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AIBU to ask your top 3 requirements in a relationship

79 replies

policeandthieves · 20/02/2020 23:09

Leading on from the new man small penis thread ( not a deal breaker for me BTW) and discussion with a friend.
What are you absolute requirements in a relationship ?
Mine are
Don't be stingy
Don't hem me in in
Don't irritate me

Everything else is a bonus

OP posts:
StormBaby · 21/02/2020 00:50

Open
Trust
Emotionally intelligent

BusterMove · 21/02/2020 00:53

Mostly, don't be a dick. I have a low tolerance for dickheadishness.
Dickheadishness covers all negative behaviours.

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 21/02/2020 00:53

Honesty
Kindness
Acceptance

Stompythedinosaur · 21/02/2020 00:58
  1. Is a feminist.
  2. Is very left wing.
  3. Happy to live very rurally with a lot of animals.
1Morewineplease · 21/02/2020 01:02

Trust
Humour
Kindness

Normaknowall · 21/02/2020 01:13

Humour - that little twinkle in his eye, the times we end up crying with laughter over nothing very much
Respect - if you have this for each other, you can fix most things
Passion - not just sex, but for something, the planet, music - whatever energises even if you fight about it!

bumblingbovine49 · 21/02/2020 01:21

Feminist values ( non negotiable and usually easy to spot within a few meetings)

Humour ( dh's well timed ( yet always kind) quips and humour have helped me through a hell of a lot of dark times in our 20 years together)

Decisiveness

0v9c99f9g9d939d9f9g9h8h · 21/02/2020 01:21

Is it a wish list or qualities which in their absence would be deal breakers. You can't really think of one without the other.
They would have to love me deeply.
Not be chipper and expect me to be 'in society', having people over for dinner and meeting up with strategically important wives. I can't stand business friendships where the wives make awkward conversation while the big men crunch the numbers and discuss the state of the nation.
Sensible with money and not snore.

Monday55 · 21/02/2020 01:24

Intelligent, trustworthy & ambitious

ssd · 21/02/2020 08:13

Kindness, humour, honesty

I'm lucky dh fits the bill.

PurpleFlower1983 · 21/02/2020 08:14

Trust, love, kindness

Foreverlexicon · 21/02/2020 08:20

Honesty, thoughtfulness, up for going out and about and having a good time

SepiaTonedLove · 21/02/2020 08:28
  1. I need to be able to trust him and vice versa otherwise it's too stressful.
  2. Passion for each other and more importantly for hobbies/activities.
  3. Quirkiness - this is usually the thing that attracts me to a person in the first place. Love me an oddball!
TheDarkPassenger · 21/02/2020 09:46

Good sex
Spark
Humour

Not necessarily in that order

justmyview · 21/02/2020 09:53

Respect
General good humour (not laugh out loud funny, but even tempered)
Dependable

UndertheCedartree · 21/02/2020 10:33
  1. No drugs/alcohol problem/not abusive
  2. Makes me happy
  3. Gets on with my DC

Honest, generous, kind, makes me laugh and sexually compatible also important.

Iusedtobeapartygirl · 21/02/2020 10:38

Kind
Honest and open - no secrets
We make each other laugh

Marmalady75 · 21/02/2020 10:51

Honesty
Loves me for me (not what I could/should be)
Similar life goals

edwinbear · 21/02/2020 10:55

Kindness
Thoughtfulness
Smoking hot body and knows how to use it Grin

thepeopleversuswork · 21/02/2020 11:02

Kindness
Respect for you as an individual as opposed to just their wife/gf
Intelligence

Yellowcakestand · 21/02/2020 11:07

Respectful
Honest
Independent (car & job)

Noconceptofnormal · 21/02/2020 11:12

Solvent / good with money
Kind
Intelligence / wit

7dayslater · 21/02/2020 11:14

Honesty, kindness & a good sense of humour. In no particular order.

SueEllenMishke · 21/02/2020 11:16

Honesty
Kindness
Sense of fun and adventure ( I include sex in that bit)

JosefKeller · 21/02/2020 11:26

I can't stick to 3!

Attractive
at least at same financial level as me
enthusiastic/ sporty
funny

are top of my list