Looking for Mr. Right

What should you look for in a future spouse?

I visit a lot of different websites each week, searching for interesting articles or for story ideas.  The New York Times website is one of my favorites, and while there I always look at a little box that lists the "most emailed stories" of the day. 
If one article keeps showing up on this list day after day, you know it has attracted an unusual amount of interest.  And this was the case recently with an article titled "An Ideal Husband," by columnist Maureen Dowd.  It stayed on the "most emailed" list for about a week, which means that somehow the column struck a chord with many readers.
It's a simple article, actually.  It raises the question: How do you know if you've found someone who would make a good husband? 
Connor's advice is the type of practical wisdom you don't normally find in the New York Times.  (Perhaps that is one reason the article was so popular!)
For example:

• "Never marry a man who has no friends.  This usually means that he will be incapable of the intimacy that marriage demands."
• "Does he use money responsibly?"
• "Steer clear of someone whose life you can run, who never makes demands counter to yours. It's good to have a doormat in the home, but not if it’s your husband."
• "Does he have a sense of humor? That covers a multitude of sins."
• "Don't marry a problem character thinking you will change him. He's a heavy drinker, or some other kind of addict, but if he marries a good woman, he'll settle down. People are the same after marriage as before, only more so."
• "Take a good, unsentimental look at his family -- you'll learn a lot about him and his attitude towards women."
• "Does he possess those character traits that add up to a good human being -- the willingness to forgive, praise, be courteous? Or is he inclined to be a fibber, to fits of rage, to be a control freak, to be envious of you, to be secretive?"

What would be on your list of attributes for a prospective husband--or wife?  What would you say to a friend or child who asked, "What should I look for?"