From “Just Married” magazine:

1. Give and Take

2. Trust your Man

3. Communicate often (communication, trust, humour and don’t allow quarrels to brew overnight)

4. Look at big picture

5. Art of Compromise (give in to each other, as no one is perfect so compromise and look at good points and don’t remember faults. by Actress Xiang Yun with Edmund Chen)

6. Be considerate

1. Disagree lovingly (Use non accusatory even tone and don’t finger point/personal attack). Channel negative energy to constructive problem solving

2. Define roles and responsiblities early on. (whoever gets the job done more efficiently takes the role. Be fair and don’t overload)

3. Think the best of your partner.

4. Be aware of gender differences.

5. Open a “love relationship” bank

6. Schedule exclusive “you and me”time (eg. 15 mins after dinner personal time, complimented by a date night every month and a longer weekend getaway half a year)

7.Take care of emotional needs of partner to forify the physical aspects

8. Know yourself better

9. Count 10 before lashing out anger

10. Don’t go to bed angry with each other (anger and ill feeling have a habit of festering over time)

With the Singapore government now promoting on marriage, parenthood, having more babies and work-life support/balance, I have now compiled a list. This includes:

1. Marriage Parenthood incentives and packages
2. Tax Relief
3. Baby Bonuses

Pls download the relevant info. for your family planning, and tax planning. This info is useful also for young couples when I forward them the info.

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file 2 - click to open

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file 3 - click to open

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