Before we started meeting with a counselor, the pre-marital program at Redeemer has each person complete an online survey separately. They take the answers from each person and mix them together (in some unknown magical computer-y way) and put together a report of what areas that couple needs to work on and which areas are their strengths. The counselor gets the results and the couple completes a workbook with various questions to discuss and think about in particular areas like personal stress, conflict resolution, financial management, etc. The counselor then facilitates a conversation about the workbook experience and offers advise on working through things.
Dan and I looked at the various topics in the workbook and decided together which areas we wanted to go-over with our counselor. You don't have to cover each topic in a session so we picked ones that we felt needed work. Towards the end of our second to last session, we got our report back from the initial couples questionnaire.
We won't share the whole report (because it's boring) but our results indicate that we are a "vitalized couple." Our counselor was pretty excited about that so we were too...even though we didn't really know what that meant right away.
If you can't read the summary, it says:
Your results indicate that you are a vitalized couple with strengths in most areas of your relationship. Vitalized couples typically have high satisfaction with their relationship. Like any couple, you may have some growth areas in your relationship, but your strong relationship skills should help you work through them. You have a great foundation to build upon!
P.S.
This weekend was pure bliss. Maybe it was the much needed dose of sun and warm weather or maybe it was the extra amount of snuggles. Either or both. It was good.
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