our session leaders, who in a fit of TMI - Too Much Information - talked about how they used to use "artifical birth control measures" and it nearly ruined their marriage... Alrighty then...)
... and the #1 thing we learned in our pre-marriage seminar yesterday is...
1. Cohabitation = Divorce (According to our session leaders, who by the way are a Corporate Development guy for a hospital and an MBA from the University of Michigan who home schools their children, only 15% of couples who cohabitate before marriage don't divorce. According to Anna, our resident Social Scientist, the data that was used to formulate the 15% number was skewed and was misrepresented by the people leading our session... I have heard this many, many times since the session ended...)
By the way, if anyone wants to borrow our "Contraception: Why NOT" CD, we got an extra copy to share with our friends and family if they are interested...
Honestly though, this session did help us to understand a little more about the marriage process and some things we needed to think about, and so it was worth the time. And, it's done!! YAY! One more thing done and taken care of!!
Talk to you all soon! We're down to less than 11 months until the big day!
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After going through pre-cana classes for our wedding I think everyone should have to go through at least some of the areas before getting married (we had 2 couples leave our day and never come back). I agree with Anna, I'm having a hard time believing that cohabitation statistic. If it is true Matt and I's days must be numbered. :)
We couldn't agree more with Erica's comments. Will & I got quite a bit out of our pre-martial class. Communication skills is the #1 thing we got out of ours. It's amazing the different meanings the same words and expressions can take on. Understanding that, and learning to speak openly and directly about ANYTHING with each other, has made everything else that comes up in a marriage able to be dealt with.
Can't wait to see you guys!!
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