# Okay everybody, list your "type"... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 10, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172 "2009-02-10T03:58:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/81 "2009-02-14T03:16:08Z")
I’m attracted to smart, sane women. This is what is known as a “Catch-22.” ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/82 "2009-02-14T05:46:17Z")
Tall, fit and very male. Bright and confident. Light-colored eyes a plus… ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/83 "2009-02-14T06:19:03Z")
I don’t have a type. I lived with a 6 ft tall blond with big boobs for 5 years. smart and honest I had a 4 yr relationship with a girl who was flat but real pretty and great legs ,smart and fun I lived with a girl for 2 years that was 4 ft 11 and a petite I dated a woman for 2 yrs who was 5 ft 10 and a serious athlete. I just meet them, get to know them and it goes from there. I have no preconceptions . Sometimes who I am with surprises my friends . I am not big on boobs. Anything more than an armfull is a waste. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/84 "2009-02-14T12:18:57Z")
Brown hair 6’ or taller (at 5’2" it’s not something I consciously seek out but every guy I’ve ever dated was taller than average) Lean, muscular build Short or close-cropped hair Clean shaven Geeky interests but socially adept Affectionate but not sappy ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/85 "2009-02-14T16:38:02Z")
I’ve dated a number of types. One friend seems to only remember my ex-wife, and has commented that _every single woman_ I’ve dated or shown an interest in since is different. Heights have ranged from 4’6" to 6’, weights from 85 to 175 lbs, hair from blonde to black (with stops at green, purple, etc.) and from buzz-cut to waist-length, religions from evangelical Christianity to Wicca, personalities from painfully introverted to obnoxiously extroverted, etc. The only real constant is that I really seem to fall for women with round faces. I do have a few “types” regarding appearance which make me turn my head when I pass someone on the street, and they’re ridiculously disparate: Goth/punk/emo types. Former punk kid, and old preferences die hard, I suppose. Unnatural hair colors, choppy hair (even mohawks), lots of piercings and tattoos, caked-on cheap makeup, tattered clothing? Yum. Pentecostal (and other similarly-dressed religious) women. Long hair, no makeup, modest clothes? MmmMMMmm. Young professional women who are dressed for work; librarians, engineers, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/86 "2009-02-15T06:06:00Z")
Dark-haired, big-eyed, narrow-shouldered, small-breasted, thin-wristed, wide-hipped, light-skinned, sad-looking. ---
**Author:** ![wolf-alice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9e8a1a/32.png) [@wolf-alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf-alice)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/87 "2009-02-15T15:13:27Z")
For many years I considered my type to be tall, dark - his hair _and_ his bitter heart! - decoratively perforated, brooding and malnourished - Jonny Greenwood by way of Trent Reznor, if you would. Then I fell - oh, and how I fell! - for a short, blonde, capital-C Conservative evangelical carbohydrate enthusiast with all the natural cynicism of the Andrex puppy, who likes to play the theremin and faints if he gives a blood sample. Type # 2 is _so_ much more fun. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/88 "2009-02-15T21:06:27Z")
Smart. Thin is good. I like brunettes & redheads, but not exclusively. I like freckles. Not dark pinprick freckles, but broad soft freckles. ---
**Author:** ![JR\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/89 "2009-02-16T21:12:57Z")
Female, and lazy, so I’m stealing **Anne Neville** ’s post. > [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > A geek. Must be willing to have arguments about things like whether or not hydrogen sulfide is heavier than air. Somebody who finds that sort of thing more interesting than gossip about celebrities or acquaintances would be ideal. > > Must be tolerant of someone who’d rather stay home and play computer games than go out. Either willing to stay home with me or willing to go out on his own would be acceptable, but no dragging me to lots of parties. Ditto. > [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > Must be at least tolerant of gamers and gaming. Must accept “I’m in a cut scene, be with you in a minute” as a reason not to leave the office or talk right now except in a real emergency. Of course, if he’s a gamer, he will get the same consideration. Same concept, but replace “game” with “book”. > [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > Should love cats and dogs, since I do not want to live with neither cats nor dogs in my house. Must tolerate cats in lap. Essential. > [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > No guys who expect women to spend a lot of time on appearance. If that’s what you want, you’ll be much happier with someone other than me. I won’t expect you to spend a lot of time on that sort of thing, either. If you want to wear sweatpants all the time, that’s