COURTSHIP

When you love a person truly, giving comes naturally; interestingly, giving is not limited to just money or meeting the material needs of your spouse alone.

Commitment has been said to depict the decision to pay the required price for being together with a person in holy matrimony forever.

Medical incompatibility is capable of draining commitment in the long run, especially where there is no strong conviction and support for such a union from the start.

Prayer and marital conviction are necessary and important for the success of any marriage; however, they should not replace a medical checkup.

One of the strongest storms that can hit a union and weaken the ship where there is no adequate support is caring for a child living with sickle cell anemia. No one needs to go through this undue medical stress where medical compatibility is considered and given the necessary attention.

Many marriages today experience secondary infertility because of lack of adequate information about what Rhesus factor compatibility is. Rhesus factor is a charge that indicates the presence or absence of protein on the surface of the red blood cell.

You don’t pray for medical compatibility; you test for it.

For medical compatibility to be ascertained, marital partners need to be able to talk to one another nakedly without shame, as openness is always the key to awareness and the route to true acceptance.

Social compatibility is needed for all-round acceptance in a marital relationship, as its absence could predispose a couple to abuse of one another’s basic human needs or rights, which include the need to socialize.

It is never too late to check for intellectual compatibility in your marital relationship and seek help if necessary so as to prevent future abuse.