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"special pre-cana....

the loveable rat...the loveable rat... Member Posts: 969 ✭✭✭✭
edited June 2002 in General Discussion
what, you may ask, is "special pre-cana"....well, as an update to my proposal thread, we hafta sorta get married full-on catholic. which requires(really- like hunter's safety, including the card...) a pre wedding "course" to prepare couples for marriage. thus, "pre-cana", the special part is if you live w/ the gal(in sin), are over 30, or have already a kid w/ her. the course seems sorta a good thing to get to know the gal re: weirdnesses(sex, money, children) that may have not been discussed, etc., w/ a little indoctrination for good measure towards the holies in Rome....anyhow, it all went well for us during the day(the non-special people get the 2-day adventure)and we found ourselves relatively in sync w/ each others expectations. the pre-cana thing has been a requirement since the 60's, i'm told, and i'm wondering if any of you wished you would've talked a bit more w/ the gal about the "important" stuff or if you'd like to share anything in general about that unsure part of your early relationship...
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  • concealedG36concealedG36 Member Posts: 3,566 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had to do the same thing when I got married. The Catholic church wouldn't marry us, though (even though my wife went to 12 years of Catholic school) because I wasn't baptized.

    Oh well, the Lutheran church did and everything went well.

    I've been very fortunate, my wife and I agree on almost everything. Now, if I can just convince her that buying one new gun per month is a good investment strategy......

    Gun Control Disarms Victims, NOT Criminals
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We got married at a Lutheran and had to go thru 8 hours of counseling before the big day, yes I feel it was worth it. I learned a little bit about her I didnt know before that, and the same for her. It also made the ceremony even more special because we really knew why we was doing it.
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  • nordnord Member Posts: 6,106 ✭
    edited November -1
    As a rule I don't even give my name to a third party unless I want to. That I'd discuss something so deeply personal is highly unlikely. Impossible even! That I'd share such information with an unmarried clergyman is ludricous!

    I'd have no problem in sitting down and getting to know the clergyperson that might perform the marriage. I'd have no problem if some questions were gently suggested, but I balk when told that I have to do anything.

    Ask nicely and I'll bend over backwards. Order me to do something and you better have both authority and backup.

    Oh... Marriage has been working for us for the last 33 years.

    nord
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