· You need to know God didn't call us to love one another only when the other person is lovable.
· You need to know to not get in the way of your spouse's relationship with God.
· You need to know friends, family, faith, and traditions can strengthen a marriage. Or shake it up.
· You need to know that teaching a Sunday school class or leading a youth group together is a good way to learn about kids before you have them.
· You need to know to keep a place inside you reserved for God alone.
· You need to know having a stress-free life together is a myth. What you will have is someone to face the stress with.
· You need to know it's a myth that marriage changes people. But people can change a marriage.
· You need to know a perfect marriage requires perfect people. Which is a myth.
· You need to know it's a myth that a happy couple agrees about everything. In fact, some of the happiest couples may rarely agree about anything. Except to love and accept each other.
· You need to know that never going to bed angry is a myth. If couples never went to bed angry, they would be sleep deprived.
· You need to know it's a myth that marriage will make you happier. If you're unhappy now, you'll be just as unhappy later.
· You need to know that living happily ever after is a myth. There'll be days where you'd be happier living in Siberia as a goat herder.
· You need to know it's a myth to think you'll be joyously in love every day.
· You need to know it's a myth that you'll be on the same spiritual plane.
· Everybody has a uniquely personal relationship with God that changes throughout life.
· You need to know that being happy in an "open marriage" is a myth.
· Adultery weighs on your soul.
· You need to know that thinking you'll do everything together is a myth. Doing what you don't want to do over and over again will just make you unhappy.
· You need to know it's a myth that she'll complete you. That's a movie line.
· You need to know it's a myth that having a baby will bring you closer. If you don't work at it, a baby will drive you apart.
· You need to know it's a myth that romantic love is the basis for long-term marriages. Romantic love ends in about a year.
· You need to know it's a myth that sex won't matter as you get older. The reality is sex gets better.
