“Pre-marriage lessons. Have you ever been in this circus? Normal drama!”

When deciding to have a church wedding, it is necessary to complete a number of formalities and procedures that the bride and groom must go through. One of them is the completion of pre-marital studies, which are supposed to “prepare” the young for life together after marriage. How is it really? One of our readers shared her thoughts on this topic with us.

“The priest asked who was in the room by conviction, no one raised his hand. He asked who for the paper and everyone raised their hands”

Premarital Sciences. Have you ever participated in this circus? For me, it was like this: there were obligatory lessons on life in marriage and love, and marriage counseling (also obligatory, of course) with a practical dimension, in other words: how to live together in a Christian way.

Science was a little miki, because we managed to catch the weekend mode, i.e. one weekend of lectures and peace. At the very beginning, the priest asked who was in the room by conviction, no one raised his hand. He asked who for the paper and everyone raised their hands. Later a lady came who shared with us the story that her son was born without a lung and the whole family prayed for him and a miracle happened! Today, the son is a military pilot, he has healthy lungs. How? Well, I say a miracle, what do you not understand.

It was even better after marriage counseling arrived. Here, it was impossible to get things done over the weekend, you had to show up for practical classes. As soon as I called to sign up, I was surprised by the question of how I measure the temperature and scolded that I put the thermometer under my armpit, because the temperature is only measured in the vagina, possibly via the rectum, but this has already been added in a whisper. The next few weeks were spent learning about the classification of mucus and the correlation of mucus with vaginal temperature. Normal drama! Fortunately, I got the hang of it quickly, because for each class I had to draw charts and mark “when the flower is in bloom”. For this purpose, a set of textbooks and workbooks had to be purchased from the counselor. I was also offered a thermometer, but I said that the vaginal thermometer has been in the family for generations. It wasn’t easy to keep a straight face, but somehow I managed.

I unpacked the tables without much effort, I managed without observing the mucus (do you know that there is a special technique?). I drew graphs and marked a flower in bloom with my eyes closed. Before class, other girls from the course would redraw my charts. It made a great sense…

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