Mine went for two out of three. She’s a cutie, a beauty, and was dating the top guy on campus of the high school we attended before I snagged her.

Am I smarter than her? I don’t know. I recently took an IQ test that puts me at 140. I do know one thing, her intelligence was one of the things that attracted me to her. She is blond, but she surely isn’t dumb. I value conversation with someone of intelligence, and she is my equal in that.

As for money, I’ve got none. But I did have the ability to write and sing her love songs. She is musically inclined herself, and far more trained in those things than myself. I wrote her one song she particularly likes that goes…

I’m so glad that you’re my honey.
I love you better than barrels of money,
Or big gold bricks stacked clear to the stars.
If I had a choice to be
A millionaire, or just me–
I’d be me, ’cause here is where you are.

Not much cash, but a whole lotta love has kept us through 29 years. You don’t make a lot as a pastor in my denomination, since the wages is set, and not dependent on whether you pastor a church of 50 or 5,000. Maybe singing a song like that is a way of compensating for lack of loot.

As for height, I stand 6′ 2″ to her five foot ten. So she does look up to me a bit. I don’t have far to lean down to kiss her, however. I’d say she’s just about right. In fact, perfect.

Interesting observations. I’d like to know whether the ladies agree. I’ve heard it said that men like a woman who looks beautiful, but that men have more ways of being attractive than are available to women. I’ve always thought that a woman’s physical attractions were certainly a factor, but that they were kind of like selzer water. They needed something else mixed with that for it to really work, or not work. Fortunately, my the lady I’ve shared my life with for almost 30 years now is beautiful in a whole bunch of ways.