
Marriage isn’t just a way for a father to get a fair price for his daughter with the help of a dowry, it’s also a bond of everlasting love. Here are several questions every couple should ask each other before saying “I do.”
Marriage isn’t just a way for a father to get a fair price for his daughter with the help of a dowry, it’s also a bond of everlasting love. Here are several questions every couple should ask each other before saying “I do.”
Good idea to run the question by them to see if they’re even interested in spending the rest of their life with you.
By verifying that your future spouse was not one of the infamous hijackers, you can take comfort in the fact that, whatever else they may be, they’re not among history’s monsters.
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Vital to determining where to deploy the 15th brigade, but be prepared to spend more than a few nights sleeping in the guest parlor.
The answer should be somewhere in the $10,000-$40,000 range.
Spare yourself the cost of a second ceremony by double-checking that you didn’t already have the first.
While there’s no right or wrong answer here, if they’ve already seen the 1987 romantic comedy, you may have to figure out what to do with an 133 extra minutes of your life together.
It’s good to know in advance if the person you’re planning to spend your life with has any qualms about the unending deceit they’ll be subjected to and what lies you can tell them now that might ease their fears.
Nobody wants to train a new spouse on the job.
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While this will only ever really come up on flights, it can be a decent gauge of your partner’s physical and mental prowess.
If they fail to mention how the Ottoman Empire’s 1914 decision to side with the Central Powers in World War I stripped Russia of a major trade route to the Mediterranean Sea and exacerbated the country’s economic problems, you know you’ve got yourself a dud.
Knowing how long you’ll be in this marriage from the start will make every aspect of it so much easier.
This may be the only way to know for sure whether the love of your life is really a robot.
It never hurts to check.
See: previous question.
Though it may be old fashioned, some people prefer separate beds rather than dressing up like adult babies and sharing an enormous bassinet.
Better to get it out of the way now instead of spending your whole life wondering why you keep smelling your sister’s perfume on your pillows.
Never let a good hot Italian beef go to waste.
Remind your partner that this question is just to get to know them and that there’s no need to check on the bells.
Fool you once, shame on them. Fool you twice, shame on you.
Be sure to write it down somewhere before you embarrass yourself at the altar.
When they turn around, you’ll have a quick second to run away if these questions aren’t going so great.