{"id":33928,"date":"2017-04-15T10:57:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T10:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/7-things-a-man-should-have-before-getting-married\/"},"modified":"2017-04-15T10:56:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T10:56:37","slug":"7-things-a-man-should-have-before-getting-married","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/7-things-a-man-should-have-before-getting-married\/","title":{"rendered":"7 things a man should have before getting married"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{A lot of people get married because they feel it\u2019s time to because of the age factor. But age isn\u2019t the necessary requirement for marriage; in fact, it is the least requirement for getting married. There are more important things.}<\/p>\n<p>These are some of the things a man should have before getting married:<\/p>\n<p>{{1. A job\/work\/business }} <\/p>\n<p>A man who\u2019s looking to be married ought to have something doing; starting a family requires a lot of bills, and a man is more \u2018manly\u2019 when he can put food on the table. If a man can\u2019t satisfy this obligation, then the family will live in chaos \u2013 peace will be a foreign language in that home.<\/p>\n<p>{{2. An idea of who he wants}} <\/p>\n<p>Before a man gets married, he should have an idea of who he wants; you can\u2019t just pick any woman and marry her, you ought to know who\/what you want in a woman.<\/p>\n<p>{{3. Understanding of what he wants }} <\/p>\n<p>Another important thing a man should have\/know before getting married is an understanding of what he wants in a home. How do you want your home to be? How do you want your marriage to be? You should have an idea of what you want in starting a family before starting. In reality, you don\u2019t just build a house without an understanding of what you want in that house. There\u2019s first a conception of the house, before the architect draws up the plan. The same should apply in your marriage.<\/p>\n<p>{{4. Maturity }} <\/p>\n<p>Marriage is for the mature minds and if you haven\u2019t reached this stage of handling situations maturely, then marriage isn\u2019t for you; it isn\u2019t about age, but how well you can control yourself and make wise decisions in the heat of the moment. I put it to you that every wife beater is immature for marriage.<\/p>\n<p>{{5. Vision }} <\/p>\n<p>Vision is another important thing a man should have before marriage; you ought to have a vision for yourself and also a vision for the marriage. Where is that marriage heading to? Where are you heading to? You need to have this vision as a man, because a man without vision is heading nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>{{6. Knowledge of the woman and how to treat her }}<\/p>\n<p>This is another important tip every man should have before getting married. If you don\u2019t know how to treat a woman, then at least know how to treat your woman, and if you don\u2019t know how to treat that woman, then you need to learn before you ask her to marry you.<\/p>\n<p>{{7. The zeal to be committed }} <\/p>\n<p>If you know that you aren\u2019t ready to give in your 100% to make your marriage work and you aren\u2019t going to be fully committed, then marriage isn\u2019t for you yet. You must have the zeal for commitment before heading into marriage.<\/p>\n<p>A man shouldn\u2019t just jump into marriage for the sake of it, these are some important things he should have before getting married.<\/p>\n<p>Source:Elcrema<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{A lot of people get married because they feel it\u2019s time to because of the age factor. But age isn\u2019t the necessary requirement for marriage; in fact, it is the least requirement for getting married. There are more important things.} These are some of the things a man should have before getting married: {{1. 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