To say there should be 'pre-marriage tasks' that you have to do before you tie the knot

[Toffeesgirl]

(Light-hearted!)

I'll start....

1). You need to put together at least 2 pieces of flat-pack furniture .

2. To travel by plane and have a delay of at least 5 hours having run out of the local currency

3). To spend a weekend away together with the in-laws where there is one disaster eg power cut or car breaks down.

Any more ideas?

Flat pack furniture was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title!

Surprise inspection of the living areas by a 3rd party. A non-piss sprinkler will not cope living with a piss sprinkler who just leaves it there.

What's the point in me having a husband if I have to do flat pack myself?? 😱😱

Have each others parents visit for an extended stay.

One person gets ill or injured. The 'task' element might mean you have to fake this.

Go camping.
No make-up. No electricals. Self-catered, no pub meals. A walk of at least 5 miles.

Each person needs to lose the use of at least one limb for 48 hours, and look after each other.

Look after a demanding pet with separation anxiety for a weekend (closest I could think of to having a child!)

You both get violent d&v at the same time and only have one bathroom.

Agree! Particularly the putting up the tent aspect, even better if it's raining. That sorts the wheat from the chaff.

The first one made me laugh cos me and DH nearly split up one christmas eve while putting a kids trampoline together!!

I think illness/whinging about being poorly.

See the other person drunk in both private and public.
And the morning after.

A timed task to see how long it takes to find : a working spare battery, new toilet roll, a matching set of bedclothes.

A hotel check in task. Points for friendliness to staff, good room selection, bringing wine or snacks, being able to share an entire suite effectively.

One of you has to teach the other one how to drive.

This!

One person drives one person navigates.

We pay other people to assemble flat pack furniture.
I would stick pins in my eyes before agreeing to go camping.
DH was wonderful when I badly broke a limb.

Half of this is about finding solutions.

A massive spider enters the house and someone needs to dispose of it

Living this currently and would agree would be great to have as a pre marriage test 😂

Haha great thread! DH and I used to do this before we decided to have children to see if we’re ready for kids:
Put IKEA furniture together.
Keep houseplants alive.
Travel to a destination using maps only without gps or satnav. Can ask people for directions.

Plan a wedding! So stressful. My husband and I used to stay when we were planning ours thank god we really liked each other and being married would hopefully be worth it because it would split up weaker couples.

Have an alarm go off every 2 hours every night for a week, and each person has to take turns at getting up, staying up for at least 15 mins - if intend on having children.
Minus points for refusing to get up or 'competitive tiredness'

Oh god if keeping houseplants alive was a prerequisite me and my husband would be loooooooong over. One corner of our lounge is basically a plant graveyard 😅(luckily our child is doing well though).

Set multiple alarms throughout the night where you have to stay awake for at least half an hour each time. Then you have to have the in-laws ‘visiting’ all of the next day, whilst the house is a mess and everyone’s expecting food and drink.
on repeat…

I don’t think DH and I argued at all before kids so marriage isn’t the issue! 😂

Have an expensive and annoying screw up (lose car keys with no spares available, miss a flight, burn an expensive pan where one person's poor decision/ inattention/ failure to communicate was part of the reason, or could have been. How does the other party respond?

Then reverse the roles.

We had to promise not to blame each other when we got married "even when it was clearly the other person's fault" 😂