Engagement..

So i've never really been close to engagement at all. I did enjoy talking about it today though it got me thinking. I feel like I have a better understanding of what to expect and what I want from it. I definitely want to have a premarital inventory done. I see a lot of logic in that. When it comes to my friends I can see how we influence each other too. One of my best friend was in a long term relationship and before it started getting to serious they talked about marriage. Odd because they weren't to serious and they had only been dating for a little over a year but what they did seemed right to me. They talked about their religion because they have different beliefs and different churches. Well before they wanted to continue on in their relationship in fear that they might waste all that time together and find out after they get engaged that they weren't going to be able to settle on the topic of religion they had several conversations trying to figure it out. Well sadly they ended up breaking up but it didn't bother them to much because they know if they are meant to be, they will be together. They also found out that they weren't compatible and that neither one were really wanting to change their religion for the other. Just talking in class today getting engaged and relationships are really important and it's sad when people don't take it seriously and run to vegas to get married and end up divorcing months later. It's really nice to be able to talk to my friends who are in relationship and kind of give them some guidance or try to about their relationships with what I learn in class.