Most folks tend to marry people they date. So, your grandmother may have advised you, “Don’t date anybody you wouldn’t want to spend the rest of your life with.” There’s a certain truth there. So, ask yourself -- if you’ve decided the one you've been dating “is the one!” – whether that person is really Mr. or Miss Right. 

“If you want to be sure this is the one, there is no substitute for taking enough time to truly get to know the person,” writes Stephen Arterburn in his book Is This The One? He has a number of tips your grandmother would approve of, including: