My short take is that people who want to get married, get married. My longer take is: Many of my single friends (mostly the women) have a hard time differentiating between filtering criteria and selection criteria. It's important to SELECT for values / goals / competency, etc. It's fine to FILTER for income / looks / etc. at the top of the funnel but SELECTING on those things is risky. If you aren't getting what you want, you can adjust and widen your filters but not compromise on selection. A lot of people don't understand the difference between filtering and selecting.

Thankfully I was able to be both vain and thoughtful in marrying my wife: a brilliant, highly competent, entrepreneur who is also a smoke show and great mom. ♥️

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