The following questions and statements can be used in premarital sessions to encourage the couple to communicate with each other about their relationship.
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Introduce your beloved to me.
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What will be different about your relationship after the wedding day?
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What hurdles do you foresee you will have to surmount?
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How is your fiancé similar to or different from your father and mother?
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What is there about your parents' marriage and your fiancé's parents' marriage that you want or don't want?
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How would you like feelings of love, warmth, and tenderness shown to you in public and in your home?
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What is there about yourself or your past that you think might seriously affect your marriage?
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In the light of what is happening to marriages today, why will yours be different?
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In what ways do you expect your partner to change after marriage?
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What will it mean for you if changes do not take place in the way you expect?
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How can the differences you exhibit strengthen your marriage?
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How would you see forgiveness operating in a marriage?
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If you were to write a letter to your prospective in-laws stating reasons why you are glad to be joining their family what would you put in it?
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What do you plan to do about the characteristics you do not like in your future in-laws?
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How much money from your family finances should your partner be able to spend without your permission? How did you arrive at this?
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What are some of the wishes of both families which you intend to include in your wedding plans?
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What difference would being a Christian make in a couple's sexual relationship in marriage?
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How will you respond and deal with it if, after you are married, another person is attracted to you and approaches you?
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How many children do you think will be ideal for you and how does your fiancé feel about it?
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What are some things about which you don't seem to be able to communicate?
