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A question about dating

Written by Alison | August 20th, 2009 at 3:53 pm | Comments

So I was talking with Trevor earlier—Trevor who incidentally is today’s guest on The Daily Alison as soon as YouTube sees fit to get off its ass and finish uploading that piece of digital celluloid magic—and we began talking about dating as we often do. Well, first we talked about potential themes for Trevor’s next appearance such as Under the Sea or Jamaica Me Crazy or Cabaret. Then we talked about what we’re looking for in a significant other. And then Trevor began shooting the following question around to people he knows and I said that I wanted to pose it to my blog readers because I love them and I will not experience anything without including them. Love me, love my blog readers! So here is the question. Please weigh in:

If you could date someone who had only one exceptional quality and all else was average, what would that quality be?

I personally am choosing between smart, witty, funny, kind, and symmetrical. Lord knows I love a symmetrical man.

| Posted in deep thought time, romance

  • Anonymous
    " This reminds me of High School English Class. The teacher pose the question, we answer it .(I just lost my funniness and need to get it back)........"
  • Trapp
    When the moon hits your eye
    Like a big-a pizza pie
    That's amore
    When the world seems to shine
    Like you've had too much wine
    That's amore

    Bells'll ring
    Ting-a-ling-a-ling
    Ting-a-ling-a-ling
    And you'll sing "Vita bella"
    Hearts'll play
    Tippi-tippi-tay
    Tippi-tippi-tay
    Like a gay tarantella

    When the stars make you drool
    Joost-a like pasta fazool
    That's amore
    When you dance down the street
    With a cloud at your feet, you're in love
    When you walk in a dream
    But you know you're not dreamin', signore
    'Scusami, but you see
    Back in old Napoli, that's amore
  • markbagels
    The most important is sense of humor. Most everything else you can work with.
  • Ted_Goodlove
    I'm choosing "good in bed" Miss Rosen!
  • boinkity
    OK... I've decided to answer this question, but in all honesty, I think the question is a bit unfair. In my opinion, if I could date any type of woman, I'd much prefer to date a woman who was self reliant. I think the best women are those women that really don't need a man, or feel the need to date a man. I'd much rather be with a woman who likes my company just because they think I'm fun, or interesting, or perhaps smell nice. However, many women these days seem to be dating just because they are looking for a soul mate, or a husband, or someone to take care of them. I think the question is unfair because, it's pretty tough to date a person by using criteria like this as a litmus test for compatibility. Truth is, people of all types can fall in love for any reason. I think a better question would have been, "What exceptional quality do you have that makes you attractive to the opposite sex." I think the quality I have is that I read the book, "The Big O."
  • BrettJones
    First off, The Story of O was way better than The Big O, unless you're talking about Big O Tires (I tell you, nothing gets me off like a set of new BF Goodrich AT Radials.).

    The meme about not looking and you'll find a partner seems to have some validity to it in my experience.
  • Dear Alison,

    Exceptionally kind, to me.
  • Goldgrinch
    I felt this question posed by Alison required great thought and since I am a great thinker I decided to spend a solid eight hour block of time towards finding the answer. I often find that people who are witty are also smart as having wit does require some intelligence. Kind people are often symmetrical. This was based upon a study of 27 photos of serial killers and Dick Cheney which showed them to be asymmertrical thus leading to the finding that mean people are not symmetrical. However Cheney and 14 of the 27 serial killers were found to have a great sense of humor. Therefor that was inconclusive. A correlation was found between funny and witty. This was derived from watching a Three Stooges fest several times over. However they were found to not be symmetrical nor were they considered serial killers. A trip to the UCLA physics lab found many of the smart people to be smart and kind but not necessarily funny (there was one pretty witty guy but he was not a PHD). So I took my research a short walk to the UCLA physcology department, plugged it into their probability matrix and was astounded that the answers to Alison's question regarding dating came out as: YES, FALSE, and C.
  • woodyard
    Women who drive trucks, women who love to ride in trucks, women who love watching truck racing, women with adam's apples...I lied, it's all the same woman...Lucky me!!!!
  • Team mate. If life is a game of obstacles to get through and you're going to share your life with someone ... they should be on your team to help you get through the obstacles and not a saboteur. In the end, it doesn't matter if we defeated anyone or if there even were any losers, as long as we win. ;-)
  • I was going to say symetry, but someone took that. I have to say a sense of humor really is something I look for. Intelligence is nice, but that can be kinda cold.
  • Joe
    I love women who can't stop talking about their old boyfriends.
  • mykey_moon
    Call me a pig but I want a girl who loves my penis.
    Having said that, a sense of humor is good too.
  • boinkity
    Wouldn't loving your penis require quite a sense of humor? :D
  • mykey_moon
    In most cases yes, but I'll make an exception for you boinkity.
  • boinkity
    HA! You guys are hilarious
  • BrettJones
    well done sir, well done.
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  • An Aaron Sorkin Character-Like devotion to abstract and allusion heavy banter. So going to the grocery store will never be about going to the grocery store.
  • making it official: witty
  • BrettJones
    Symmetry, really? I've kind of always had a thing for girls with a leg length discrepancy. They look so sassy with the short hip jutting out and the long leg bent just a little bit.

    I've never itemized my wife's traits, I only know that we fit will together. I didn't realize it while I was single, but I think the most important thing for me is to have a partner and not a competitor in a relationship. Second would be that the each person is 100% comfortable in their own skin when they're with their partner. Only other advise it to not be shy, even if you're really shy.
  • Trustworthiness
  • Jason
    So easy it seemed like a trick question: a sense of humor. Having dated girls who were pretty or smart or congenial none of seemed to make a difference if she couldn't enjoy a good throaty rib tickling joke or see the humor in the plainly bland or stupid. So yeah humor trumps them all.
  • jimsutton
    For me it's either really cute in the face or intelligent. I'm edging towards intelligence but then I'm a guy.
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