Methodist Message: May 2022

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Relationships ¢ You & your family Benny Bong has been a family and marital therapist for more than 30 years, and is a certified work-life consultant. He was the first recipient of the AWARE Hero Award, received in 2011, and is a member of Kampong Kapor Methodist Church.

How do I marry the right one?

I

n May 2016, The New York Times carried an interesting

and

thought-provoking

article

entitled Why You Will Marry The Wrong Person.

Alain

de

Botton,

the

writer,

asserted

that

whether we choose our marriage partner with our head or with our heart, we will invariably make a bad choice. He put forward reasonable supporting arguments, not the least of which is that prospective partners, wanting to make the best impression, are usually not their genuine self during the courtship period.


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