Incompatibilities stay, they don’t change with marriage.
A different set of priorities don’t go away with the baby carriage.

 

Marriage intensifies any incompatibility.
It often remains even through senility.

 

Core value conflicts don’t change, they just hide.
They remain and become difficult to abide.

 

The best predictor of the future with someone is the past.
If there were problems then, they’ll continue to last.

 

Unless you prepare yourself for the future and try to change old way,
You’ll be the same for the rest of your married days.

 

Don’t let someone outside the marriage pressure and control you.
Or your commitment won’t last after you say “I do”.

 

Work must be done to prepare for each other.
When you get home, you must unwrap one another.

 

Then, you must live with what you find or with what you knew all along.
Or else your lives will turn out to be a fight, and that’s all wrong.

 

So, remember, if you both have different priorities, they won’t go away.
It’s a proven fact that they remain and intensify each and every day.

 

Do your work before you promise to love, honor, and obey,
And you’ll be happy forever, like you were on your wedding day.

 

By Ann Leyh