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II. Communication
A. Are you a good communicator when talking with one other person? Why or Why not?
B. Do you struggle to communicate to someone your age of the opposite sex? Why is that difficult?
What hinders good communication between you and the opposite sex? How to you need to
improve?
C. Are you a good listener? Do other people who know you well think you are a good listener? In what
ways could you improve as a good listener?
D. How could you learn to share to a greater depth (being more transparent) than you normally do?
What hinders you from being transparent? How can you prepare to share at a very deep level with
your future mate?
III. Roles of Husband and Wife
A. What do you understand to be the role of the husband?
B. How is he to show his love for his wife?
C. How is he to lead his wife?
D. How should these characteristics already show themselves in how a young man dates a young
woman?
E. What do you understand to be the role of the wife?
F. How is she to show her respect for her husband?
G. How should she be a helper to her husband?
H. How should these characteristics already show themselves in how a young woman dates a young
man?
I. How do you need to improve in the development of these characteristics in preparation for marriage
some day?

IV. Conflict resolution:
J. How did your parents resolve conflict with each other?
K. How did your parents resolve conflict with you as a child?
L. What can we learn from scripture about how to resolve conflicts?
M. Honestly, how good are you at resolving conflict with your friends?
N. Honestly, how good are you at resolving conflict with a friend of the opposite sex? –a person you are
dating?
O. Why is it difficult to “speak the truth in love”?
P. What do you need to learn and change about resolving conflict?
V. Physical Intimacy:
Q. Your view of the opposite sex:
1. What view of the opposite sex have you gained from your parents?
2. What view of the opposite sex have you gained from your culture?
R. Your view of sex:
1. Honestly, what view of sex have you gained from your parents?
2. Honestly, what view of sex have you gained from your culture?
3. What view of sex do you want your mate to bring into your marriage?
4. What view of sex should you be taking into marriage?
5. What do you need to do in order to positively change your view of marriage?
6. What are your expectations about physical intimacy in your marriage?
7. How can pre-marital sex negatively affect physical intimacy in marriage?
8. How can you repair any damage to yourself and your views in this area?

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