Sociology Homework - Mate Selection Theory

[darkblade]

I need to do a questionarie for homework for my Sociology class about Mate Selection Theory. If you would all be so kind as to fill it in and either post the results here or if you do not wish your results to be public you could PM them to me. All results are held confidential and shall be used anonamously for my assignment. I'll ask no one to comment on anything anyone posts in this thread as one of the questions tangitably deals with religion (Mods if that is an issue I shall remove that question) Thank you all in advanced.

Questionare:


1) Age?

2) Gender?

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?

[ghost_warlock]

Despite my issues with the validity/usefulness of the tool (inability to ensure anonymity, extremely open-ended questions that may prove difficult to rate, etc.), as a sociologist myself I shall fill out the survey.

Questionare:


1) Age? 29

2) Gender? Heterosexual Male

3) Relationship status? Dating (cohabitating)

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with? Compatibility

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you? Yes; some cultural backgrounds would ensure incompatibility

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind? Vaguely at most; though I suppose this counts as a 'Yes.'

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable? Depends on the time frame; if short term I wait for circumstances to change, if long-term or ultimately I re-evaluate the ideal.

[Zweee]

1) Age? 20

2) Gender? Female

3) Relationship status? Single

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with? Values.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you? Sort of. I want someone who shares the same ideals as me and that's partly cultural.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind? I have a somewhat vague idea.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable? I'm okay with being alone if I never meet my perfect guy.

[SilverSheriff]

Questionare:

1) Age?
Mine: 16
Hers: anything above half my age plus seven (15+)

2) Gender?
Mine: Male
Hers: Redundant.

3) Relationship status?
Single

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
Red/Brown/Black Hair, European/Asian, Intelligence, a decent personality.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
yes.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
My mind wanders too much to give a definite answer, unless you would allow increasing the parameters to 'Ideal Partner(s)'

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unattainable?
Violently [/joke], I'd probably just shrug it off.

[Syka]

1) Age? 21

2) Gender? Female

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other Dating

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with? Personality (sense of humor, creativity, etc), intelligence, trustworthyness, respectful. No particular order.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you? Not as such, unless it effects our relationship (such as being raised to think men are the head of the household and that sort of thing).

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind? No

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?

[The Neoclassic]

1) Age? 19

2) Gender? Female

3) Relationship status? Single

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with? Someone who will be there for me.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you? No, not unless their cultural views directly clash with what I want out of a relationship.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind? Yes.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable? I don't think my ideal is realistically attainable, which saddens me, but not too much so.

[Checkmate]

It was nice to help you.

1) Age? 19

2) Gender? M

3) Relationship status? Single

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with? Compassion towards animals, being capable of having a logical debate with, enjoying having a logical debate with.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you? No, not per se.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind? No, although there certainly are people I know who would fit.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?

[/QUOTE]

[Thanatos 51-50]

1) Age?
Twenty Summers

2) Gender?
Male

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
Dating (Polyamorus)

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
In a word, comfort.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
Yes. I prefer women from a different cultural background. Fun accents are good too.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
Who doesn't?

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?
Adaptation. I may find contentment, despite my goal being unattainable.

[xPANCAKEx]

1) Age? 24

2) Gender? male

3) Relationship status? single/dating (im seeing a few girls, but not in any commited relationships)

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with? above all else it has to be honesty

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you? no - so long as we share similar values now i don't care where their background likes

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind? specific person? no. Specific values/morals? yes

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable? I won't settle for someone who doesn't make me happy or that i resent. They dont have to be the 'ideal', as what works on paper doesn't always work in reality - and sometimes people that arn't "perfect" have an odd way of making you happy in a way you'd never expect



sorry if you were looking for yes/no answers :smalltongue:

[Castaras]

1) Age?
15
2) Gender?
Female
3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
Dating
4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
Intelligence
5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
Nope.
6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
Not really
7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?
N/A

[reorith]

1) Age?
22
2) Gender?
male
3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
on call
4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
i'm looking for someone as damaged as i am.
5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
no
6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
yes
7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unattainable?
i drink and chainsmoke at the end of her drive way for about two hours while staring up at her window at least twice a week.

[Coidzor]

Questionnaire:


1) Age?

20 years old

2) Gender?

Male

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other

Single, currently looking and interested rather than disinterested by such things.

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?

Companionship: the ability to be both lover and friend.

After that, would of course be the mixture of physical chemistry/looks/pheromones/attraction.
Also, as I've said before, I am a ******** named Ryan Seacrest:smalltongue:

This question is a bit on the vague side.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?

