My deal breakers

I have been thinking lately about the qualities I appreciate in a potential partner. Somehow this exercise is easier when I think about my deal-breakers and then extrapolate from there.

You won’t be a match for me if:

• You can’t laugh about yourself
• You think there needs to be a good reason in order to laugh and smile
• You do not naturally smile back at people
• You can’t get loose and enjoy yourself without alcohol or drugs
• You are a chain-smoker or a workaholic
• You are a travel addict
• You sweat the small stuff
• You are often stressed, anxious or afraid
• You are obsessed and/or impressed by money, power, fame or knowledge
• You cannot relax and have to absolutely be doing something every second of your day
• You cannot enjoy being alone
• You like carrying the weight of the world while you neglect carrying your own weight
• You find it very difficult to open up and talk about your emotions
• You absolutely, certainly, most definitively want to have children
• You believe you have to absolutely live in the same house with someone when you are in a committed relationship with them
• You dislike monogamy
• You dislike monogamy but prefer to nag about it instead of changing your lifestyle (go ahead and be polygamous, no one is stopping you)
• You cannot talk about sex
• You hate the city
• You think freedom is only possible when living in a little cabin in the woods
• You think that the quality of travel is measured by the number of kilometers traveled
• You think society needs to change before you can start being happy
• It’s always everybody else’s fault cause you do not realize the power of your actions, decisions and attitude
• Your home is extremely tidy and it feels more like a catalog image than a living home
• You think it’s not necessary to be in love in order to be with someone; and if you ask “what do you mean by be in love?” it means you probably never felt it or are playing dumb cause you rather be with someone than be alone. When you feel it you know it, there is no doubt nor an explanation necessary.
• You haven’t cut that umbilical cord yet
• You are too concerned with what others will think of you
• You see the world as a dangerous place
• You think that everything was better in the past
• You wear heavy cologne :p


Those are all the things that make me fly away.