I need an equal being that I will never find, for an absolute like that is impossible.
I am alone. I will forever be alone, and nothing will change this.
God, I sound like a whiny bitch, but that's my voice on this romantic relationship thing.
Was?
This is actually an interesting question, if only because I haven't given it much thought. And when I sit down to think about it, I come up blank. There are personality traits and physical features I want to avoid, but none I'm specifically looking for. Thinking about the appeal of power dynamics or resources doesn't do much either.
Really a big thing I suppose would be somebody who trusts me and who I can trust in return. Life is frustrating enough without the attendant headgames and doubletalk that seem to get stapled to romance.
Oddly enough, for me the line between "friendship" and "romantic relationship" is the amount of trust I give someone. That's how I measure intimacy.
"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
@feo: How is it hard to understand? when you are poly, the line between friend and lover can get a little blurred. I'm also straight, so I've no desire to fuck my male friends. A romantic relationship is just a friendship where A: you see the person more often and B: you have sex (or sex-type contact).
Since I don't have to be physically "fidelitous" to my girlfriend, sexing up my female friends is totally allowed. I do it from time to time and its awesome, just another dimension of a "relationship" really.
If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~