If You Can't Make It Through This Quiz, You'll Never Get Married
- by Joshua Laurent
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People say the dream of every little girl is to one day meet her knight in shining armor and to live happily ever after. While it's not mentioned, there are many little boys who have that same dream...although they want the damsel in most cases.
Then there are little boys and girls who know from Day One that they don't want to end up with somebody. They're perfectly happy alone and think that life won't provide all it can if they are tied to a spouse and children.
Finally, there are the people who put no thought into and these are often the people who end up in the situation they didn't want. Plenty of people make the wrong choice of getting married, and our divorce rates prove that. There are also people who reach an age that they realize they want to get married but the pool of potential mates is not what you'd call Grade A at that point. These people didn't think again.
So, let's figure out if you're going to get married or not. There are no right or wrong answers on this quiz. Share your real feelings and we'll figure out if you're the kind of person who will ever get married.
Is it OK for the health of a marriage to sleep in separate beds?
On TV shows and movies from before the 1970s, you usually saw the man and wife sleeping in different beds, sometimes even in different rooms. Times have change, but we can see an upside to having your own space to sleep. Is it really that important that you sleep with your spouse?
How long should the cold shoulder last?
You're never going to be in a real relationship where there isn't some kind of disagreement and hurt feelings. Giving someone the silent treatment is often a form of coping, but it never lasts. For the health of a marriage, what's the proper amount of time to give your spouse the cold shoulder?
Can you be with someone with opposite eating habits?
Maybe you're a vegan and they love animal products. Maybe you're a health nut and their middle name is Doritos. Maybe you're picky and they can eat anything. Eating habits are important to how a relationship works, and it can be tolerated for a while, but you could handle it for the rest of your life?
Could you marry someone weighing significantly more than you?
They say love is blind, but that's probably only if you were blind in the first place. Attraction plays a big role in any relationship and it's been shown that it can lessen over time, especially if one person's body radically changes during the marriage. What if they were like that before? Is it a deal breaker?
Did couples have it easier 70 years ago?
The world has changed a lot in 70 years. Technology has certainly sped-up the way we live our lives and communication possibilities exist they couldn't dream about in the 1940s, but on a day-to-day basis, do you think life is harder and more complicated in the 21st century than it was in the middle of the 20th century?
Are you cool with PDAs?
Some people have no problem showing their love for their mate in public, happy to give them a kiss and not caring if anybody is watching. Then there are people who cringe at the thought of anybody seeing them giving their spouse any kind of physical display of love. Where do you fall in the debate?
Can you marry someone who has opposite views on gay marriage?
This is a question more for the heterosexuals, but you can adapt it to any hot-button political issue. Whether you think it's perfectly cool for same-sex marriages to take place or your completely against it isn't the question here. It's whether or not you could be with someone who held the complete opposite view.
Do you care about celebrity weddings?
We live in a society that craves information about celebrities more than ever before and the aspect of their lives most people want to know about is their love life. Celebrity gossip is a huge industry followed by millions, but are you among those who care about what's happening with the rich and famous?
Do you think money or cheating breaks up more marriages?
So your mate cheats on you...are you staying? So your mate spends all of your money stupidly again and again...are you staying. Infidelity and finances are the top two reasons people get divorced. One is a quick shot to the heart. The other is a long, drawn out descent. Which breaks up the most marriages
What would you think if you saw this couple?
It's a man who's at least 10-15 years older than the woman and far more than 10-15 inches taller. Would you see this couple in a restaurant and come up with some corny jokes or would you think it was a wonderful thing two people who are clearly so physically different still found love?
How important is Valentine's Day to a married couple?
Some people firmly believe that February 14 is a special day designed to show your love for one another if you're in a marriage. Other people think it's just a random day chosen to let businesses make some money in a slow time of year. Are you all for Valentine's Day or could you care less if you've been married a while?
Is it wrong to answer your phone on a date?
Walk into any public place and you're going to see plenty of people on their phones. They allow us to never have to make eye contact in a bus or doctor's waiting room with people anymore. It seems like no place is sacred, but when you're out on a date and the phone rings, should you answer it?
Is it OK to marry someone with opposite drinking habits?
We're not suggesting that you're marrying an alcoholic or somebody who curses adult beverages. It's just clear that in some people's lives alcohol plays a steady role as a social lubricant and coping mechanism. Examine your alcohol use for a second. Could you marry someone who is the opposite?
How important is trying new things together with your partner?
Some marriages are made up of two people who live very different lives and some marriage are made up of two people who seem connected at the hip. It's hard to say which one is more healthy, but when it comes to trying new things, how crucial is that to a lasting relationship?
Who gets the final say on the wedding location?
One of you wants a big church wedding with hundreds of friends, relatives and anybody else who can fit. The other wants a quiet wedding on a beach attended by less than 20 people. Assuming there is no compromising, are you going to give in to the other person or are you going to stand your ground?
Do you want someone similar or different than you in the bedroom?
If you're timid in bed, do you want someone who is going to show you the way, or conversely, if you're wild, do you prefer someone who is going to let you lead? Or...are you the kind of person who doesn't think opposites attract between the sheets and would rather have somebody who takes things at the same speed?
