[South40]

Don't marry that girl.

I didn't.

I waited, and I ended up marrying a different girl who is the love of my life.

[mountainfolk]

The opposite of the advice I gave my son, many years ago. I advised him to marry a girl he was ambivalent about because of her excessive spending and expectations that he would provide the means for her to live the life style she had accustomed herself to.
Thank God that he did not heed my consul, which wasn't really more than a practical solution on my part that weighed the pros and cons and favored the girl. Much later he married the perfect mate for him and I think of that particular piece of advice I gave him as a reminder of possible parental fallibility. Hits and misses but always trying.