So graduation happened, though it took a while. Now it's just a countdown until the wedding. I don't really have any insights about what's going on, it's just a waiting game now. I guess I'll just write something about marriage (as I've heard through shiurim, since I still don't have any experience on the matter).
The point of a marriage is to teach one how to not be selfish. How to give to someone else of yourself wholeheartedly. But of course, you don't have to be married in order to start practicing this. When R' Neuburger was in YU for Shabbos a few years ago, he spoke, during the question and answer session, about the similarities between living with a new wife and living with a new roommate. Of course, this only goes so far, but it is certainly a good practice-ground.
How you deal with a chavrusa, roommate, or just a friend can certainly help prepare you for how you will relate to a spouse in the future.
[Sorry for the brevity, but I was drawing blanks on what to write about.]
The point of a marriage is to teach one how to not be selfish. How to give to someone else of yourself wholeheartedly. But of course, you don't have to be married in order to start practicing this. When R' Neuburger was in YU for Shabbos a few years ago, he spoke, during the question and answer session, about the similarities between living with a new wife and living with a new roommate. Of course, this only goes so far, but it is certainly a good practice-ground.
How you deal with a chavrusa, roommate, or just a friend can certainly help prepare you for how you will relate to a spouse in the future.
[Sorry for the brevity, but I was drawing blanks on what to write about.]
I actually wrote a whole post about roommates being a precursor to marriage: http://walkingthegreyline.blogspot.com/2009/12/roommates-precursor-to-marriage.html
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