{"id":47648,"date":"2026-04-26T23:28:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=47648"},"modified":"2026-04-26T23:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:28:43","slug":"rise-in-pre-marriage-counselling-among-young-couples-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=47648","title":{"rendered":"Rise in pre-marriage counselling among young couples in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>More young couples in Singapore are turning to marriage counselling before tying the knot, with some delaying weddings by months or even a year. Counsellors are reporting a 20% rise in demand over the past year, with issues such as finances, career goals and family expectations driving deeper conversations. This trend comes as people marry later and weigh practical concerns alongside compatibility. Muhammad Bahajjaj reports in the final part of CNA&#8217;s week-long series on marriage and parenthood.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/watch\/rise-in-pre-marriage-counselling-among-young-couples-in-singapore-6082146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More young couples in Singapore are turning to marriage counselling before tying the knot, with some delaying weddings by months or even a year. Counsellors&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}