spontaneous
good listener
caring/kind (why is one with a K and one with a C? always wondered that)
tall
dark
handsome
no more sociopaths
Okay so it's not my real life "list" because I don't have one. My cousin Lisa famously (in our family) penned a list of over 30 attributes she was looking for in a man. And not only that, they were all non-negotiables. Lisa is happily married to a man with all 30 traits, sprung from page to life, and they have 4 beautiful children. 4. holy. mother. of. God.
My Mom and my aunts from the Wehmeyer clan think that Lisa is a genius for having made this list and sticking to it. The brain so does not get credit for that shit. I call her lucky.
I wouldn't really know where to begin, other than the boilerplate things we all want. Not only am I not certain enough to know what I want in a man to be able to make such a list, I'm way to lazy to sit down and actually do that! And then where would I house it?! I don't have a file folder entitled "man traits" sitting under my bed next to my copies of Nora Roberts romance novels.
The minute you put it into words, it all sounds so calculated. So cold. I'm more of a fly-by-the-seat-of-pants sort of girl (pretty woman reference). If you lined up all my old boyfriends the ONLY common theme would be their height. Not even the color of skin, hair, or eyes is the same. I guess you could say I'm an equal opportunist when it comes to men (unless you're under 6 feet tall).
I don't want to know what I'm looking for in a man! Because I don't know what I'm looking for in a man!
Don't get me wrong, I know that (a) these lists people make aren't about looks and (b) we all have a few common themes to the list (good listener, kind, gentle, good with kids and dogs, loves him momma, not a serial killer....) but I mean really?! I'm supposed to list these things? Like, will writing them down like really make them like come true?! ..........
Last night on the bachelorette Ashley asked Aimes what he was looking for in a woman. He replied that he doesn't have a list and that it is an "evolutionary step" not to have made said list. I'm not sure that this is a sure sign of evolution (lets not piss off the South here people) but I do agree with him that it isn't needed. I'm a believer that when I meet him, and it's right, I'll know it. "What I want in a man" is not a literary marvel by anyone's standards and I won't waste my time making one.
Okay. off my soap box.
Time to go pick out a company cell phone (!!!) and see a first draft of my new business cards (!!!!!!). I'm a big girl now!
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