Poll: What do you look for in a partner?

[Shocksplicer]

Funny, intelligent and atheist. DEFINITELY. ATHEIST.

 

[trollnystan]

Hmm... Not that I'm really looking, but personality-wise I suppose a fellah with whom I share a sense of humour with, enjoys some of the same things I do, kind, intelligent but not pretentious about it... I could go on. Which is probably why I'm single, lol. Oh, and someone who LOVES to cook, and is good at it =P (LOATHE to cook, love to eat)

Looks-wise? I tend to find tall (but not too skinny, rather fat than too skinny), dark hair and an interesting nose attractive. Blue/green eyes are nice too.

Spoiler: List of actors I find attractive (especially in their prime)

Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Will Smith, Jean Reno, Peter Dinklage (notable exception on the height), Johnny Depp, Denzel Washington, Tim Curry, Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant (notable exception on too skinny), etc etc...

But to me looks are not the first thing I'd look for in a relationship. I've been attracted to people who do not fit in with what I just wrote but whose personality was very attractive. Been a while now since I've been attracted to anyone at all though...

EDIT:

Spoiler: Oh, and pretty much what these guys said too

Like minded, who finds my jokes funny and makes me laugh. Someone I can be 100% myself around with them enjoying it and joining in with whatever I'm saying whether it be incredibly dark observations, mind numbingly stupid jokes or all the shades in between.

Obviously it's beauty that's going to attract me to someone, and they do have to be gorgeous to me, but even the hottest person would get fucking annoying to be around when you're doing day to day things together every day if they have no personality to keep you company.

Basically someone who can make me happy whilst shopping, because mundane shit like that is going to happen a lot and it may as well be fun.

Obviously this isn't what I look for in flings, hotness is (almost) all that counts there.

I'm with you. For a relationship I need someone why gets me. Gets all my stupid jokes especially the dark sense of homour I have. Making me laugh is a must, I may be hard to please but if a guy can't make me laugh then I find it hard to be myself. Looks to a certain extent some into it, but I dont mean i want someone how is "amazing looking" just avaerage... I'm an average sort of girl, so i go for average sort of guys. My one requirement is that he likes the sort of things I'm into. The likes of tv shows or games or even some music i like has to be somewhat a shared experience (if that makes any sense what-so-ever) Actually my one Requirement is that a like likes to watch Supernatural, or atleast doesn't criticise it for every monent its on. (I was with a guy before that hated everything i liked and it really made me want to punch him).
Meh, maybe I ask for too much.

 

[smithy_2045]

Someone I can bounce off, who I can trust, who I find attractive, and hopefully they reciprocate.

Just wish I could find someone who meets the criteria...

 

[theSteamSupported]

The important thing isn't what she'll mean to me, but what I'll mean to her.

That's what I'm looking for, someone I can improve. The last I thing I want to do, is to make her life more miserable.

That's why I barely have any social life, let alone a romantic one. I can't really initiate a relationship without feeling I'm demanding too much, or that I'm leaving a negative impact on her.

 

[DasDestroyer]

I am an immortal jellyfish, and am looking for the same in my partners.

 

[ssgt splatter]

Would the term "friends with benefits" count? I'm not looking for a romantic relationship.

captcha asked me to describe Gas-X in any wording I choose, so I said, "Bullshit" and it took it as an answer. XD I love the internet sometimes.

 

[Ricky 49]

someone who can hold their own in a debate as in i say something she doesn't agree with she isn't afraid to say
"hey your wrong about that and here is why...."
not to say i'm antagonistic it just don't like people to agree with everything i say or if i say something she disagree with she just demand i agree with her without discussing it or she gets angry.

i'm not saying all/most women are like this

its just happened a lot to me

 

[Baron von Blitztank]

Someone who can put up with me is a great starting point.
I repeatedly change moods from randomly silly to deadly serious, I swear like an Irish sailor on a Saturday night when his favourite football team has lost, my general intellect isn't that great, I don't tend to leave the house except when I need to and I really hate religion.

A good sense of humour, being trustworthy, being able to stand out individually and having intelligence that is either equal or greater to my own is a must have. Looking cute is an added bonus.

So basically my girlfriend fits the bill perfectly!