What do you look for in a partner?

[jameseb]

From my personal experience, all the "bad" girls didn't like Jim Carey. That's my litmus test. If they don't like him, watchout... they're nothin' but trouble.

 

[mina]

sense of humor is very important to me

 

[ido]

::whipping out the hacksaw::

We can take care of that ankle thing!

Coach

Woah, woah Coach. You don't want to use a hack saw. You need a coping saw, so you can get those smooth curves.

the old sawzall will do the trick!

Coach

*flnativegrl whips out the yellow pages, looks up board certified plastic surgeons and starts calling around about ankle reduction surgery*

 

[ido]

From my personal experience, all the "bad" girls didn't like Jim Carey. That's my litmus test. If they don't like him, watchout... they're nothin' but trouble.

I think he should do a movie using his Vera de Milo character from In Living Color!

 

[alphacheese]

I'm one of those people who do feel an affinity with everyone of God's creatures.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge animal lover! I just don't get attached the way lots of people do. Death is the natural part of life and our price of sin. I just think that laughter is the best medication and can really help take those sobs away cry: + = with maybe a light sniffle)

I just wanna find someone that has the ability to always laugh and joke. I've known too many people that have really received me in a very negative way when I bring humor into a sincere situation. I can't help it, it's my nature, so that's why I'm looking for that someone that will laugh with me... even when my dog dies.

 

[AlexeiKaramazov]

Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge animal lover! I just don't get attached the way lots of people do. Death is the natural part of life and our price of sin. I just think that laughter is the best medication and can really help take those sobs away cry: + = with maybe a light sniffle)

I just wanna find someone that has the ability to always laugh and joke. I've known too many people that have really received me in a very negative way when I bring humor into a sincere situation. I can't help it, it's my nature, so that's why I'm looking for that someone that will laugh with me... even when my dog dies.

Don't worry, I love animals too and I laughed hard at that joke. I have a soft spot for really inappropriate humor though.

Well for me, I guess my expectations are pretty broad. I want somebody who gets along with me obviously, we need to click and have the kind of chemistry that makes 50 years of marriage pass like an hour. She should be smart, and funny, and not too judgmental. I do want to be attracted to her physically as well as in pretty much other way. I don't care much what she does for a job. I don't really care too much about politics either though certain issues would be gotchas for me. It would really be a plus if she was creative, especially musically, but creativity in other ways is good too. She should be seeking to better herself always. She should be open and excited about having children, whether natural born or adopted. I guess I've left out another big one too...she should love the Lord! I want someone with a strong connection to God and a strong moral compass, someone who always want to push on in their walk. That's it, I guess. I don't want much !

 

[Tinkerbell33]

From my personal experience, all the "bad" girls didn't like Jim Carey. That's my litmus test. If they don't like him, watchout... they're nothin' but trouble.

I like him.

 

[Lovestruck]

What do I look for?

Someone whos different from any guy I've ever known.

 

[overit]

Always able to joke about anything!! And I mean anything! This will seem sick to some, but I don't get attached emotionally to pets, at all. When my sister's dog went exploring one day we think she got bit by a snake. We found her being eaten by buzzards a few days later. Me and a couple of friends stumbled upon her while we were riding 4-wheelers. I won't go into detail of what her corpse looked like, I'll leave that to your imagination. That's not the sick part though. One of my friends says,

"Maybe she's just playing dead..."

I know that is terrible, but I couldn't help myself from laughing. And honestly it made me feel better. I don't think that death is something to be taken so seriously. So many people make it into such a big deal. It happens, why not just accept it and move on. Laughter is the best medicine for anything. When I die I want doctors cutting me into pieces giving my parts to people that could use them. I don't need my organs and I don't care what people do when I die, I don't need any kind of funeral. I do get emotional when relatives and family pass on, but it happens and I don't see why we can't put on a smile and just accept it.

Yeah, I think that's pretty sick. That said, I do sometimes laugh when under stress of grieving or faced with a death. It's really just a coping mechanism though and I'm seriously disturbed about it. Now, with THAT said lol, I really don't like or trust people who don't like animals...period, I just don't...and I'm an organ donor


Oh, but this is about men right? Ok, on a typical day I could list what I want but it would take a couple pages-as I have extremely high expectations or, as I say, I just know what I want and I won't settle for less then what is best for me and my faimly.

On days that I'm pms'ing or am feeling down or lonely, I could settle for anything with a pulse as another poster said

A man, just any man will do, doesn't matter who-as long as it doesn't look like his neck threw up on his face it's all good lol.

