You walk into a social gathering and there are many of your preferred gender present. You happen to be 'between relationships' at this stage. You have no particular axe to grind - your ex did not run off with the money or another person, so those sorts of things are not factors.
You see a dozen eligibles, from the fifty or so present. Your hostess knows all of them - it's her party - and she asks you something strange. She asks you to list for her which ones you have your eye on and she'll fast-track you as to their characters. Once she's eliminated the married and those securely attached, essentially it comes down to the fact that each of the eight who are left has a different seven of fourteen possible character traits .
The traits are:
1. Physical prowess;2. Good looks;3. Intelligence;4. Falls in love with people like you;5. Money;6. Good job;7. Education;8. Good conversationalist;9. Homebody;10. Prefers one-on-one;11. Outgoing and vivacious;12. Creative;13. A thorough lady or gentleman;14. One other factor [an unnamed wildcard];
You end up serious about the one who has the seven traits you decided, in no order of importance, that that person had to have. Plus he/she has a cute little mannerism you like.
So ......... which seven traits are the most important? What is that mannerism, by the way?
My seven are:
ReplyDelete1. Intelligence;
2. Falls in love with people like me;
3. A thorough lady or gentleman;
4. Looks after herself [my wildcard];
5. Prefers one-on-one;
6. Homebody;
7. Education.
I would have liked to put in creativity but the rules said seven.
Mine are 2. 5. 7. 11. 3. 9. 4 and 8!!!!
ReplyDeleteFrom that list it would be:
ReplyDeleteIntelligence
Good conversationalist
Creative
A thorough lady or gentleman.
Then the three which are important too are:
Empathic
Considerate
Sense of humour
So one of the last 3 could be my wild card and I need to go back to the drawing board to pick from the original list or...
I could just break the rules ;-)
Thanks, Mutley.
ReplyDeleteCherie, by all means go ahead and break the rules because it's clear what we're trying to get at here - what people really think. the options were really just ideas.
Goodness me! Where in the world is this party where there are 12 men who are not gay or married or both?! Does the hostess run a matrimonial agency? She seems very expert in these matters. OK, my choices are:
ReplyDeleteintelligence, good conversationalist, prefers one to one, falls in love with people like me, creative. I'm going to add two wildcards: Kind and tolerant. I'd put kindness at the top of the list.
Funny how real life never gives you so many choices in the one package. Usually it is one or two traits that get you interested.
ReplyDeleteIf you know them it's some of your traits like a good conversationalist or intelligence. If you don't it's looks and nice tits.
Hypothetical situations are rarely even remotely accurate.
This was difficult!
ReplyDeleteIntelligence, creativity, prefers one-on-one, homebody, falls in love with people like me,
physical prowess,
and kind (my wild card)
I also wanted to add: honest, loyal, sense of humour, adventurous, resourceful, and something about good looks (rugged, not "purty") ;D
(so was this cheating that I added all the ones that I was thinking about? ;D)
It makes a tall order for the poor chap, HGF. :)
ReplyDeletePerhaps, at face value, but does it not serve well to give the garden a good weeding, first?
ReplyDeletepicky at the front end, easy lovin' the rest of the way. That's ma story, and I'm stickin' to it. :)