Preparing for Marriage

We read an article by B. Chadwick called, Hanging Out, Hooking Up, and Celestial Marriage. This article is about how marriage is crafted, not found and that it takes work to create a healthy marriage. The counsel given within this article is that people need to be actively looking for a right companion and putting forth the right kind of effort to get married.
Some examples of ways to be effectively preparing for marriage is to date.
Dating entails:

• Recreation
• Intimacy and Companionship 
• Find a mate
• Status attainment
• Socialization

All of these revolve around a heathy style of dating and these may lead to marriage eventually. 

We discussed the "Three P's" in dating.

Planned

Paid 

Paired

All of these are responsibilities the the gentlemen normally possess in dating. These are important because planning helps the young man to provide for his future family. Paid, or paying for whatever the date is, may relate to protecting for his girl and family later on. And, Paired, meaning, pairing off and courting, shows that the young man is able to preside over he and his girl. All of these dating techniques allow the gentleman to learn of the latter responsibilities he may need to do in the future.