Your type of girl?

I feel like I just read a "LF> BF/GF" thread. lol Nonetheless, it's interesting. Although ...


How many of you admit that some traits you seek aren't very realistic characteristics that you'd actually find in a woman/man?

Also, does "your type of girl?" mean your ideal girl or the kind you keep falling for?

For myself, I figure my ideal guy would be my "better half". A match and a complement.

I'd like him to match my intelligence (or lack thereof), sense of humor (ditto), and most interests and tastes. I want him to be my Go opponent, Bridge partner, Maple companion. To have similar tastes in food, books, friends, movies, sex, music, and other pastimes. To match my communicativeness (is that even a word?). I'm not a nonstop talker but the "strong, silent type" drive me nuts. I want a guy who can, and will, honestly, tell me what he's thinking and feeling, and understand when I tell him what I think and feel. I also need him to be on the same page where it comes to child raising, politics, money management, work vs. play, and so on.

For chores, though, I'd like him to complement me. To be able to do things I can't (Maple jump quests or drilling through concrete walls), and willing to do things I dislike (Think it's possible to find a guy who'd enjoy cleaning but not be a neat freak who'd get mad at me for being untidy? Yeah, didn't think so...). And I'd like there to be some things he can't do or doesn't like, that I can do for him so as not to feel like a total leech...

But most importantly, I want a man who is good to me. The guy who currently owns my heart... fails most of the above criteria... but he won my love by being caring and attentive and... meh, better not get gushy. Go listen to Alanis' "Head Over Feet" to understand.
Anyway our incompatibilities go way beyond liking different music, so we're not and never can be together. That's life.

Bottom line, I want it all. And no, I don't expect to ever get it. But I'm fine with staying single until and unless that perfect soulmate shows up.