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?

Set each other shopping lists to go out and buy - each see what the other comes back with! Right magazine? Right type of san pro or deodorant? Right kind of printer toner?

Survive hosting 'Christmas'. The expense, cooking, cleaning, decorating, buying and wrapping gifts, work do's on the same night- who gets to go and who stays home with the Guinea pig?
Attend family trip to a theme park, borrow a couple of children - ideally a pre schooler and an older child for maximum tantrum opportunities.
Both clean identical bathrooms from scratch- if either room us not up to the other persons standards then back to Tinder you go!

Task Rabbit or Air Tasker. Or if you live in an area that has a facebook page ask on there.

Also if you use task rabbit once typically the person gives you their own card for next time to avoid task rabbit fees. I don’t mind small stuff but moved onto a new place and had to put together a bed, drawers some free standing shelves, TV unit, wall unit all in one go. The guy who did it charged me £120 and was super speedy. I since learned that was at the upper end of what some people charge!

My ex would have passed all those with flying colours, but he's still an ex.

I agree we should pay attention to earlier signs though. He's was always a workaholic and deeply entrenched in his ways for a young man.