Brendan, 26

I see you work for a non-profit. Do you meet a lot of women out here?
[laughs] I don't need to. I'm already married.

How long have you been married?
Two years, yesterday.

And how did you meet your wife?
There was this hookah bar that my friends and I used to go to, and she was working there, so I got her number, and then next thing you know, I'm married to her [laughs]. After six months of dating, we were already engaged. We just clicked, I guess. We got along really well, I'm a fun person and she's a lot of fun to be around, so...

What else would you say about her?
She's beautiful, she's kind, and she completes me.

Tell me about some of the women before her.
I've dated girls who were very different from one another. Some were very nice all the time, and some were just... what's a nice word for "bitches?" [laughs]

You can say "bitches."
From Asian to black, white, Hispanic, whatever. I always got along with everybody. So what else?

You said that your wife completes you. Can you elaborate on that?
You know, when you wake up in the morning and the first person you see is the one you love, it's just... it really makes you feel happy, you know? You can't wake up on the wrong side of the bed. At least I can't.

So, every day of marriage has been a great one?
Well, every relationship has fights, but it's been a great relationship. I encourage marrying. You should do it, too [laughs].

Before marriage, did living here ever make it difficult to stay faithful in your relationships?
No, I never really had a problem. I think faithfulness is something that you have to have in your head and in your heart. Some people cheat and say, "Oh, It was a mistake, I made a mistake," but I think at the bottom of it, someone really has to want to do it. Maybe they don't want to admit it, maybe they never wanted to say it, but I think if they do cheat, they really had to want to, at some point.

Has a woman ever been unfaithful to you?
Yes. It's never fun. I'll never forget the first time something like that happened to me. I was in high school, I had a girlfriend, and I found out she was cheating on me. It hurt so badly to think that I had to share the person I was with with someone else. It was really painful.

How did you find out?
I... it was the most awkward way possible [laughs]. She didn't want me calling — you know, because it was high school and she didn't want her parents to know for some reason — but I was like, "Fuck it, I have her number. I'll call her." Her mom answered the phone, and her mom was like, "Why don't you come over?" So I went over there, and the girl's mom basically told me right there that she was cheating on me. And my girlfriend was there too, and she felt horrible.

Did the mom have your girlfriend there against her will?
I don't know. I just remember her sitting there really upset, and I didn't know why. They probably had a talk before I got there, or something.

What are some dating dealbreakers?
There are a lot. I'm very picky, actually. One of the dealbreakers is infidelity, of course — I mentioned that. STDs, I don't like them. I guess I have a limit to how much bitchiness I can take. If it goes over that limit, then I'm just like, all right, it's time to find someone else. What else? She has to be able to get along with my friends. I don't want to change my friends just because she doesn't like them. There are a lot of things [laughs]. But after being married for two years, I really haven't had to think about this. You know, a lot of girls have this picture in their head, where they have to change the guy who they're with. If you don't like the guy who you're with to begin with, then don't be in the relationship, you know?

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