The #8 Commandment of Dating: Never Date Potential - Rabbi Eli Deutsch

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If this person never changed, would you still want to marry them? Welcome back to the 10 Commandments of Dating. This is commandment number eight. Thou shalt not date potential. So often, I'm I'm hearing from people that, "Oh my god, this person has the most amazing potential. They're so spiritual. They're so driven. They're so motivated." But hold on a second, where are they at right now? People can be on a high, and then they could come down from a high. Recognize that we're talking about proceeding to walk down the aisle with

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