Do not choose for your wife any woman you would not choose as your friend if she were a man.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Choose a life partner based on friendship and mutual respect.
- In plain terms
- Your spouse should be someone you could be friends with if they were the opposite gender.
- What can you take from it?
- Value friendship as the foundation of marriage.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is friendship enough for marriage?
- How do you test friendship?
Another view
Romantic compatibility involves factors beyond friendship.
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