experts: You will have a better chance at marriage if your partner values the same things in life that you do.

“What questions do you desperately want answered about relationships, love, and marriage?”

“Thinking back over your life, what are some of the most important lessons you feel you have learned about marriage?

But the experts say that when you are deciding whether to commit, a list can be very helpful.

Kathy’s message is that you may know on some level if the relationship is just wrong, but it requires listening carefully to the inner voice. You

Sometimes you just have to take a chance, you know? So you take a chance. But—make an educated guess! You have to really try to get to know each other.

person came to you and asked for your advice about having a happy marriage, what would that be?”

Once you’ve assessed your heart, you need to logically and rationally assess the potential for a satisfying, lifelong

Like almost all of the elders I met from Puerto Rico—and indeed from throughout the Caribbean—Jessica played dominoes. “We used to go to a club to play dominoes there. I love to play dominoes and he liked it, too. It’s nice; it’s fun. And it keeps your mind sharp, you know?