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jenna_, on June 6, 2014 at 12:54 PM Posted in Fitness and Health 0 6

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I'm looking into premarital classes to see if I can find one that FH and I can attend. I not only want to do this for the marriage license discount we can get when we get to that point (hey, it's $60 off) but I've been interested in taking a class anyway. Not because I think we have problems we need to work though, I actually think that our relationship is very healthy, it just never hurts, y'know?

I'm trying to find a free one, for one thing, because I know they're out there and it would be stupid to pay for a class and cancel out the discount I'm getting. Haha.

Anyone in Texas do this? Anyone in Houston have any recommendations on classes? I'm looking at twogetherintexas.com and they have a big list but I have no idea how to choose one! Hoping someone has experience they can share.

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Latest activity by Future Mrs. Pichon, on June 6, 2014 at 2:16 PM

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tnovak · on June 6, 2014 at 1:18 PM
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I do not have any ideas but posting to put this back on top of page to maybe help you out.
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Future Mrs. Pichon · on June 6, 2014 at 1:43 PM
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We did but not intentionally. We went to a "Weekend to Remember" and found out while we were there that we get the $60 discount on the marriage license. "Weekend to Remember" wasn't free but they have two for one sales and we got emails for opportunities to get a refund if we volunteer at the event (work the cameras, sign people in, or work at the bookstore- stuff like that). We didn't volunteer but after seeing how the conference works I would have chosen to volunteer because it was really easy stuff to do. Oh- They're pretty faith based - not sure if that works for you or not.

There are two coming up in Sugarland....
http://shop.familylife.com/p-3244-houston-sugar-land.aspx (June 20-22)

http://shop.familylife.com/p-3245-houston-sugar-land.aspx (June 27-29)
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jenna_ · on June 6, 2014 at 1:49 PM
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Thanks for the info, Future Mrs. Pichon!

Yeah, I'm finding that the majority of the service providers are faith based and FH and I are... not religious at all. :/ I sent an email to Houston Family Services. I'm hoping they'll be able to help me with some information.
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Future Mrs. Pichon · on June 6, 2014 at 1:55 PM
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I was on the website and you can sort by "no fee" - not sure if that helps! There are facilitators that do Prepare-Enrich or FOCCUS that aren't faith based but there is usually a cost for those too. There should be more that are free because it can be really expensive!!
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jenna_ · on June 6, 2014 at 2:00 PM
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There was one that charged $900 for 10-55min. sessions. Haha. Dang! I mean, I can understand paying that, I guess, if you were having problems and it was serious business for you to need counseling or help. But I just want to go out of curiosity and to get a discount. I don't think we NEED to go so paying that amount is crazy. Hahaha.
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Future Mrs. Pichon · on June 6, 2014 at 2:16 PM
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Yea! That's about what I was finding when we were looking into pre-marital counseling. About $100/session. Some were more than that!! I was just about to give up but then we lucked out and the new church we started going to just asked for a donation to the church (no specified amount) and we were able to do the 'Weekend to Remember' during a two for one sale. FH was not looking forward to the sessions or the weekend retreat lol but now he's really glad we did them. We feel we had a pretty healthy relationship prior to the counseling but it was still really helpful.
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