Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

Next, ask him about his relationship with his mother. It’s the
first relationship a man has with a woman, and if he has a good
track record with her, then chances are he knows how to treat
a woman with respect and has some kind of idea of how to
profess, provide, and protect not only a woman but a potential
family, too. I don’t know a boy living whose mother isn’t be-
loved. We learn to protect her and provide for her; we learn
about the basic core of love for a woman from her. Indeed, if a
man is at odds with his mother, it’s a safe bet that he’s going to
be at odds with you. If you hear any part of “Man, me and my
mother? We just don’t get along.. .” in his answer, erase his
number and texts from your phone and keep it moving.
After you find out how he feels about his mother, ask him
about his father. If he had a great relationship with his dad, then
he was probably raised with a core set of values that he’ll bring
to your potential home together. Now, I understand that a
whole host of men grew up without fathers in their households,
but chances are that the man you’re interested in had a male role
model in his life who showed him the ropes of manhood, or
perhaps the absence of his own father taught him a few things
about what he doesn’t want to do when he becomes a father. At
any rate, ask questions about his relationship with his father,
and his answers are bound to reveal the kind of father he just
might turn out to be.
You’re also going to have to ask him about his relationship
with God. Let me be direct: if you meet a man who doesn’t
have a relationship with God, he doesn’t go to church and has