I would have to say yes. It probably would be an issue at some point, due to clashing within the relationship due to differing values if we had differing backgrounds. As far as mattering to me on some kind of moral level, no, but I do foresee that conflicts would arise from different cultural backgrounds that would have to be worked through.

This question I find a bit vague, however, due to the multiple interpretations of different cultural background and how it might "matter" to someone. Do you mean to ask about how one views the idea and practice of dating outside of one's "nacio-socio-economic group?" Or that it's more about whether one is willing to deal with having to deal with the culture clash of such a relationship? *shrug* Sorry, just went over a chapter that pounded in the importance of the way questions are framed so my brain is a bit nitpicky

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?

Yes. Not fully conceptualized, but an ideal is forming despite my human flexibility. To the point where if I thought about it I could go into the details you don't want to hear.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unattainable?

I would probably get rather bitter for awhile and then try to move on and see what I could get, reevaluating things as I went. I am depressingly aware of how unlikely it is to meet someone like what I want, even if such a woman was possible.

[Don Julio Anejo]

1) Age?
21
2) Gender?
Dude
3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
Single with friends with benefits
4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
A girl that's really nice and really funny.
However, 95% of all men will lie on this point since they may say it's not important but most won't get into a relationship with someone who's less attractive than they are.
5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
No.
6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
Do you mean like a certain "type"? Then yes. If you mean a specific person than no.
7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unattainable?
If it's just a "type" then it simply means I'm more attracted to a girl like that when I first meet her, doesn't make me fall in love or anything.

[cody.burton]

1) Age?
19

2) Gender?
male

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
dating

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
compatibility, values

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
In and of itself, no. However, if a culture comes with incompatible background, then yes.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
Not yet - I'm too young to know.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?
Again, I'm too young to know.

[Thes Hunter]

1) Age?
35
2) Gender?
Female
3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
Single
4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
treating me with respect
5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
Yeah, if it allows for me to be mistreated.
6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
no, I don't think anyone is or will be ideal or perfect. Just some are better fit than others.
7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unattainable?

[Cobra_Ikari]

1) Age? 19, but only for another month.

2) Gender? Male.

3) Relationship status? Single.

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with? I don't look for relationships. I look for good friends and I end up falling for them, usually.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you? Matter? Sure, in the sense that I would be interested in it, especially if they wanted to share their culture with me. Otherwise, not really.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind? As in a hypothetical perfect person? No.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?

[Dallas-Dakota]

1) Age? 15

2) Gender? Heterosexual male.

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other Single.

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with? I don't really 'look for relationships' but I would say a good (smart) personality(or atleast one that compliments or fits mine)

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you? No, not really. Though it would have to match atleast a little bit.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind? Yep.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable It is unatainable, my mind realized that a long time ago, my heart didn't.

8) Return question : Should you spend more time on gitp, Darkblade?
Yes, yes he should, I haven't seen you around for some time, *tries to ductape Darkblade to the playground*

[LightWraith]

Hope it helps.


1) Age? 25

2) Gender? Male (of the homosexual variety, if it matters)

3) Relationship status? Dating (Committed relationship)

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with? I'll be honest here... it's pretty much a tie between personality and appearance. If I had to skew one way or the other, personality would win out. I'd much rather date a less attractive guy with a great personality than a ridiculously handsome jerk.

Also Honesty. I despise people who cheat in relationships.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you? I can't think of a particular example, but I'm sure it does in some fashion.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind? No, not really. I'm aware that as I grow older and experience more of life that any impression of an ideal could change at any time. If you love someone, it doesn't matter how "ideal" they are.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable? N/A

[Lyesmith]

1) Age?
16
2) Gender?
Male (Gay)
3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
Single
4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
Like Light, it's a balance of attractiveness and personality, with personality winning in a dead heat. But narrowing it down is difficult.
5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
A little bit, but mainly for the evasion of faux pas.
6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
Vaguely
7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?
Unsurprised

[Lupy]

1) Age?
Middle School

2) Gender?
Male

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
Single

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
Personality

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
Yes, very much so

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
No

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?

[potatocubed]

1) Age?
29

2) Gender?
Male

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
Single :smallannoyed:

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
Um... a certain... 'oddness'. It's really difficult to put my finger on.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
No. Also, this is a bad question. You need to better define 'cultural background' and clean up the wording.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
No.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?
n/a

[afroakuma]

1) Age?
20

2) Gender?
Male

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
Single

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
We need to be able to flirt with one another and enjoy it...don't know how to dump that into one word

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
Yes.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
No.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?

