There are 5 different parts of a relationship that we talked about: know, Trust, Rely, Commit, Touch.  With all five of these we talked about the importance of having each one higher in the relationship than the other.  You should never trust someone more than you know them, rely on someone more than you trust them, commit to someone more than you can rely on them, or have physical touch with someone more than you are committed to them.  If this is not the case, one can get confused in the relationship, and feelings can get in the way of reason.

We also discussed in class this week the importance and value of dating instead of just hanging out.  A good date should be Paired off, paid for, and planned.  Through this way we can practice and see the kind of things that should be in a marriage relationship. We can discover what is really important to us in a spouse and marriage relationship.  How you start the relationship is normally how it will follow all the way through.

Another quote I really liked in class was, “attraction comes because of what we see in ourselves when we are with them.”