Alas, that's a fleeting couple of days a month though when I'm sensitive about everything....then I go back to my huge list-hence why I'm still single LOL

And, I don't want to get married but want a steady relationship, amongst my other "desires" so if I listed them you'de realize why it's like a needle in a haystack...chances of finding the right guy are like being hit by lightning-I think I might get struck first even.

 

[dayhiker]

*flnativegrl whips out the yellow pages, looks up board certified plastic surgeons and starts calling around about ankle reduction surgery*

native .... that is one good comback ... I loved it.

 

[overit]

From my personal experience, all the "bad" girls didn't like Jim Carey. That's my litmus test. If they don't like him, watchout... they're nothin' but trouble.

I like him and I have always been a 'bad' girl.

 

[PeculiarTreasure]

I did not have a very good childhood so my thoughts are sometimes not right.

I hear ya on this Taylor! Things that have happen in my past and childhood have made me sooo picky when it comes to looking for a mate. It's made me scared of dating.

 

[Keri]

*putting the fact that I'm dating Kirk aside*

Somedays I looked for little bits of my ex-boyfriends, all rolled into one. Other days I wanted nothing like my old boyfriends.

But if I had to write it out, here's what I was looking for: Someone passionate, knows what they want. Someone who's not super concered about money and material things (my parents being rich, kinda put me off to the whole money-obsessed person). Someone who has creative talents, whether it's singing, dancing, art, music. Someone who desires to get married and have babies, eventually. Someone who's had a similar upbringing to mine. Someone who isn't afraid to get dirty, spend a week or two, hiking and camping. (REAL camping. Not that RV stuff. We're talking only bring what you can put in a pack and just start walking through a random forest.) Someone who has a heart for adventure and travel. Someone who likes to go off-roading, or spend at day at the dunes. Someone who's not super attatched to their parents, but still is family oriented.

Yeah, I could go on. I think you get the point.

 

[jameseb]

I think he should do a movie using his Vera de Milo character from In Living Color!

Now we're talking.

I like him.

Guys, you better grab this girl up before she's taken!

I like him and I have always been a 'bad' girl.

Hahaha. Okay, let me reword that to "bad-bad" girls.

 

[ANurseInChrist]

Honesty, candidness, let down his guard, openness, non-judgmental, caring, compassionate, warm, and most of all a love for God. A man who wants me to grow in Christ so we can grow together.

 

[R3quiem]

Intelligence, Kindness, Chemistry

 

[Teufelhund]

In (some) seriousness, I have many criterion for a partner, I think many of them are subconscious or not involved. I have often been surprised by the diversity of people I have been attracted to. Yet being attracted to someone is not necessarily sufficient to be their partner. I think that I would want someone who can truly devote herself to us, because I would truly devote myself to a family. I would want someone who was not too overbearing, but not necessarily overly meek. Mostly I want someone I can talk about books and philosophy, and politics, and all of these things to, someone who would be my companion of the psyche and intellect as well as body and soul. I guess this is getting kind of long, so I apologize but that's pretty nearly my criterion in probably as many words as it could possibly be put in.

 

[ido]

native .... that is one good comback ... I loved it.

Why thank you!

 

[HolyOne87]

lets see..*ponders*

Love for the Lord (of course)..I like a guy who is funny (basically can act silly with me). I dated a guy a long time ago, and when I acted silly, he just stared at me like i was a weirdo(i didn't act that weird..lol). I'd prefer someone who would join in and be silly with me.

I like a guy who will be serious when he needs to be. I want a guy who smart, nice, caring, and loving. Someone who wouldn't mind traveling sometimes. Someone who accepts me for who I am and doesn't try and change me. I'd like someone with pretty good intellect. They don't have to be super smart, but they must have a good head on their shoulders.

Someone who likes somewhat of the same music I do. I do listen to a lot of rock and 80's music..so if they like that too, it'd be easier to find a station we both love to listen to on the radio! (lol)

Distance isn't an issue. Whether it be near or far, if I find someone like this and we have an attraction towards each other, I can work with any type of distance (whether they are a few minutes away or a few hours away).

Yeah, that's more of an attribute about me...haha..whoops!
ok anyway, thats a slight overlook of what I like in a partner.I am sure i forgot things, but thats okay.

 

[Hack]

Just someone I can get along with. I don't really care about about physcial characteristics but just someone that can put up with me would be a God send.