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Marriage
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- How and where did you meet your spouse? Describe the situation. Did you know that this was the person you would marry?
- Describe your engagement. Who proposed? Was it traditional? Was the proposal a surprise or was it expected? What was their reaction?
- Did your parents approve of your engagement? Why or why not? What effect did it have on you and your sweetheart? Did your parents' opinion change after the wedding?
- How long was your engagement? Did it seem to last forever or did time just fly by?
- What was your wedding like? Did you have a large ceremony, a small ceremony, or did you elope? Was it a religious ceremony? Where was the ceremony held? In a church, garden, or home? Did anything out of the ordinary happen during the ceremony? What was it?
- Who attended the wedding? Were your family and friends present? Did anyone participate in the ceremony? How did you choose them? Did you have a flower girl or a ring bearer? Who?
- Was the reception memorable? Was food served, or just cake? Was there dancing? How many people did you invite?
- Did you have any traditional customs or rituals at the reception? What?
- Did you go on a honeymoon? Where did you travel? Describe the vacation. What was most memorable?
- What expectations did you have regarding marriage? For example, did you think you wouldn't argue after you got married, because you never saw your parents argue? How did your expectations change as your marriage matured?
- Did you go into marriage thinking you could change something about the other? What were some of those things and how did it work out? Did you change or did you learn to live with each other?
- Did you go through any major adjustments when you were first married? How did you work through the issues of joint finances, housing, and living with another person?
- Describe the various stages of your marriage. Were there any high points that stand out? What about any low points? In what ways did your marriage grow stronger or weaker from these times?
- When did you first meet your in-laws? Were they accepting? Did they welcome you into the family? Describe the adjustment of entering into a new family. Was it easy or difficult?
- How did you spend your holidays? Did you trade off between families? Was your time divided equally?
- Did you feel you had to give up anything when you got married? Your home, career, independence, or friends?
- What did you think you gained from getting married? A lifetime companion, more time with the one you loved, or financial security?
- Describe your spouse. Was your spouse romantic, considerate, or stubborn?
- What were the roles in your marriage? Was one person the breadwinner, the homemaker, or the decision-maker? Were the roles intertwined? Did they change over time? In what ways?
- What did you have in common? What were your differences? In what ways did they make you compatible and incompatible?
- What issues did you argue about when you were first married? Money, politics, child rearing, religion? As your marriage matured, did you argue about the same issues?
- If you never divorced, what was your secret? How were you able to stay together? What advice could you give to others?
- If you had it to do all over again, what changes would you make? Why?
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