[Mc. Lovin']

PMd you an answer
(And quite glad I did, reading everyone else's answers I sounded like a bit of an ******* :smalltongue:)

[xPANCAKEx]

when you the answers, i'll be intrigued as to what your "findings" are

[Sucrose]

1) Age? 21
2) Gender?
Male
3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
Single
4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
Similar interests, with an engaging personality being a close second, and looks a bit behind that, but still somewhat important.
5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
Yes, in that we have to have some reference points that we can connect on. (See #4)
6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
No, but pretty close.
7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unattainable?
I would look for someone who fulfills my criteria almost as well as she. No point crying over spilled milk.

[darkblade]

when you the answers, i'll be intrigued as to what your "findings" are

My results from this forum and a few others I frequent shall be pooled together and then mixed with the "findings" of the rest of my class and from there I get to make an essay about it. I might post it when I finish if enough people really want to see it and I remember to.

Thank you all for your help. :smallbiggrin:

[Coidzor]

We better get a look at that paper :smalltongue:

[Skippy]

Here's my answers. If you know of any interested girl, please PM me :smalltongue:

Questionare:


1) Age?
22
2) Gender?
Male
3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
Single
4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
Mostly, I look for someone who can really understand me, someone who won't look at me as if I'm some kind of alien or something. And someone who cares for me and looks at all my flaws, and help me correct them.
5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
Nope
6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
A girl who can beat me in Mario Kart DS
7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?
Well, so far I've only known one girl who can do that. And she's rejected me twice. So, I guess I've got practice in that kind of disappointment...

[toasty]

Well... why not...

Questionare:


1) Age? --> I'm 17.

2) Gender?
I am a guy.

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
Single. Never dated.

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?

Umm... I don't know... lots of various stuff... see next questoin.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?

Cultural background? no... not really. However, the beliefs that they would recieve from their culture/upbrining would matter, yes, without a doubt. I'm not going to marry someone whose beliefs differ with me on what to me are serious issues.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?

I do not have a specific person, a general idea... to one degree or another, yes.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?

It won't.

[Stormthorn]

This thread could prove useful for scoping out mates.

1) Age? 19

2) Gender? Male

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other? Single

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with? Willingness to date me.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you? Somewhat. Not race, but im not going to date trash. Unless they were really rich. I would prefer someone who is liberal and open-minded about the world. Perhaps a fellow Californian.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind? Umm... a redhead?

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?
Hair dye.

[thubby]

Questionare:


1) Age?
21

2) Gender?
male

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
compatible world views

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
depends by what that means exactly. if by ethnicity, or how they grew up, no. however, certain cultures do espouse certain values i am against, and i would not readily date someone with said values.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
vaguely

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unattainable?
remain single.


apparently quotes don't count as text 0,o

[Solaris]

Wiseacre version:

1) Age?
21

2) Gender?
Heterosexual male

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
Dating... ish.

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
Gullibility.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
Meh. They all bleed the same.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
Female, not too decayed.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?
Formaldehyde.


Serious version:

1) Age?
21

2) Gender?
Heterosexual male

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
Dating... ish.

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
Independence. All the other factors have to be right (or at least workable), but she's gotta be independent. In my line of work, that's crucial.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
Eh... I prefer someone who holds moderate-conservative American mores, but people who spend a lot of time around me tend to start getting warped into my ways of thinking so it's not a big deal.
I'm a mind-plague, I know. You wouldn't believe how many of my dumb little buddies joined the Army after talking with me.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
Yes. Kind of. Not really, no. There's no such thing as an 'ideal' partner, and thinking that there is just leads to many long years of bitterness and loneliness. Any relationship takes work. It's just a matter of finding the person you can work with. I have superficial preferences, but those change pretty much weekly.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?
I'll work on it. Adapt and overcome. Anything worth having is worth fighting for.

[RabbitHoleLost]

1) Age?
19

2) Gender?
Pansexual genderqueer female

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
I...think I'm dating?
Its unclear.
I'm not single, though.

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
A best friend, a companion, patience to deal with my diva-drama-fits.
And an openness to physical affection.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
I wish I could say no here, but, it really does, if only because I have a strong lack of belief and this could lead to disharmony in a relationship.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
Yes

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?
I already have the inkling that true love is unattainable in any case, so, I don't suppose there would be much of a reaction...

