Haw, these threads always keep me up at these hours, I simply can't resist the pull of psychology and the human condition. Call me curious...
And to give some relativity to my gabbin', I "too" am single. I figure this stems from the fact that I show my interest in any given person by..."drumroll"...conversing with them on every topic they can think of. Not for me the stomping, muscle, cars, and copious quantaties of alcohol. This causes the well known "Friend" label. Very handy for relationships of the male kind, one can make some loyal comrades this way(as I have). Yet the majority of the fine ladies in this day and age seem to see this as a flaw or at best, an endearing trait. Endearing meaning: Cute and harmless little brother. This of course all but kills any chances of intimacy with a butcherknife. On the subject of intimacy: To me this encompasses a Lot more than just sex, witch I figure is "Tops", but is a really huge juicy cherry at the top of the cake, but still being only one part of a tasty cake. To me, it's all those little things like the warmth and softness of your companions skin and breath.
What I'd expect from a close companion is simply: Independence and Wit. Pull anykind of Social conscience, liberal stuff, and I guarantee, you'll have my eye. To gents: as a likeminded comrade and a potential friend, and to ladies: All the afromentioned and hopefully more, if interests flare.
Thats all for now, I thought it might be nice to post properly on such an interesting tread. Oh, on other thing: It's funny how people allways describe an ideal partner, making up massive amounts of criteria and then topping it with: "But I'd really like them to just be themselves". Talk about Dualism.