What Makes a Man Choose a Wife? CJ & David Shands Answer Honestly (Ep 111)

The Secret Formula of Femininity · Aug 18, 2026 · 33m

What makes a man decide that a woman isn’t just someone he wants to date—but someone he wants to marry?

At Podcast Summit, I had the opportunity to sit down with entrepreneurs and podcast mentors CJ and David Shands and ask them a deceptively simple question: Why did you choose your wife?

Their answers led to a much bigger conversation.

In this episode of The Secret Formula of Femininity, you’ll hear directly from CJ and David about the qualities they saw in their wives, the role boundaries played, and what made these women stand out as people they wanted to build a life with.

Then, as a…