How do you know if your significant other is “THE ONE?”

The other day, I was fortunate enough to speak to a group college students on the subject of relationships. During the Q&A portion of my presentation, I was asked the following question, “How do you know if your mate is the right one?”

To be perfectly frank, that question kind of stumped me. However, divine intervention interceded on my behalf and allowed me to answer the question this way.

Recently, I attended a seminar where the facilitator asked if we could write an entire story in six words or less. She stated that Ernest Hemingway was issued the same challenge and he answered it this way, “FOR SALE: Baby Shoes – Never Worn.”

I started thinking about what my story would be and visions of a Sir Mixalot song flashed through my mind.

So after I shared the Hemingway story, my answer to the young man that asked the question was, “I LIKE BIG BUTTS CANNOT LIE!” He and the rest of the audience burst into laughter. Then, I gave him as Paul Harvey would say, “the rest of the story.”

My wife and my youngest daughter happened to be in the audience and I gave the young man this analogy.

Like I said, “I like big butts.” However, if the best “booties” in the world (Beyonce, J-Lo, Shakira, Janet Jackson, etc.) were in this room and they all wanted me. I still would want to go home with the beautiful woman in the back. So if you feel the same way about the young lady that you are dating, you’ll know that she’s the one!

That was my suggestion for him. And, it is also my suggestion for you. If you are in a relationship and you want to know if the person that you are with is truly the one for you, ask yourself the following question.

“Would I be willing to exchange my relationship with this person for anything else in the world?”

If you can honestly answer no to the question, then there is a great chance that that person is Mr. or Mrs. Right!

Always be an ANT!

--Chuck Herring S+S = S*

*(Sweat + Sacrifice = SUCCESS)