By: Sharon Naylor

To start your happily ever after, apply these golden rules and and try to stick to them for as long as you both shall live.

Look beyond your wedding plans…what do you see? Hopefully, a blissfully happy future with your best friend in the world, including plenty of love, romance, hot nights (or mornings) and sweet nothings. But a successful marriage doesn’t just happen—it takes commitment, communication, and staying true to all of those promises you made in your wedding vows.

First Commandment:
Thou Shalt Be Fun

Second Commandment:
Thou Shalt Be Sexy

Third Commandment:
Thou Shalt Be Financially Honest

Fourth Commandment:
Thou Shalt Be Grateful

Fifth Commandment:
Thou Shalt Keep Confidences

Sixth Commandment:
Thou Shalt Keep Your Own Lives

Seventh Commandment:
Thou Shalt Be An Extended Family

Eighth Commandment:
Thou Shalt Let Bygones Be Bygones

Ninth Commandment:
Thou Shalt Be Faithful In Every Way

Tenth Commandment:
Thou Shalt Live A Healthy Lifestyle