Practical questions worth asking yourself and your potential spouse before committing to marriage.

Saying yes to a proposal is a big decision, and it is easy to get swept up in excitement or pressure to decide quickly. Before you commit, it is worth slowing down and asking a few honest questions.

1. Do we agree on the basics of practicing our faith day to day, not just in theory, but in how we actually plan to live?
2. Have we talked openly about finances, and are we roughly aligned on how we want to handle money as a couple?
3. Do our expectations around family, whether that is children, in-laws, or where we will live, actually match up?
4. Can I picture handling a genuinely hard day with this person, not just the good days?
5. Have we been honest with each other, even about the things that felt uncomfortable to bring up?

None of these questions have a single right answer, but avoiding them altogether tends to cause more problems later than asking them upfront ever will. A proposal built on honesty from the start gives a marriage a much stronger foundation.