10 WAYS TO MARRY THE WRONG PERSON

Way Number 5:
They get intimately involved before they are intellectually committed.

The reason this is such a big problem is that physical involvement prevents people from fully and honestly exploring the important issues. It causes such a degree of emotional attachment that it clouds people's minds. And clouded minds are not conducive to good decision-making.

This might sound a bit radical today, but it's true; a couple does not need to take a "test drive" in order to find out if they are sexually compatible. If both people do their homework well and verify that they are intellectually and emotionally compatible, then the sexual compatibility will take care of itself. Of all the studies done on divorce, sexual incompatibility is never cited as a main factor. If anything, it is merely a symptom of differences that run much deeper.

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