Five Years or Longer
Is 41 years long enough to date before getting married?
Show Notes
About the Host
About the Guest
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Is 41 years long enough to date before getting married?
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.
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Ron: Is 41 years long enough to date before getting married?
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Maybe you heard about this couple. They dated 41 years before getting married. You know, more and more couples today are engaging in extended dating, but there’s a point of diminishing return and it doesn’t take 41 years. Our research found that stepcouples who dated five years or longer had lower quality relationships.
Tension develops. Often because one partner wants to get married more than the other. Add in issues of sexual purity, finances, kids, etc. and things can turn sour. My advice? Either make a commitment or don’t. Don’t drag it out. Dating without a destination is disastrous. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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