If you are dating with marriage in mind , it is important to look for qualities that would make a woman a good wife. You want to look for certain characteristics that will benefit your relationship in the long term. Search past the physical attributes you find very attractive and your undeniable chemistry. Not every woman would make a good spouse or a good spouse for you. If you want to get married, it’s important to look for qualities that show that the woman you are dating is capable of being alone, strong, and responsible.

Of course, you will also need to play your part and have these qualities yourself.

In social media, someone posted the opinion that men get married not when they meet in their choice, they won’t wait too long or avoid having the conversation. on this topic and the men you know proposed or (didn’t) for other reasons.

A few months before I met my husband, I was introduced to a guy, I’ll call him Alex, who seemed to be “the one. My mother even approved. But then I met Frank, now my husband, totally by accident in a stairwell, of all places. For a few months, I secretly dated both guys-and gradually began to realize that Frank’s assets only magnified Alex’s faults. He highlighted all the ways Alex was wrong for me-even though, if I were to write a checklist of what I wanted, Frank would have flunked and Alex would have excelled.

Alex wasn’t the only ex who helped me recognize the inherent kindness in Frank that I might have otherwise missed. There was the super-old rich guy-like, older-than-my-dad old-who woke me up to the fact that money and success isn’t everything. He was followed by a string of unavailable, but wildly successful year-olds. And, later, there was the stereotypical jacked jock who was fun to look at, but couldn’t really hold a conversation.

And the doe-eyed guy who I actually started to fall for-until I realized I needed to reserve my love for a man who could text me back on time. Even though some of these guys hurt me, each was critical to my journey. I needed to date around before I said, “I do. And experts say that’s important.