Checklist of recommended SO screening questions:

Checklist of recommended questions for screening a potential Significant Other (SO):

1. Have you ever been convicted of a crime or been to jail?
2. Are you addicted to any drugs, including caffeine, alcohol, and nicotine?
3. Are you currently married?
4. Are you currently in a committed monogamous relationship?
5. Do you have children? If so, how many and what ages, do they live with you, is your baby mama crazy, how is your relationship with her?
6. Are you employed in a legal non-sketchy profession?
7. What STDs do you have?
8. Where do you live?
9. How many people are you currently dating? What is your definition of dating? What is your dating and relationship history?
10. What makes you angry?
11. Have you ever: gotten into a physical fight with SO, had the police called because of a fight with SO, gotten into a physical fight after the age of 22, or stolen anything after age 18?
12. When was the last time you lied?
13. How old are you?
14. When is your birthday?
    
15. What is your legal first and last name?
16. Can I see your driver's license? (see if their info matches,and then run a criminal record check later with this information)
17. What they are looking for/deal breakers.

Before becoming intimate with someone who you want to have a serious relationship with:
- know the answers to all these questions;
- see their place of residence;
- meet at least one friend/family member;
- wait at least one month.

Run fast if:
1. talk of marriage/engagement/love/having babies comes up in the first month;
2. they keep showing up in different cars
3. they live somewhere illegal or refuse to show you where they live within 1 month
4. they want you to star in a "film"
5. their age/number of children keep changing
6. they don't have a driver's license, are over 18, and not living in New York City
7. they ask you for money before the month is up