Dating – Friendship – Courtship: Become Best Friends Before Marriage: 10 Ways to Plant the Ripe; Rich Fruit of Friendship

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Become Best Friends Before Marriage: 10 Ways to Plant the Ripe; Rich Fruit of Friendship DATING FRIENDSHIP: Become best friends before marriage. 10 Ways to plant the ripe, rich fruit of friendship, singleandstillbreathing.com

 

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Couples who start out in marriage without really getting to know each other, getting to the point of a deep and true-friendship are possibly missing the best part of romance. Spencer W. Kimball wrote: “The successful marriage depends in large measure upon the preparation made in approaching it. … One cannot pick the ripe, rich, luscious fruit from a tree that was never planted, nurtured, nor pruned” (The Miracle of Forgiveness, Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1969, p. 242).SOCIAL: Dating - Elder Spencer W. Kimball wrote: “The successful marriage depends in large measure upon the preparation made in approaching it. … One cannot pick the ripe, rich, luscious fruit from a tree that was never planted, nurtured, nor pruned”, singleandstillbreathing.com Jonn D. Claybaugh, bishop of a BYU ward said in his talk Dating:  Time to Become Best Friends"Courtship is a time to discover who you and your partner really are—and how to nourish your relationship." 

He tells of President Ezra Taft Benson...

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SOCIAL: Plenty of Fish in the Sea – Fabulous Ideas to Find Your Mr. / Ms. Right, finding a date or mate

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Plenty of Fish in the Sea: Ways to Find a Date or Mate SOCIAL: Dating and Friendship, Plenty of Fish in the Sea? Ways to Find a Date or Mate, Mr. / Ms. Right, SingleandStillBreathing.com

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From the time you were 16 you were looking to meeting your future mate in a potential sea of fish. Warned of the dangers, yet you kept swimming, venturing into the unknown, hoping not to be swallowed up in deep waters. "What are you thinking, going into deep waters, swimming without a life jacket, taking chances when you know very well there are sharks out there and you may not come back alive!" Does this sound familiar, your parents or friends telling you similar things when they caution you about the dating world out there? You heard these cautions so much in your younger years like: don't go steady, date in groups, just hang out. The only problem, that was high school and now that you are an adult, and probably off your mission, finished with coll...
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