I'm married for 21 years now, and we have a daughter of 19 and a son of 16.
Our children think my wife and I will make a cute older couple.
I do think what made my wife prefers in me is the brutal honesty. Her mother is a manipulating person, if she's not narcissistic, it would come very close, attention seeking, never content, always comparing her with others around. And with me she got a positive clear confirmation that she's fine no matter.
Probably not a fully positive reply, but my wife is not autistic, although she's an introvert, she does like elegant clothes, loves shopping, even just for the fun of it, she gets energised from a trip to the city... unbelievable...
In a sense she was exposed to lesser traits of human behaviour from her mother, so that marked her...
It also Marc'ed her...