Pick Your Right Girl

“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage; half closed afterwards.”

• She is attractive, of course, but is that her chief asset? (Try to imagine her ten years from today.)

• Do you want her because she is popular–because other men have wanted her? (Don’t be a copy-cat!)

• Could you spend seven consecutive evenings in her company without being bored? (If the answer is affirmative, it is a good sign.)

• Do you have similar tastes in most things?

• Is she a good sport?

• Is she reasonably healthy?

• Is she a flirt? Does she make you jealous? (Decide whether you can stand the strain; your jealously will persist until you grow indifferent.)

• Are you constantly irritated by some small mannerism of hers? (You can’t be terribly in love.)

• Does she tell lies? Do you mind?

• Is she a nag?

• Is she quarrelsome? (The Bible warns, “It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house.”)

• Is she hard on other people? (Don’t judge by her behavior to you.)

• Is she trying to reform you? How do you feel about being reformed?

• Has she tried to boss you? (Maybe you need a boss.)

• Would she put up with all your faults if she knew them?

• When you quarrel, who capitulates first? (A combination of two stubborn mules is bad.)

• Do you agree on children, or a career, or both? (Better settle this beforehand.)

• Does she expect you to support her in a definite style? Could you count on her cooperation in hard times? Would she go to work if necessary?

• Will she help you get ahead? Or will she pull you away from your work?

• Can she handle money?

• If you marry her, will you also be marrying her family?

• Does she let you get around to see your old pals? (If you have been too infatuated to notice, make it a point of finding out.)

• Are you proud to present her to your friends? (If not, reconsider.)

• Do you hope to reform her? (Give up the idea. People change, but not according to plan.)

• Do you know her faults? Are you willing to live with them?

• Do you still think her perfect? (You’re wrong, of course, but marry!)