Would you stick by your spouse's side if they got in trouble with the law?
In the wedding vows, it says "For richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health," but it doesn't say anything about with jail or without. We're not talking about a simple traffic violation here. If your spouse was charged and convicted with a crime that sent the to jail for 6 years, would you stay with them?
Would you marry someone who dropped their clothes on a reality show?
There's Naked and Afraid, Dating Naked and a handful of other reality shows on television where there are scenes without clothes, even if the bits and pieces are blurred out. If you were thinking about popping the question to your partner, but then found out they were on one of those shows, would it change your mind?
Could you fall in love with a disabled person?
We're not asking if you would stick by the side of your spouse if they had an accident and were disabled. We're asking if you have it in you to possibly fall in love with someone who is physically disabled. Could you date somebody in a wheel chair, or who had a prosthetic limb of some sort?
Do you feel like you could ever be one of the people in this photo?
Let's be honest: Movies and TV has always given us a certain image of romance as being somehow otherworldly. Sitting on a dock at dusk with your loved one is a nice thought, but how many people does that really happen for? Do you hold out hope you could be one of the people in this photo someday?
Based on their posture, is this a good conversation or a bad one?
You can tell a lot by body language, but you can't tell everything. After a while, a husband and wife don't even need to use words to communicate all of the time. They're not embracing here, but that doesn't mean it's a bad talk. Maybe they usually sit that far from each other. What going on here?
At what point does the age difference matter?
We're not going to accept "It doesn't" for this answer, because seriously, it does matter at some point, even if the old person is super rich and/or doesn't demand too much physically. You can have friends who are crazy old or crazy young, but a spouse? What's the limit for you?
Does it matter which way the toilet paper goes?
Back when people read newspapers there was a popular advice column called "Dear Abby." One of the most controversial topics she addressed again and again was whether to have the toilet paper hanging over, or riding under the roll. It actually got people angry. Would you fight with your spouse about this?
What if your spouse takes the opposite stance on hand-holding than you?
Some people see holding someone's hand as the first step of physical interest in a relationship, showing that the other person is important and there is a fondness. Others see it as little more than combining two cess-pools of germs in a non-natural state that can even throw off your walking. Is it a big deal if your spouse feels differently about it than you?
What do you think about growing old together?
The idea of being with the same person for 50, 60 or 70 years is romantic and sweet, especially if you can maintain even a quarter of the love you had in the very beginning. Of course, it can also be scary as you know death approaches and your senses and motor skills falter as a tandem. Scary much?
Couples' massages....weird or normal?
Who doesn't want to be in some tropical location, relaxing in the sun and the surf without a care in the world? Then you look at the brochure placed in your room and see that there's a complimentary couples' massage with your vacation package. Do you tell your mate or is just too weird a thing to do?
How do you settle the debate on having kids?
One of you wants to have three or four kids. The other one of you wants to wait for a while and then have only one at most. This isn't about picking which couch to buy, this is a decision that effects your whole life. How do you come to an agreement on the right thing to do?
Must you like the same movies as your spouse?
You don't have to like 100% of what your spouse enjoys for movies or television shows, but since so much of your life is spent in front of the TV or at the movies (or on your mobile device these days), do you need to like most of what they watch or will the relationship drift apart with your entertainment tastes?
Do you accept apologies easily?
Some people can forgive and forget with ease, moving onto the next thing once a token gesture of remorse is shown. Other people hold onto their grudges and resentments and stew over them, letting go only after a while. Which kind of person are you when it comes to your partner?
Would you do cosplay for your partner?
So you don't care about superheroes, comic books or sci-fi, but your partner does and it's been perfectly OK up to this point. But now, they want you to don a superhero costume and join them at Comic-Con. Is that pushing it too far or do you just smile and put on the outfit because it makes them happy?
Would you ever want to buy a piece of land and build a house?
It's the dream of some couples to save their money, find a nice little tract of land in the middle of nowhere and build a decent-sized house to start their family. Other couples would go crazy and shoot each other if they had to leave the city and would never want to do anything but rent. Which one are you?
What do you think of family portraits?
Some families are just very photogenic. Good looking parents and good looking kids make for some good looking photos. There's always a hint of fakeness to family portraits, but it's nice to see a family together appearing happy, right? Still...is that something you'd do with your spouse and kids?
When is it OK to hit your spouse?
When people complain and say that things used to be better in this world, remind them that we are actually living in safer, more advanced times and there has never been a point in history where more knowledge is known than right now. Still, sometimes people get out of hand and you have to keep them in line. When is that OK?
You hate the way your spouse acts around their friends. What do you?
You came to the relationship with your group of friends and they came to the relationship with theirs. You don't mind them when it's just two or three, but get a group together and they start acting like people you don't want to be around. How do you handle a situation like that?
How do you feel about matching tattoos?
If the plan is to stay together forever, and you can come up with a design you both like that doesn't have to be Hello Kitty, do you think it's a romantic thing to get matching tattoos or do you think despite your best hopes at a long life together, it's still better to not put permanent scars on your body?
