I'm doing what I can to make it better by raising daughters who will look for men who have purpose in life. I see families where I live who are raising traditional minded women from traditional minded mothers and purposeful fathers.
One couple who are friends of mine are a great example. The dad is a doctor & met the mom while the mom was in England as a Rhodes scholar. He was preparing to enter med school. So she was smart & a disciplined student & was planning to become a doctor herself. Her dad was also a doctor & businessman in town. She gave up her career ambitions to be his wife. They had their first child 9 months after they got married & have 6 children total. The mom is a very pretty woman without any makeup, is a size 2 or 4 in clothing and has an attractive athletic figure and she is not altered or artificial in any way.
Socially she ALWAYS defers to him, always stops speaking to listen to him and always looks to him for leadership. Just as her mother, a nurse, looked to her father for leadership. I know she makes her thoughts known to him privately, and I know he does things that will please her because he respects her opinion and he likes to please her. But he chooses to please her from a place of benevolence rather than supplication. He is a very attractive man and I have the utmost respect for their marriage & the wonderful example they embody.
They are two of the most genuine authentic people I know. Their children deeply respect them and their daughters (who are pretty and athletic & smart) want to emulate them. So do their sons.
And they are the most striking example but not the only example I know personally.
You are at an enormous advantage at your age to be thinking about your future this way. You need to be results driven in your affairs because the better your results the more opportunities you will have.
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@Von said the better you become the better your opportunities become.
This is very true.
If you know you are family minded you need to look at the girls who are less focused on make up and hair and clothes & look for less superficial girls. Look at the athlete girls who wear less makeup...or look for girls who are sweet first and pretty second. Makeup hides many sins. The gal with no makeup could be just as hot as the girl wearing lots...but you notice the girl wearing lots first. You may miss the quiet subdued natural beauty.
Look for giving women.
Take time to chat with your dates about her family. Look for girls who respect their families...get to know the parents of your dates. Why did her dad decide to do "X"; what does her mom most appreciate about her dad? Are the parents still married? How have they accomplished that? (An ironclad commitment to stay married no matter what was by sister's best friend's mom's answer to that question - that couple has been together over 50 years and are in their 70's).
If you want to know how to succeed at something ask someone who has done it. Ask the parents of friends or schoolmates...ask grandparents. Ask everyone.
If the parents are not together, why not?
You can filter the answers you get based on what you have learned here & decide whose answers resonate for you.
Meanwhile concentrate on being the best YOU possible. Women worth having children with will make their life's purpose being a good wife & mother. Women like this find purpose is supporting her man in his purpose. Find a girl with a teamwork mindset.
Child rearing and marriage (if that is what you want) are for those who can lead and persevere. Even good unions face tough obstacles.
Last night I celebrated New Year's with old friends. One of the couples graduated high school together a year ahead of me. They have been married 25 years (and dated several years before that), have grown children and are dealing with aging parents and all those associated challenges as a team. They are devoted to each other & the wife ADORES her husband.
So success stories are out there. This couple has a gorgeous & marriage worthy daughter who is making all As at a small Christian college.