Things to do with your boyfriend before you get married

Getting married is holding on, they say. But before you slide that ring onto a finger, there are still a few things you need (or want) to try together. Even before you say ‘yes’ to forever and ever and ever. The checklist.

1. Go to Ikea together
It is scientifically impossible not to fight each other at Ikea. But really, it has been proven. If you leave kissing each other, then you have a forever in the bag.

2. Get to work
After Ikea, another big challenge: DIY at home. The ultimate way to discover what kind of wood that fine body of his is made of. I advise you to assemble an Ikea piece of furniture together, guaranteed that after fifteen minutes you will be looking at each other sniffling because you have too many or too few screws.

3. Go camping
Fooling around in a tent, the man tossing your clothes onto the wet grass, strolling to the toilet with a roll of toilet paper under his arm, cooking a meal on a single burner... It doesn't get more romantic than this. You have to try it.

4. Do something you are totally not okay with
Bungee jumping, sailing in force eight winds at sea (hey, hello, me here), formula racing (that sounds fun to me) or mountain climbing; do something with your loved one that makes you tremble (not from pleasure), but that you can later tell great stories about to your descendants.

5. Honestly tell each other how many people you have had sex with
So not the censored version... If you want to stay together forever-and-ever, you might as well be open about your escapades and quickies.

6. Get matching tattoos
You can also do this with your sister, before she turns 30. But getting a matching tattoo is the real deal. You could just leave that ring as it is.

7. Get completely wasted together
That he holds your hair back over the bucket, you have to carry him home; that kind of wasted. You don't want to find out on your wedding day that Mr. has a clown-drunk and after one Sambuca is dancing the sirtaki on the bar.

8. Have sex everywhere
In the car, behind the outbuilding of your sports club, in a fitting room, everywhere in the house, so in the hallway, on the stairs, in the garden... You get it, right? It's also a great plan to do before you have kids or get a pet.