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We met at 10 years old and are getting married at 24. When we really started dating three years ago, about a month in we did a spreadsheet of ~270 questions abo
by nibstwo 9y ago
We met at 10 years old and are getting married at 24. When we really started dating three years ago, about a month in we did a spreadsheet of ~270 questions about how we wanted to live. We blindly answered so as to not concede or compromise in our answers. VLOOKUP and merge answers. 90% of them are basically identical. The remaining 10% are completely predictive of current and perhaps future points of disagreement and contention. All around it worked infinitely better than prior relationships. We assumed since we had been friends for so long that we could just build the love part. The byproduct of that has been growth mindset around resolving issues and making decisions that makes us extremely effective at helping each other achieve our goals and get our needs met by the relationship. I think a good litmus test for a relationship is how safe you feel talking about long term issues and resolving points of contention. If it just seems normal, invest there. If it is extremely hard to raise those issues, don't.
- destrynd 9y agoWould you care to share what kind of questions if you still have them?
- nibstwo 9y agohttp://www.connact.com/~hom/blog/276questions.htm http://www.connact.com/~hom/blog/276questions.htm
- kogepathic 9y ago> about a month in we did a spreadsheet of ~270 questions about how we wanted to live. Would you be willing to share this spreadsheet?
- nibstwo 9y agohttp://www.connact.com/~hom/blog/276questions.htm http://www.connact.com/~hom/blog/276questions.htm
- BatFastard 9y agoThanks for posting it. Some interesting questions. Needs to be updated a bit, looks like it was created 15 years ago.