21 WAYS TO MARRIAGE AND FIDELITY

1. You need to know where each of you stands on sexual fidelity. You think you know. But make sure.

2. You need to know an affairis more likely to affect your marriage than a divorce. And that happens to 50 percent of marriages.

3. You need to know you canno longer fantasize about other people. Really. It’s stupid.

4. You need to know that studiesindicate the more sexual partners a person has before marriage, the
more likely that person is to stray.

5. You need to know anaffair doesn’t just happen. It’s a decision you make along the way.

6. You need to know research stronglysuggests an affair doesn’t make you happier. Even if no one finds out.

7. You need to know an affairwon’t do anything for your self-esteem. Except ruin it.

THINGS TO REMEMBER IN MARRIAGE COUNSELING

1. You need to know the secret to a strong, healthy marriage is two strong, healthy individuals. It’s difficult to repair a marriage if one person is nuts.

2. You need to know that when you’d prefer working on sales reports until 8:00 p.m. instead of going home,
it’s time to seek counseling.

3. You need to know if you’d rather sit in your car than go inside and see your wife, it’s time to seek counseling.

4. You need to know if youhaven’t had sex in three months, it’s time to seek counseling.

5. You need to know if you feel likehitting her, it’s time to seek counseling.

WAYS TO MARRIAGE AND MONEY

1. You need to know love won’t pay the
mortgage. Money is important.

2. You need to know if you’remarrying a spender or a saver.

3. You need to know a marriage is amerging of two financial lifestyles. One could be the Salvation Army; the other, Chanel.

4. You need to know it’s cheaperto get married in November and January. Yet you get the same
ending as the June weddings do.

5. You need to know financial security eliminates a lot of arguments.

6. You need to know if you don’tbuy stuff you can’t afford, you won’t have financial problems.

7. You need to know that if you put$30,000 on your credit card to get married, you’ll have money problems from day one.