Dating criteria

Originally Posted by Zephyrin

I personally don't believe women should work unless there's no other choice, but she has to be willing to help you out somehow, someway. If she doesn't work, she should clean up the house, do the laundry, cook dinner. She has to be able to take care of stuff if you break a leg, shit like that. Don't date a lazy girl, one who's out to get a free ride. If she's used to being with people who take care of everything for her, and you're not willing to do that, don't get involved.

Any girl that's not lazy and gold-digging probably won't be satisfied with a stay-at-home relationship. Generally, being not-lazy corresponds with having motivation to, you know, do things.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Oh, yeah, since I posted I guess I have to post my criteria.

1. Intelligence - it's a must, sorry. If I can't have a good conversation on a wide variety of topics with you, it isn't going to work.

2. Sense of Identity - I learned this the hard way. I've been seeing my current GF for about 16 months, and about a year into it I realized she had no strong sense of self. While she was professionally getting places, she had no personal life outside of her family and me and rarely if ever expressed personal opinions on things. It slowly drove me insane until I confronted her over it. It was rocky for a month or so, but eventually I accepted why some things were the way they were and she started opening up and expressing herself more, which helped things a lot. Anyone will tell you communication is necessary for a good relationship, and if one person has nothing to communicate, it'll fail.

3. Maturity - sorry, I'm quite tired of the typical college 'hay let's go get drunk and watch MTV' attitude. I much prefer spending time around people who actually care about the world around them, where it's going, and how they fit into it.

And I just now noticed that I might as well have said 'I agree with Sass'. Not that that's really unexpected. Doh.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by tiimbz

but aint you got smart friends to converse with? why does the (sexy) girl need to be a friend as well? not a girlfriend?

Because we have a name for people who we want to have sex with but not talk to: prostitutes. This thread is for discussing relationships. Which involve more than sex, believe it or not.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.