8# What Do Women Want?
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This article is from the Romance and Dating FAQ, by Henning Klaskala alt.romance.FAQ@online.de with numerous contributions by others.
8# What Do Women Want?
From: Karen Ronan < ronan@mendel.berkeley.edu>
subject: Re: Women are all the same...
> Why do women have time for everything and everyone else but me?
Are you interesting to talk to? Are you clean, well-groomed? Do you
have a sense of humor? Do you listen to people? Do you project some
self-confidence? Do you have ideas for places to go with a woman? Do
you have any flair for conversation? Do you have decent social skills?
Are you fairly intelligent, well read, passionate about something? Do
you show any emotions?
Just a few things that I look for in potential mates.
Good luck,
Karen
From: fsquared@eff.org (Fawn Fitter)
subject: Re: What do you want to know about a potential SO?
mmcohen@cats.ucsc.edu (Michael M Cohen) writes:
> A question for all you romantics: When you are talking with
> a potential SO, what are the questions you want answered
> before deciding that you want to enter a relationship?
Before I get involved with him, or before we take the step that leads from
casual dating to serious one-on-one exploration of whether we could have a
future together?
If the former, the list is pretty short:
- is he single?
- does he smoke, use drugs, or drink to excess?
- is he HIV-negative?
- does he have children from a previous relationship?
- is he politically progressive?
- is he attractive -- not handsome, necessarily, but not butt-ugly (a technical
term, mind you!) either?
- does he treat women with the same respect he gives to men?
- how's his sense of humor?
If the latter, tack on these things, too:
- do we have any recreational interests in common?
- is he good in bed?
- is he curious about and interested in my work?
- do we aspire to the same kind of lifestyle?
- is he a "city person," or does he prefer the suburban or rural life?
- how does he feel about his family?
- how does he feel about my family?
- is he interested in and open to personal change?
- what are his spiritual/religious beliefs, and do they conflict with mine?
- can he fight fair, or does he have a temper?
- are we friends as well as lovers?
- is he responsible?
- how good is he at expressing his feelings?
and so on, and so on. I always wonder how I managed to survive in the years
before I started choosing my relationships with as much attention as I give
to choosing a new car...
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