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Family values
The process of choosing a partner usually occurs according to certain criteria, which change quite slowly from generation to generation.
Women often articulate the following masculine qualities that are attractive for matrimonial relationships: confidence and humor, reliability and the ability to provide for a future family, physical attractiveness and generosity, focus and passion.
For men it is: beautiful, thrifty, smart, loyal, supportive, wise, clean, loving children, independent and able to handle money.
Sociologists and psychologists identify several important points that ensure long-term family relationships. This is a certain community of worldview and habits.
The first thing that can interfere with harmonious relationships is a difference in basic beliefs and even ideological incompatibility. The basic ones are the attitude towards the world around us in general and the attitude towards people, the belief in the value of one’s own “I”, etc.
The second is a divergence in attitudes towards money. The attitude towards money depends on character, current needs, self-esteem, upbringing, environment, etc.
Third, there is a difference in matters of everyday culture. This is the social sphere of a person’s relationship to the needs for food, clothing, housing, treatment and health, cultural…
