“Men have proposed to me many times. People think the reason I am not married is that nobody asked. That is not true.
“I said no because I knew deep inside that I could not do forever with those people. Dating someone and marrying them are not the same thing.
“There are things you can manage as a girlfriend that you cannot survive as a wife.
When a man starts talking about the future, I look at him with clear eyes. Is this the person I want to father my children? Is he kind? How does he treat his mother and other women? How does he behave around children? Those small details show you the pattern of his heart.
“I tell young girls, do not only look for romance, look for character. That is what you will live with every day.”
