Honesty
To be able to protect
Get up and go
Belief
Sense of humour
Reliability
Commitment
Love & Respect
Attuned to feelings
Attractiveness
Faithful
1. Shares your beliefs
2. Teaches you something new
3. Trusts you (and is trustworthy him or herself)
4. Appreciates staying in together
5. Makes you a better person
6. Entertains inside jokes
7. Does not place restrictions on you or the relationship
8. Compromises
9. Respects your family
10. Satisfies in bed
If you can’t please your partner in bed, chances are, he or she is gonna look for that .
11. Maintains a healthy relationship with alcohol and socializing
12. Loves your flaws
True confession: I love not wearing pants. If you don’t love that about me, then we probably aren’t meant to be together. The person you marry should, of course, play up your strengths, but also appreciate your imperfections. It might sound trite, but it’s your quirks that make you… You.
13. Gives you well-deserved compliments
So sue us for wanting the person we love to tell us we’re beautiful and perfect and incredible and smart and the best person on the planet?
Seriously, though, you don’t need to shower us in flattery, but when we’ve spent all day researching the perfect lingerie, hearing that we look “sexier than Rihanna in her ‘Pour It Up’ video,” is always well-received.
(Yes, patrons in the comments section, these are my daddy issues talking — you’ve totally figured me out.)
14. Shares the same values
Someone who is materialistic and enjoys splurging on extravagances probably won’t last very long with someone who is down-to-earth and likes to rough it. This is why celebrities marry other celebrities***.
(***The reason they don’t last very long, though, is completely unrelated to this list.)
15. Stays faithful
This seems fairly obvious; although, you’d be surprised at how many people are more and
16. Displays intelligence
17. Appeases your attraction (whatever that means to you)
18. Partakes in various hobbies
19. Shares in your vision for the future
20. Delivers unconditional love