Referee's are contacted

On our application form which we had to complete we were asked to select three referees who had known both of us as a couple for 5 years or more.

This was a struggle impossible given we had only been together 4 years and had no good mutual friends previously.  So covering all bases we sat down and selected three each - only one of each set of three could be a relative.

So...  with 6 referee's chosen we had done our part and were left wondering if all 6 would be questioned about us. 

As it is three have been selected and sent referee forms to complete sign and return.  Were they the three we would have chosen had we selected them first hand ourselves???
As the song goes "two out of three aint bad"...

We felt that the third one would be able to give an excellent account of my husband's character and personality but knew very little of our relationship, our experience with children or about Myself as an individual.    The first two although primarily are my family member and friend can give a full account of both of us due to the frequency we see each other and the interation they have witnessed from both of us with children.

Anyway all three completed their referee forms for us promptly and have returned them back to the agency offices.

We believe that this will be the first stage of their reference for us.