You can tell in about five seconds whether you're attracted to her. You almost never ask whether she gossips, whether Jesus is actually her Lord, or whether she'd make a good mother to your kids.

We've turned dating into a feelings audit: chemistry, vibes, whether she laughs at your jokes. The questions that actually predict whether a marriage survives get skipped, dismissed as too calculating or too early to ask.

Attraction matters, but it's not enough. The real tell is whether she's ordering her life under someone bigger than herself, or spending her energy managing everyone else's.

This episode lays out four specific, unglamorous filters for choosing who you date, the kind that never show up on a dating profile and that most men never ask until they're already in too deep. Fair warning: raising the bar shrinks the list.

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