DATING, COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE Flashcards
is one way to for people to get together
DATING
3 Types of Dating
STANDARD DATE DOUBLE DATE GROUP DATE
just between two people or a couple
STANDARD DATE
two couples at the same time and place
DOUBLE DATE
having more couples enjoying a date
GROUP DATE
Is an activity that occurs when people are developing a romantic relationship that can lead to marriage or period of time such activity occurs.
COURTSHIP
is also the period where couple gets to know each other if there will be engagement and marriage
COURTING
Is a state of being united to a person as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law.
MARRIAGE
THE 8 ESSENTIALS OF A HEALTHY MARRIAGE
- LOVE/ COMMITMENT
- SEXUAL FAITHFULNESS
- HUMILITY
- PATIENCE/ FORGIVENESS
- TIME
- HONESTY AND TRUST
- COMMUNICATION
- SELFLESSNESS
At its core, love is a decision to be committed to another person. It is far more than a feeling of emotion as portrayed on television, the bis screen, and romance novels.
- LOVE/ COMMITMENT
on marriage includes more than just the bodies. It also includes the eyes, mind, heart and soul. When you devote your mind to sexual fantasies about another person. You sacrifice sexual faithfulness to your spouse
- SEXUAL FAITHFULNESS
We all have weaknesses, and relationship always reveal these faults quicker than anything else on earth. An essential building block of a healthy marriage is the ability to admit that you are not perfect, that you will make mistakes, and you will need forgiveness.
- HUMILITY
Because no one is perfect, patience and forgiveness will always be required in a marriage relationship. Successful marriage partners learn to show unending patience and forgiveness to their partners.
PATIENCE/ FORGIVENESS
Relationship do not work without time investment. They never have and never will. Any successful relationship requires intentional quality time together. Quality time rarely happens when quantity time is absent. The relationship with your spouse should be the most intimate and deep relationship you have.
TIME
become the foundations for everything healthy in a marriage. But unlike most of the other essentials on this list, trust takes time. You can become selfless, committed, or patient in a moment.
HONESTY AND TRUST