Anybody ever tried premarital counseling?

Question

If so, how well did it work?

Answer 1

The minister who married us also required us to have premarital counseling with him.  Nothing earth shattering was revealed, and although we didn't live together before we got married, we had pretty much discussed everything before this anyway.  We have been married for eight happy years.

Answer 2

no

Answer 3

No because it wasn't common when I first married 25 years ago.  My 2nd marriage we lived together 3 years so it was unneeded.  I do agree that premarital counseling is important because my niece after a big expensive church wedding had it annuled because the groom wanted to remain childless forever!  I knew another couple that annuled their marriage because he wanted her to be a stay at home mom and she is an attorney!  I am all for it so the marriage has a great start.  At least a book on the subject and a long talk together would help.  Couples need to see into what they want for the future.

Answer 4

no but why would you need it the beginning is the easy part.

Answer 5

I took my wife to premarital counseling.. It was the best thing ever...

It was just to make sure me and her were on the same page..

Money, Kids, responsibilities, the future..  

Answer 6

Just plenty of premarital s*x! Worked great, I finally found a woman that did it right.

Answer 7

I had premarital counseling. It is highly recommended. My wife and I never had any real problems before we got married but they do go over a lot of stuff that you might not think of before hand such as financial stuff etc.  Just because you do premarital counseling, it does NOT mean there is anything wrong with your relationship. If anything it will make your relationship stronger and better prepared to last.

Answer 8

Yes, it was required of us by the pastor who married us. Basically it was pointless since we were already living together and knew each other really well. For those that don't know, premarital counselling focuses on what you might not know prior to marriage about conflict resolution or future goals etc. A lot of it has to do with parenting, but since my husband and I do not want children we skipped over it. The pastor did not want to skip it and went on about how if we were to have children I would need to learn to be more nurturing and what not. At that point I told him for the hundredth time I'm not having any d**n kids. Later my husband and I laughed about how stupid it was.