12 essential topics to discuss before choosing a life partner – Part 2

This is the second part of the 12 essential topics to discuss before choosing a life partner.

Here we will be discussing topic no. 6-12. If you haven’t read the first 5 topics, check this blog: *12 essential topics to discuss before choosing a life partner – Part 1*

6. Compatibility: Marriage is a lifetime commitment. It is two people co-existing, performing most of the activities together, impacting each other’s lives to the fullest, facing problems, and handling conflicts together that may arise at any time in their lives. Considering such long-term scenarios, it is always good to check your compatibility with your prospect before marriage. Emotional Compatibility, Physical Compatibility, Spiritual Compatibility can be some areas to check before your marriage.

7. Hobbies, Interests, Likes, Dislikes: Life would become easier if a couple takes care of each other’s likes and dislikes. If they do what the other person likes and avoids doing what the other person doesn’t like, it is like living with your perfect life partner. I agree that it is impossible to know about all likes and dislikes of a person in a short time, but it is essential to know each other’s Hobbies, Interests, Likes, and Dislikes as much as you can before the marriage.

8. Social Circle: The best way to know about a person is to know with whom he/she socializes. You can know about the social circle of the person who you are going to marry. You can ask about their friends, where they hang out, when they meet, what activities they do etc.

9. Future Scope: Another vital thing to check before marriage is to forecast the future scope of your prospect. It is like assessing your prospect not only on basis of his/her current scenario but also what he/she can do in the future. For example, it might be possible that your prospect is currently not having a very good job or business, but while meeting him/her, you sense that the person can have a fantastic future. You can assess his/her future scope by asking more related questions and decide to marry or not accordingly.

10. Family Planning: A few decades ago, this was not a Topic to be discussed. Having a child within a few years of marriage (and more later) was the norm. However, the approach toward having children is now changing. Nowadays, people have different thoughts about family planning. You can discuss with your prospect and check if you both like to have kids or not; if no, why? If yes, then when and how many kids both of you want.

11. Medical History: Since a couple shares various social, mental, and physical aspects of their lives, their physical, mental, and emotional health are also connected. If either of the spouses falls ill, their life partner will be the one who would be affected the most. Therefore, you can ask if your prospect has any significant disease history like cancer, cholesterol, blood pressure, kidney stones, insomnia, or mental health-related issues like depression and anxiety. If needed, you can also check if there is any hereditary disease in their Family.

12. Past Relationship: This is more of a personal choice. Some people are just fine with the past relationship(s) of their life partners, while some other people need to know about it before they marry. If it matters to you, it is not at all a bad idea to ask and confirm if your prospect had any relationship in the past (or is still in a relationship currently). So, if you are keen to know about any past relationship of your prospect, or you had/have any relationship and you want to share this info with your to-be, you can consider discussing this crucial topic during meeting with your prospect.

– Do you think these topics are useful to be discussed before saying yes to marry someone?
– What other topics are essential according to you to discuss before choosing a life partner?

Let us know in the comments below.

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