If I might offer another male perspective
One of my mates made me sign up to a dating site during the holiday (he was probably fed up with me whinging about being single). So, as a 26-year-old male, amongst the most important of the "desires" I put in were:

- At least university-educated (I want someone I can hold an interesting conversation with, and I'm tired of watching people's eyes glaze over when I talk*)
- Shares my interests (I'm a geek for sci-fi and fantasy novels and disparaging them will generally annoy me; I love listening to music, though I'll listen to anything from classic rock to Prokofiev, with Boards of Canada and Queens of the Stone Age in between; TV is for Top Gear and panel shows like QI).
- Not the sort of narcissist who ritually follows fashion. I don't see why it should take you more than, say, two minutes to decide what to wear, generally.


* It's not that I speak in monotone so much as I'm a software developer and most of my conversations involve computing. I know, I know, I try to avoid the subject where possible.
( Legionary - My god, Brian, there's a message in my alphabets, Mon 4 Jan 2010, 14:54, 1 reply)

hehe
that's pretty much exactly my 'list' too!
Up to and including fantasy novels, classic rock, Prokofiev, Top Gear and QI.
( Seventh is somewhat subdued, Tue 5 Jan 2010, 14:27, closed)

Excellent :D
If you also tell me that you can't stand Big Brother and that the We Buy Any Car Dot Com adverts make you mute the TV and/or wander off for a cup of tea, I may just propose...
( Legionary - My god, Brian, there's a message in my alphabets, Tue 5 Jan 2010, 20:10, closed)

hah!
Big Brother can fuck off and die. I'd like to put the whole production team and indeed anyone who has anything to do with making or promoting it into the house, and then nuke it.
And while we're at it, let's put in anyone involved with the We Buy Any Car ads, along with the Go Compare and Gold 4 U ones. *shudders*
( Seventh is somewhat subdued, Tue 5 Jan 2010, 20:49, closed)

Now
Why can't more women be like you?
(ParaSitius is an Optimistic Pessimist, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 14:29, closed)

*draws curtain*
Just so you two can have a bit of privacy, like.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 5 Jan 2010, 20:50, closed)