Obama on picking the right partner for marriage

[Quartz]

The Independent has a nice little fluff piece here wherein Dan Pfeiffer reveals the three questions Barack Obama says you should ask yourself about your prospective partner.

As the pair discussed future plans, Mr Pfieffer opened up about his relationship.

“So are you guys moving together? This is the one, huh?” he recounted Mr Obama asking him.

Mr Obama is then said to have imparted the pearls of wisdom.

“Here’s the advice I give everyone about marriage: is she someone you find interesting?” Mr Pfeiffer quoted Mr Obama as saying in an excerpt from the book recently shared on social media.

There’s nothing exactly earth-shattering there, but their marriage has lasted.

[Voyager]

The other two are, does she/he make you laugh, and would she/he be a good mother/father to your children, assuming you have any.
I’d add, do you see money the same way.
I didn’t really think about the kids question, but I implicitly thought about the other three, and it worked. Married, happily, 40 years.

[Nava]

I think the third one is important if you don’t want kids too, if you trade in “parent” for “caretaker”. Because I don’t know about y’all, but if I’m puking my guts out I want whomever shares my life to be able to take care of me, not to freak out so much that I’m the one calming him down!