What Are Your Dating Deal Breakers?

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Abusive is probably the only deal breaker, really.
Everything else is dependent on circumstance and the person.

I have a few dealbreakers, but one of the most prominent is that they must have an appreciation for music. Music is a part of who I am and I wouldn't be able to tolerate being unable to share that aspect of myself.

1. Abusive
2. Judgmental
3. Expects me to conform to NT standards
4. Married
5. Doesn't accept the fact that I need time to myself
5. Prejudiced
6. Addicted to drugs and alcohol
7. Addicted to sex
8. Prone to cheating

I tend to discount people if I see they have things that make me feel they wouldn't be into me. My friend (VERY NT) calls this selfish.
Do you guys tend to do this too?

Like if I come across a girl who's very into sports, social, loves to travel, etc. I won't even bother cause its unlikely she'd put up with me. And even if I did give it a chance (assuming she was into me) I wouldn't be so willing to do her things, making a relationship hard anyway.

- cowardly behaviour/general pushover
- lack of ambition and/or interests
- boring conversationalist
- obese
- fanatically religious or political (includes conspiracy theories)
- fan of mainstream pop music

non-deal-breakers:

- significant age difference
- shy/no desire to be social
- no desire to have kids, get married or be exclusive

That's not being selfish, that's being realistic about trying to find a compatible partner. Even if two people have amazing chemistry, the relationship won't work if they don't have compatible needs/wants/interests, speaking from personal experience.

If a man told me that I'd look sexy if I was x amount of lbs lighter. I want to be healthy, not sexy.

deal breakers
financially irresponsible
passive (boring)
has kids
is not a respectful honest person
does illegal drugs
breaks the law
lesbian , transgender
is in a relationship
texts too much
bad listener

Deal-breakers: (yeah, it's a long list.)

Dishonest
Unreasonable
Judgmental
"High-maintenance"
Snobby/Elitist
Self-centered
Hypocritical
Unintelligent
Boring/humorless
Disinterested
Promiscuous
Drunk
Heavy cigarette smoker
Does not want/unable to have kids
Already has kids
Older or much younger
Psychotic/Red Sox fan
Eats pizza with a fork
Herpes

Non-deal-breakers:

Any clothing/style
Height/weight (within reason)
Piercings/tattoos (within reason)
Pale/dark skin (just no fake tans, please)
Freckles/blemishes
Family issues (well, most that I can think of)
Depression/self-image issues
Unfocused/dreamer (but must have a dream/ambition)
Ketchup on hot dogs (just don't do it in front of me!)
Autistic spectrum disorders (otherwise see above: "hypocrite")

i dont consider smoking a deal breaker, as many people do. as long as it is done respectfully and limited, and if the person is good overall, i don't mind it too much. i still see it as a flaw, but a tolerable one.

Yeah, I should probably clarify the only reason I list smoking as a deal-breaker is I'm an ex-smoker. And if my date is smoking like a chimney, I wouldn't last the night. Otherwise, to each their own.

Eats pizza with a fork?
Seriously?
A couple of other things in that list make me think you don't have much life experience, but I'll leave you to it.

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It seems that the more life experience you have, the shorter your list is - I wonder why that is?

Sadly, as I've gotten more life experience, my list has gotten more exclusive I think

Not because I'm less tolerant...I don't believe my broad tolerance for people has changed. What has changed is an understanding of myself and what works. For example, smoking was mentioned a few posts ago, and smoking is a deal breaker for me now, though not when I was younger. This is because my mother died of smoking-related illness and I'm not going to watch as a potential SO kills themselves with smoke.

No. I was kidding about that one, and also the one before it. But I am serious about the rest. And while it is a long list, I don't think any of it is unreasonable. At least, none of it is superficial.