“If you’re thinking of committing your life to someone for the rest of your life, identify the nonnegotiables. Don’t do this after the fact. Consider these nonnegotiables: —If your partner hurts you physically, don’t proceed. It won’t get better. —Emotional abuse is more difficult to identify but it can involve lack of respect, controlling, etc. —Does the other person put you before their parents’ wishes or are they controlled by their parents? The scriptural teaching of ‘leave their mother and father’ includes emotional as well as physical. —Don’t plan on a marriage fixing your
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