What Do You Look for In A Partner?
Are there any deal breakers for you?
Awhile back, I read a story by Iva Ursano. She listed 10 things that women over 50 look for in a man. I loved her humorous take on this story and it got me thinking too.
She lists many important qualities, like being a good listener and honest. I agree with her 100%! I wondered if everyone had the same thoughts.
How important were the qualities and what were deal-breakers? 🤔
There are basic qualities in a partner that we’d all want. What would be different? There’s only one way to find out! Now I’m not looking for anything, but I’m intrigued by this topic. I’m writing my own list!
4 Things I Would Look For in A Partner
1️⃣ Sense of Humour You gotta make me laugh! Is it jokes? Bad puns? Gags? I really appreciate a good sense of humour. It makes the relationship extra fun!
2️⃣ Kindness to All Living Beings An ant? A senior citizen? Puppies? Cats? If it lives and breathes, you have got to be kind to them! I used to ask someone to kill the bugs in the house. Now, I try to get them to capture it and set it outside instead.
3️⃣ Are You Filial? I’d hope you would be good to your parents and family! If you don’t take care of your parents, I’m not sure you can take care of me. 🤨
4️⃣ Humbleness If you’re good at something, people will know. There’s no need to brag or showcase it all time. Showing humbleness is an attractive trait to me!
6 Things That Send Me Running
- Smoking/Drugs I’m really not into any of these things!
- Disrespect If you’re ignoring me, not acknowledging my feelings, or not listening to me, then goodbye.
- Not helping Heavy bags? Help me carry them. Too busy to cook? Take over the task. I’m not saying I need help all the time. I can do most things fine on my own. But it would be very nice if I had some help sometimes!
- Staring or paying inappropriate attention to other people This is probably on everyone’s list! I get it. There are pretty people out there. But please, don’t check out someone else’s well-endowed body while I’m there!
- Lying Don’t tell me lies.
- No career I don’t need you to be a lawyer or a doctor. It doesn’t even have to be a traditional 9–5 job. I do hope you have some way to earn a steady income! After all, bills need to be paid.
I suppose some of the points are interchangeable. For example, being honest would be something I look for and lying would be something that turns me off. It could be on both lists. Either way, I think you get the idea.
Are you interested to make your own list now? I’d love to read it and see if there are common points. Feel free to tag me!
Make sure to check out Iva’s story here! I fully enjoyed it!