[Jjkaybomb]

1) Age? 19

2) Gender? female

3) Relationship status? Dating

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with? Weither they needed someone or not

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you? Unless thier culture is a hive mind and they are defined by thier culture and have no individuality of thier own, I'd have to say no.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind? Someone who knows me well enough to know when my smile is real and when its fake. To know when to comfort me and when to leave me alone. Someone who could be more of a best friend than a lover. And also smart and funny. And tall. and maybe a blonde...

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable? Well, isnt that just like life?

[Krrth]

Here goes...


Age: 34
Gender: Male
Status: Married
What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with? Compatibility. If we can't get along, we can't have a very good relationship.

Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you? To a degree, yes. If a culture has significant views opposite of my own, that can cause undesirable friction.

Do you have an ideal partner in mind? Nope. I never really thought about it, and I have no reason to start now. I'm quite happy where I'm at!

f yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unattainable? Deal with it, and do the best I could.

[bluewind95]

Well, I'm probably the worst person to answer questions like these, but hey.


1) Age?
24

2) Gender?
Female. Straight

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
Single and not looking.

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
Trustworthiness, I would think. Someone who is honest and caring and with whom I can feel safe about what he says and safe that he won't stab me in the back (or front. There's that kind too). Someone whom I can trust with not deserting me when I need him. That's for his part. I also look for someone who will simply let me love them while loving me.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
It's not a priority, unless said background would heavily conflict with mine. No need to add potential problems to a relationship.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
I have a vague concept of what an ideal partner would be like, yes. But I do not have any one person in mind.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unattainable?
I've already decided it's unattainable. My reaction was mainly that, well, it's an ideal. You can't obtain an ideal, so when I look for a mate, I'll look for someone who is close to that ideal, even if not quite there.

[Pyrian]

I guess I'm too amused to not answer.

1) Age?
35

2) Gender?
Male

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
Single

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
Legal human female. What? If I most wanted compatibility, trustworthiness, or loyalty like the rest of you, I'd get a dog. Okay, okay, attraction and sweetness.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
Cultural background, not so much, it's cultural "foreground" I frequently have issues with. Too many important values are tied tightly into "culture" for it to be something that can be overlooked.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
It's not something I really think about. I mean, my first reaction was "well, I met her, but she dumped me", but even she wasn't strictly speaking thee ideal - though when I met her she was better than I'd ever imagined a person could be. So, I don't think it's a useful concept on the face of it. We're all human, we're all fallible.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unattainable?
Again, I don't really worry about it, I'm having a hard enough time finding miss acceptable to concern myself with the unlikely existence of miss ideal.

[Lady Tialait]

Questionare:


1) Age? 24

2) Gender? Female

3) Relationship status? Married

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
Fun loving attitude.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
Nope, never did never will.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
Yes.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unattainable?
That would be a bit heartbreaking, but I think I would settle eventually. (I already married my ideal partner)



Hope this helps, answers and spelling corrections in quotes.

[OverdrivePrime]

1) Age? - 32

2) Gender? - Male

3) Relationship status? - Married

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with? - Shared Goals

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you? - Yes, it's hard to imagine not finding someone's background important, for both positive and negative.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind? - Yep

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable? - I'd say that just short of having my wife designed by Bandai/Namco (http://images.tomshardware.com/2007/02/20/the_50_greatest_female_characters_in_the_history_o f_video_games/sophitia.jpg), I've gotten as close as I have any right to. :smallwink:

[Darth Mario]

1) Age? 18

2) Gender? Straight-ish Male

3) Relationship status? Single

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
A strong wit and personality, someone I can enjoy being with no matter the activity, be it gaming or working.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
Not really.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
No.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable? N/A

[darkblade]

Thank you all for helping me. :smallsmile:

I've got my quota of questionaires and they shall go into the class pool tomorrow.

[Coidzor]

Hopefully they'll either be amused or chagrinned at the amount of snark the wording of the survey generated.

V: Bah! You're fine

[Thes Hunter]

I am glad I wasn't the only person over 30's to answer. :smallbiggrin:

[Gray Jester]

Snarky version:

1) Age?
I'm made up of things formed in stars. Quite old, if you go by particles.
2) Gender?
Mostly-Heterosexual male-identifying male. But, known to wear a skirt because it's sexy.

3) Relationship status?
Not single, but can you really be said to be dating if you haven't gone on a date in several weeks? Dating would be active present, no?

