According to this article from The New York Times, many couples fail to ask each other critical questions before tying the knot. Married couple David and Lisa can think of a few more urgent topics that need to be discussed.

Lisa: I don't think we actually sat down and talked about any of these questions ("Have we discussed whether or not to have children? Are we in agreement on who will manage the chores? What does my family do that annoys you?"); I think it's better to just deal with them as they come up.

David: In some ways, this list reads like a recipe for disaster. (I don't ever plan on telling you what your family does that annoys me.)

Lisa: If I had asked, "Will there be a television in the bedroom," and discovered that you would love to install a 52-inch HD plasma TV attached to some type of crane that comes out and up from under the foot of the bed at the press of a button, we may have had a problem.

David: I don't view the TV issue as a deal breaker here. And besides, how does the television question come before "Do we truly listen to each other" on this list? I suppose that if the answer to the TV question was yes, then I might not even hear you over the din of American Gladiators.

Lisa: Oh yes. American Gladiators. I'm beginning to wonder how we've survived the past two years. I'm sure those relationship experts would also wonder.

David: I don't know how to even ask someone some of these questions. "Are you affectionate to the degree that I expect?" Perhaps it would help to be more specific: Did I ever mention that I expect you to rub my tummy while humming "Ave Maria" until I doze off every evening?