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headings below.
What’s Your Type?
1. пустоThe complete opposite
I'm really attracted to
Scandinavian girls - tall, blonde, sporty, out-going, the complete opposite of
me! I used to like older girls, but I've had a few bad experiences, so now I'm
looking for something different. My ideal partner now would be five or six
years younger than me. I also want somebody who is independent, who doesn't
always need to be near me, and I think that the girls I've met from Sweden or
Norway or Denmark tend to be very strong-willed. The only thing I'm worried
about is that perhaps they would find me a bit quiet and shy. I'm not very
confident about myself, so that could be a problem.
2. пустоLots of traits
I don't really have a type. The most important thing for me is that my
partner is nice and sensitive and caring. I'd never go out with someone who was
selfish or big-headed. It doesn't really matter to me whether somebody is
good-looking or not, so long as they're not too ugly! I'd never go out with a
man who didn't look after himself,
though. It's important that he's healthy, that he watches what he eats and that
he's fairly fit!
3. пустоFashion first!
I want someone who likes clothes. I work in the fashion industry in
Milan, so the way someone dresses is really important to me. I'd never go out
with someone who didn't care about the way they looked. I used to like really
good-looking men, but I've changed my
mind about that, because they tend
to be so big-headed! I also really love music, so I'd never go out with
someone who didn't like music. If I'm honest, I'm also attracted to younger
men, so I'm looking for someone who's maybe in their early twenties.
4. пустоLucky guy
I'm a married man, so I'm the wrong person to ask a question like this
to, really. When I was single, I used to
think I wanted somebody who was easy to talk to, somebody who understood me and
how I was feeling, somebody who was serious and religious, like I am - and then
I met my wife, and she was everything I was looking for, and more! I can't
believe how lucky I've been, but then I have to say that, or she'll kill me!
5. пустоStill fussy?
To be honest, I'm too old now to be fussy,
really. I want anybody who will have me! I used to worry about the kind of
person that was right for me and I used to think I wanted somebody who was slim
and sexy and intelligent and who had her own money and her own job and things
like that, but now I've reached my forties and I'm still single, I've lowered my standards! It's taken me a
long time, but I've realised that I'm not the best-looking man in the world, or
the richest, and so I'd be happy just meeting someone who liked me! Sad, isn't
it!
6. пустоFreak
I know this sounds strange, but all I really want is
someone with nice hands! I used to go
out with this man who played the piano, and he had really beautiful hands -
long, slim fingers, but really strong as well. Mm! I'd never go out with
somebody who had short, fat, little fingers. I just couldn’t.