OK. > > No guys who are looking for a Martha Stewart homemaker type. If Martha Stewart and I met, we might well annihilate, we’re so dissimilar. Someone who appreciates the “bookshelves and stacks of books in every room” school of interior design is a must. I guarantee no girly throw pillows or things like that and not much money spent on girly stuff for the house. I wouldn’t mind if you wanted to keep your gaming console and games in the living room with the TV. > > Should not be a meat-and-potatoes type- should be willing to try vegetarian food, poultry, and fish. Ditto. > [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > Must be willing to tolerate keeping house between 70 and 73 F year round and at all times when I am present in the house. I don’t like sweating or shivering at home. I don’t stay under the covers when I go to sleep, so no turning the thermostat down because I’m asleep. Whining and bitching about the cost or environmental impact of doing this will not be tolerated. Ack, no! Must be amenable to keeping the heat _down_ and putting on a damn sweater. I hate being hot. Physical: - Tall (very tall) is not required but is an automatic plus. I’m 5’10" and having to look _waaay_ up at someone is enough of a novelty to be interesting 🙂 - Skinny is good. Average is OK. Big muscles = ick. - No facial hair, minimal (or no) body hair (except pits and pubes of course). - No machismo, and not a manly man’s man. Metrosexual is fine. I’ll even take feminine. Basically, though, “tall, skinny, funny geek who likes animals” about covers it. ---
**Author:** ![Gwyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/858c86/32.png) [@Gwyen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gwyen)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/90 "2009-02-16T21:40:48Z")
Straight, 24 year old Female. Physically: 1.Tall, this is a must. I am not attracted to short me, I can’t help it. 2. Blue eyes, or blue-ish green 2. Prominent features… ie. large noses, chins, jaws, basically a big manly face. 3.Manly hands, the rougher the better. 4. Feet need to… well, be manly but nice looking and well taken care of. 5. Hairy is fine, I like a hairy chest, just keep the hair on your head clean and short. 6. I like muscles, as long as they don’t look like they go to the gym every day. I want you to be able to pick me up because you work hard everyday, not because you lift weights. Natural muscle is a turn on. 7. Penis size is important! In my case though, average with reasonable girth. Not huge ones please, they hurt. Otherwise: I need humor! Loyalty, generosity, protectiveness and he can’t be quick tempered, because I am. He has to be kind, I can’t handle cruelty in any form. I like men that are just a bit big in the ego. Not enough to be a jerk, but enough that they have confidence in themselves. I have this guy now actually, but shh don’t tell him… it’ll go to his head. ---
**Author:** ![Choices\_Unlimited](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@Choices\_Unlimited](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Choices_Unlimited)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/91 "2012-07-13T10:44:02Z")
> [@Vox\_Imperatoris](#): > > Straight male, 16. And most of these are desirable features, not prerequisites. > > -No piercings, except one on each ear, maybe two. > -No tattoos. > -Breasts that aren’t gigantic. > -Brown, black, or platinum (or very light, not “dirty blond”) blond hair. Especially not red hair. > -Light-colored eyes. > -Foreign, or of foreign descent. > -Persian/Indian. > -Or German/Scandinavian. > -If Western European, pale rather than tan. > -Non-hairy arms. > -Height doesn’t really matter, barring a dwarf or an Amazon woman. > -Not necessarily really skinny, but an ectomorphic body, even “boyish”, shape rather than “curvy”. > -No drugs or cigarettes. > -No alcohol. > -No promiscuity. > -Doesn’t swear, or at least not often. (Can you tell I’m reading the other lists and picking out things that other people like that I hate? ;)) > -At least mildly introverted. > -A “girly-girl”. > -Not vapid, but (if I’m going to be honest here) not a lot smarter than I am, either. > -Prefers wearing more “formal” clothes rather than T-shirts and jeans. > -Not too much makeup; not too little, either. > -Some people have listed “not clingy”, eh, as long as she weren’t whiny, I wouldn’t mind someone who wanted to talk/be together all the time. > > Valete, > Vox Imperatoris A spark of hope! ---
