CronoDAS comments on Poll: What do you look for in a relationship? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CronoDAS 10 February 2011 06:04:50AM *  5 points [-]

1: What traits are most important to you in a prospective partner?

Human, female, not a close relative, speaks and writes English, not severely mentally ill or mentally retarded, not currently in a monogamous relationship with someone else, not imprisoned for (or wanted for) a serious crime, between the ages of 18 and, say, 46, and is willing to have me as a prospective partner.

Those seem to be the most important characteristics. There are certainly others that are important, but they're probably not quite as important as these.

As for the other questions, I think I need more dating experience before I can figure out the answers.

Comment author: Costanza 10 February 2011 11:10:16PM *  13 points [-]

...and is willing to have me as a prospective partner.

I haven't been single for years, but I recall that I was always very favorably impressed when members of the opposite sex showed the very good taste to be interested in me. I assumed it was a mark of excellent character.

Comment author: CronoDAS 11 February 2011 03:56:37AM *  4 points [-]

I don't consider myself a particularly good "catch" at the moment. (I plan on changing that some time in the next year or so.)

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 12 February 2011 10:30:21AM 3 points [-]

You've been seeming happier lately, but I wasn't sure whether you'd decided to complain less or things had actually improved.

Comment author: CronoDAS 13 February 2011 03:05:01AM 3 points [-]

Well, I've been socializing more, but I'm still job-free.

Comment author: multifoliaterose 11 February 2011 04:11:20AM *  3 points [-]

For what it's worth I find you sharp and insightful. (Not that this is immediately applicable to your relationship situation in light of the fact that I'm a heterosexual male, but presumably at least some other people have the same perception.)

Comment author: Costanza 11 February 2011 06:28:02PM 4 points [-]

Seconded!

Plus, he has almost five thousand karma points! That's like [appropriate gender] catnip, isn't it?