Aug 2009
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A MARRIAGE PREPARATION INVENTORY
This questionnaire is designed to help identify strengths and potential trouble-spots in
your relationship. Most of the questions have no “right” answers; the important thing is
for you to state clearly your perceptions in each case. Do not talk about the inventory
until after you have filled it out individually. After you have filled it out, be sure to talk
through the inventory before you come for your first session. The pastor conducting
your pre-marital counseling is the only other person who will read your responses.
Your name _________________________________________ Birth date _________________ Age _______
Local Address ______________________________________ Email _________________________________
Home Phone________________ Cell Phone___________________ Work Phone____________________
Occupation _________________________________________ Schooling Completed ________________
Wedding date and location_____________________________Presiding Minister________________
How long have you been a member of CHBC?________________
If not a member, where do you go to church (name and location)?________________________
Brief summary of circumstances for meeting and dating____________________________________
A. PERSONALITY AND TEMPREMAMENT (How did God make you? What
do you like? )
1. Indicate which of you tends more (in relation to the other) to be:
(mark “M” for the man “W” for the woman; “B” for both; “N” for no one)
the extrovert _____ the home-body _____
the introvert _____ the party-person _____
the talker _____ neater _____
the listener _____ messier _____
the thinker _____ more ambitious _____
the doer _____ more complacent _____
the planner _____ more punctual _____
the procrastinator _____ more tardy _____
the pouter _____ more easy-going _____
the shouter _____ more quick-tempered _____
the optimist _____ more impulsive _____
the pessimist _____ more cautious _____
the night person _____ more spontaneous _____
the morning person _____ more organized _____
the spender _____ more manipulative _____
the saver _____ more compliant _____
the leader _____ more analytical _____
the follower _____ more emotional _____
the helper _____ more happy _____
the artist _____ more depressed _____