**Author:** ![Choices\_Unlimited](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@Choices\_Unlimited](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Choices_Unlimited)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/92 "2012-07-13T11:40:33Z")
Girl, 17, German Brunette, green/grey/blue eyes w/ flecks of brown, very short (5’), despite living in Hawaii very pale, smart enough to recognize proper punctuation and know the word vapid, not whiny but definitely wordy, especially in description. Matches description previously quoted, but is a style-chameleon, and is on the lesser side of makeup and height. I have clusters of preferences, mixing and matching sometimes can and can’t be done. Native American- long hair (preferably straight), one of the two times where toned is attractive. Scandinavian- Toned, but must be rugged and have small town lifestyle. Very tall, will carry me and has big, wide smiles. Blonde extrovert Tall enough, dark hair, stubble sometimes, introvert, wears boots and jeans, and is really best as a fictional character, for a girl character. Things that I would fall for: -Multilingual, -not influenced by Japanese culture, _pet peeve_ -charmingly geeky- owns Star Trek series but wouldn’t be president of a convention, -reads for pleasure and someone who finds TED talks interesting, -NICE GUY- I’ve never, ever, ever liked bad boys. -financially responsible -open minded, and doesn’t form hasty opinions -knows when to use “I” and “me”, doesn’t text like a caveman There’s a bit of want for the early graduate, freelance professor and someone who has had girlfriends that if seen ten years later, would get along civilly, possibly exchange Christmas cards later on in adulthood and someone self sufficient, grounded, simple (not in the head, though) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/93 "2012-07-13T11:58:40Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Me, a female who is petite, short brunette hair, reasonably slim w/ small boobs, perky, energetic, sweet, and witty with a silly side will invariably get my attention almost every time. Hey, that’s Mrs. J.! (except for the “small” boobs). Keep your distance, buster. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Choices\_Unlimited](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@Choices\_Unlimited](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Choices_Unlimited)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/94 "2012-07-13T12:01:50Z")
> [@wolf-alice](#): > > For many years I considered my type to be tall, dark - his hair _and_ his bitter heart! - decoratively perforated, brooding and malnourished - Jonny Greenwood by way of Trent Reznor, if you would. > > Then I fell - oh, and how I fell! - for a short, blonde, capital-C Conservative evangelical carbohydrate enthusiast with all the natural cynicism of the Andrex puppy, who likes to play the theremin and faints if he gives a blood sample. > > Type # 2 is _so_ much more fun. That is one of my favorite character types, I could reread books with one for days on end! and the theremin? _swoon_ Embodiment of everything to like about puppies ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/95 "2012-07-13T17:45:11Z")
So I learned a new word today. The only thing that’s changed in three years is that I don’t think height really matters to me. I might even have a slight preference for shorties, because they fit so well with me. I’m 5’3, my husband is 5’7, and I consider that perfect. When you can actually look into each others’ eyes without straining your neck - that’s a match. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/96 "2012-07-13T19:06:01Z")
Official request to the mods to not kill my zombie. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/97 "2012-07-13T19:19:35Z")
Small, soft (but by NO means overweight), intelligent, empathetic, no kids, a few cool tattoos, non-religious, white or latino and 30 or under. Das my baby…😃 ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/98 "2012-07-13T19:28:43Z")
I have come to realize that a young Dustin Hoffman is my platonic ideal. Almost all of the men that catch my eye (and more) look something like him. ---
**Author:** ![kmshrader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@kmshrader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmshrader)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/99 "2012-07-13T19:35:26Z")
Like **melodyharmonious** , I’m 5’8" and like to wear heels, so he’s got to be at least 6’. I’ve dated 5’10" and didn’t like it nearly as much (purely height-wise) as 6’4". Dark hair, glasses. Enough hair for me to run my fingers through, but not longer than chin-length. Solid enough to toss me around, and I don’t care about a few extra pounds as long as it’s not a _lot_ extra, and he doesn’t have a complex about it. There’s nothing less sexy than a man constantly moaning about his weight. Other than that, INTELLIGENT. I am, and conversation is just as important as attraction, and can go about three-quarters of the way with a guy I wouldn’t otherwise be interested in. PASSIONATE. About almost anything, though artsy helps. History, language, art, and we’ll have something in common. Cars, woodworking, tabletop gaming, what the hell, I’ll probably find it interesting. As long as it’s not video games. Pretty much everything else can be solved by being hopelessly into me. ---
**Author:** ![L.mo5rg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@L.mo5rg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/L.mo5rg)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172/100 "2012-07-14T00:09:34Z")
Not too thin, or too fat. A little on the chubby side maybe. Opinionated, smart (not necessarily nerdy) and sporty. Open minded and maybe a little on the crazy side. Someone who can step outside of their comfort zone. This seems pretty specific to me, but I don’t always stick to it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172.md?page=6)