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
Female.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
Not really. I never pay any attention to what she's saying anyways, so even a shared language isn't really necessary.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
Yeah, got lots of ideal partners in mind. Doesn't look like I'd tell you though, now does it? </firefly reference>

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?
It always is, because I'm good looking, confident, and have other things going for me. Come -on-, what kind of a question is that?


Serious (well, more):

1) Age?
17
2) Gender?
Heterosexual male.
3) Relationship status? Dating.

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
Attraction. Without that, you're just a friend.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
Not really. Ability to communicate is important to me, because I tend to like smart people. However, there are more then one type of intelligence, and social intelligence to me is just as titillating as mathy intelligence.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
Yes. She's smart, geeky, pretty, and laughs at most of my jokes. Oh, and she absolutely must be at least somewhat corrupt.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?
Well, since I rarely seem to have trouble finding the above, it doesn't really seem to be a huge problem to me. However, my solution as evidenced by the past is to react by going out and meeting lots of people until I find one that I like. There might be some random makeouts on the way, too, knowing me.

[Thes Hunter]

If I had wanted to be snarky, I would have said:

Age: 35
Relatonship Status: Thrice Divorced
Occupation: Motivational Speaker
Looking for: Someone who doesn't mind sharing my van down by the river.

[ForzaFiori]

1) Age?
17

2) Gender?
Male

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
Dating (off note: one year anniversary is FRIDAY!!!)

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
They have to have a personality I can stand. Not to say that this is the only thing (I admit I'm shallow and want to date a good looking person) but it is more important than other things

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
Not really, except to the point that it colors their personality. Like how some cultures make people really bitchy. In that case, the cultural background is making them not attractive to me, but not because of the background, but because of how they act DUE TO the background... Does that make sense?

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
Yea, but it always changes. Never really huge ones though.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?
I'd get on with life. Very rarely is exactly what you want atainable. We settle for second-best for everything else, so why not mates? I can't say I wouldn't be bummed out, but I'd deal with it.

[SamGreeves]

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[golentan]

1) Age?
26

2) Gender?
Technically Male

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
Single

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
Toss up between Compassion, Intelligence, and Humor

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
Not significantly, I'm much more interested in their emotional health and family dynamic.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
Yes.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?
My assumption is that the ideal is unattainable, as it requires several superhuman traits. I'd much rather love someone unconditionally and live a happy life than pine for someone I've never met.

[Eldariel]

Guys, he's probably graduated by now. This post is over 5 years old. Also, I'm not certain SamGreeves is actually a human account. In fact, I'm almost certain it's a spambot. Pixie that signed up today with only one post responding to the only "[Subject] Homework"-post it could find in this forum from 5 years ago with a fishy link to a fishy site?

[Don Julio Anejo]

EDIT: didn't look at dates and replied anyway. Delete function wouldn't work. Delete this post plox.

Questionare:


1) Age?
26, or on the bad side heading towards 30.

2) Gender?
Dudebro

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other
Single. Kinda dating around but not much cause kinda broke/busy with work/don't meet new people very much so put me down as single.

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with?
I have a specific personality in mind, looks don't matter much beyond "not fat (sorry, but I find rolling rolls of Pillsbury Doughboy repulsive for a romantic/sexual partner)." If you want a more specific answer, it's a silly personality/sense of humour. Think Ruby from RWBY, girl version of Rick Castle from Castle, Lily from How I Met Your Mother or most Meg Ryan roles ever.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you?
Culture, no, religion - yes (don't want someone that's very religous).

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind?
Yes.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable?
Settle for the next best option.

[Weimann]

1) Age? 26

2) Gender? Male

3) Relationship status? Single, Dating, Married, Other Single

4) What is the most important thing you look for in someone to be in a relationship with? Geeze, only one thing? Uh... compatibility, I guess, but that term is so broad as to be useless. Maybe successful communication is a better term.

5) Does cultural background of someone you would have a relationship matter to you? Yes, it does. One is always most comfortable with what is familiar, so I suspect I do have a bias towards people roughly of my own class and background. It think it's important to have that consciously in mind and try to not let it control too much, but to still take advice from that feeling judiciously.

6) Do you have an ideal partner in mind? No.

7) If yes to #6 how would you react if that ideal is unatainable? Ideals are by definition unattainable. Perfection is a theoretical state.

Edit: Well, I should probably read dates more. :smallsigh:

[Corvino]

Hell, this isn't really a sociology question anyway. More demographics if there's siginificant data collection involved.