Your Next Significant Other Should Be...

Posted by Brian Fairbanks

 

The Frisky had a post the other day called Your Next Boyfriend: The 100 Qualities He Should Possess.

It created a bit of controversy, mostly blowback from guys who were upset about Entry #13, of course: He "…will be tall."

This, along with some of the other more questionable nominations, got us thinking: what do you want in your next girlfriend, as a response to the Frisky's list, and what should have been on the list or what do you agree/disagree with on the Boyfriend list?

First of all, let's start with Pipi's response:

I think that trying to make a list like this and look for a guy who has all of these qualities will leave you depressed and alone forever. No girl, let alone guy fits all 100 of these things. Id be surprised if I even did half of the things on this list.

And compiler Amelia's reply:

Oh no, it’s not that the guy has to possess everything on this list. It’s that he should possess the qualities on this list that are important to you.

So, keep Amelia's original intentions in mind: what are important qualities to you? We'll start things off:

...will give us the male equivalent of "pampering" once in a while

...will be respectful of our guy friends, even if they don't have the same taste as you, and to not assume all our female friends are ex's

...will give us the benefit of the doubt when we say "no, really, it's just been a rough day."

...will find a city rooftop a pretty romantic place to spend a sunset

And so on... in the comments section, please...

Check out the original story, via the Frisky, before you write in.

 

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Comments

thinkywritey said:

There was some pretty petty crap in there. But Amelia makes the important point: Not ALL the things, just some things to consider. "All" isn't impossible because oh gosh no one is simply that GREAT... but because several of them were contradictory. (Not to mention falling into the "he can't suck, but won't mind that I suck" category.) I can kinda get behind the idea of a master list, though. The inviolable maybe... three things. Certainly not a million.

November 12, 2008 12:11 PM

Jonathan said:

I'm pretty sure that the 'male equivalent' of pampering is pampering.

November 12, 2008 5:16 PM

Tom said:

... will understand how a mens' sex drive works, and not fight it all the time.

... will make the first move sometimes, in bed, in planning, in whatever.

... will not have an attitude of self-entitlement, and exhibit attributes of independence.

... will give herself over to me completely, and allow me to do the same to her.

... will at least make the effort to try to involve herself in my hobbies, (i.e. videogames, music, sports, whatever) so that we can share the experience. If she ends up not liking them, at least she tried. Allow me to do the same for her.

... will not judge me by the contents of my dresser, porn collection (see #1), choice of music, or other petty things.

... will take the things I say at face value, when applicable.

... will mutually agree to not fight dirty or with physical violence, and not insult each other's masculinity/femininity/whatever we hold dear.

... will mutually agree not to allow ourselves to fall into a rut of same old/same old.

... will remain sexually open to me.

... will not judge me on the worth of my possessions or income.

... will either stand back or help out when I'm doing something I love.

... will be sympathetic to the way we guys think, and expect the same in return.

November 12, 2008 6:42 PM

James said:

... will have large breasts.

Thats basically the equivalent of tallness for men.

November 13, 2008 3:05 PM

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Brian Fairbanks, the Senior National Political Correspondent for Nerve, is a filmmaker living in Brooklyn or New Orleans, depending on the season. He is a heavily-armed advocate of gun control.

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