Criteria

[greenstorm]

Boyfriend criteria list, although somewhat irrelevent right now:

- already has a best friend who is not me
- no ownership around my pussy, I choose who I have sex with
- safe sex sensibilities in line with my own
- no ownership around my brain, I choose who I like or dislike and in what ways, and what my opinions are
- cuddling and holding are actively sought out
- at least mildly kinky AND
- respectful AND
- careful and cautious with it (safe)
- more personality than wound-on-legs-ness
- spends significant amount of times on hobbies (at least 2 days/week)
- employed
- no current (untreated?) mental illness AND no mental illness (untreated?) for the majority of their past (two years out of twenty is not a majority, ten is)
- likes to do fun things that I like to do
- with me sometimes AND
- without me sometimes
- is available when I am
- including mornings on a regular basis
- has cellphone or other reliable contact method
- is attractive
- sense of humour (good sense of humour? or at least pleasantly painful)
- sense of irony
- smart
- has clean towels most of the time
- eats decently often
- good at sex AND
- has sex often with me

Comments

[kurrs.livejournal.com]

I am so out!

[wik.livejournal.com]

Drat, that was going to be my joke.

[greenstorm.livejournal.com]

Been there, done you. ;)

[greenstorm.livejournal.com]

Pager works. ;)

[greenstorm.livejournal.com]

Oops, forgot to list not married and not far far away. ;)

[estrellada.livejournal.com]

There are two things I find funny on this list:

1) stuff which is more about how you handle things than how they do: like "no ownership of my pussy" - dude, no one gets that unless you GIVE it to them. likewise "eats decently often" - if you're getting yourself fed as much as you need, their rate of eating shouldn't matter (unless they're doing self-destructive not eating which makes them a moody bitch.)

2) stuff like "with me sometimes and without me sometimes"/has hobbies or job: you can just avoid your SOs, or be unavailable.

3) lists like this are silly. there's always someone who's an exception to most rules.

[breklor.livejournal.com]

It's so true.

But that's what "is attractive" is for; it's so nebulous that you can pretty much use it to cover any exception. Misses some important criteria but you're willing to go there anyway? It's 'cause they're really attractive! Meets all the criteria but you just don't wanna go there? Eugh, not so attractive.