A relationship poll - What you look/looked for!

rootX

This is similar to the "What do 'nerdy' guys like in girls?" thread but I am making this bit generic.

I have come up with the following list of things which one might look for.

Culture
Ethnicity
Income
Interests
Profession
Sense of Humor
His/Her Opinions
Food Interests
Health
Age
His/Her relationship with the family
His/Her friends
Political views
Distance/Location
Other

lisab

You left off kissing aptitude .

rootX

That could have come under sex life, but I wasn't thinking of sex when I made that poll I wouldve voted for that too!

lisab

I guess we'll put it under "other", lol...

micromass

What about character??

rootX

what's that?

It should fall under His/Her Opinions I guess.

Pengwuino

Dave is not very particular

wukunlin

opinions and sense of humour

others don't appear to be relevant imo

bbbeard

Intelligence. Beauty. Integrity. That's most of it for me.

BBB

TheStatutoryApe

I suppose any and all of those things can be important to some degree or other. I am not much of a family person. It does not exactly matter to me if a woman does or does not have a good relationship with her family though the type of relationship she has with her family may be an important issue. If her family is more important to her than anything that could be troublesome especially if she feels that she (and by extension I) must always make her family happy then I do not think I could handle that.

Evo

You forgot the top two things I look for - intelligence and kindness.

Ivan Seeking

I think you left out the most important quality - attraction.

This isn't a homework problem, and love is blind.

Evo

In my life, if the guy is intelligent, kind and has a great sense of humor, his apperance doesn't matter. I've dated mostly what my girlfriends considered very ugly men. I saw only a beautiful heart and mind. The biggest mistakes were the attractive men I dated.

Ivan Seeking

Just to be clear, I meant attraction in the sense that you want to be with that person, not attractiveness.

My point was that falling in love isn't an engineering problem.

Evo

Ah, yes.

I think it might be for some of our members.

Ivan Seeking

That is my concern.

It doesn't hurt to be smart, but you have to follow your heart.

Ivan Seeking

And to the extent that you are guided by your head, and not your heart, make sure it's the right one!