He is sweet and yummy, and you can bite his head off if you get mad at him!
Many have their own personal laundry list of qualities for the "ideal mate." Some of the items on the laundry list might include: loyal, kind, attractive, generous or successful. The technical term for meeting our laundry list is called the self-ideal-perception consistency. But what happens when our date does not meet all of the requirements on our laundry list? Can we change him to meet our expectations? Does he meet enough of our laundry list to qualify to be a cookie mate?
The Most Important Qualities To Look For In A Life Partner
Our expert fills you in on what you should be looking for, and what you should be avoiding.
When looking for a true life partner, what are the most important qualities he/she should possess? Is it attractive looks, a great personality, a solid professional life or something else? Dating Resolutions: 7 Qualities Of An Ideal Partner [EXPERT]
In this video, Therapist and YourTango Expert, Elisabeth LaMotte helps answer this question with her "candy bars or apples" analogy.
It's self-esteem month here at YourTango. Isn't it time to love yourself a little more, knotty hair and all? According to a new Dove survey, only 7% of women love their hair, and 20% have skipped a social function because of a bad hair day. Wha?!
Refusing to settle for guys who can't accept your quirks can change the way you view yourself.
What’s your biggest flaw?
I’ve got more than a few. Plenty, actually. As tempting as it might be to list them out right here for the entire world to see (oh wait, actually, that’s not tempting at all), I’ll stick to just one. I am, quite often, a complete and utter ditz.
YourTango Experts help us identify, accept and move beyond the flaws that hold us back from love.
Do you turn into a shrew when you get stressed out or unnecessarily panic in a crisis? It's OK; no one is perfect—we all have our little idiosyncrasies, quirks, or bad habits that we'd rather repress than own. But in order to have better relationships with ourselves and our partners, it's important to embrace these individual flaws or "shadows," and move from living in a mode of denial and self-criticism to one that's more loving.
Mr. Fabulous, it's better that you know this about me now instead of later.
Dear Future Lover,
In case you do not know this by the time you are reading this, I feel the need to tell you that I go through periods of time where I am a hot mess. Like this morning for example, as I stumbled bleery eyed to the bathroom. You would have laughed if you had seen my pajamas bottoms get stuck mid-thigh. And then pointed and laughed as I became increasingly frustrated that they would not come off as I tried to get them off with my toe, because I was too sleepy to bend down like all normal people and remove them.
Beauty can be many things. One man describes his unconventional crushes.
On more than one occasion I have grown attached to women who initially didn't really do it for me. After all, my idealistic sister and I were both raised to believe that the most important criterion for judging people is their character, not bone structure or body mass index. And we're not the only ones. While the celebrity culture we live in glorifies conformity and the pursuit of cosmetic perfection, humans are still capable of appreciating unique beauty.
Virtual sex, what not to do when you meet his family, and dealing with your partner's flaws.
What counts as adultery? For one woman in England the answer is virtual sex. The staff at Wowowow delves into the case of Amy Pollard who is leaving her husband of three years after discovering he was having an online affair in Second Life. The twist? Amy and her husband first met while playing Second Life, so we guess she knows a thing or two about how these online affairs can end up.
The Frisky is getting ready for the holidays with this handy guide on how NOT to deal with his family. Good to know we aren't the only ones who have been dreading Thanksgiving this year.
Is he forgetful? Does he talk only about himself? Women share their deal breakers.
Everyone has flaws they can't put up with in a partner. What are the red flags that women know will sink a relationship? YourTango takes it to the street to find out what deal breakers women have.
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