Me ----> My bunk
Me: female, 40, married.
Strong nose. Normal to largish head. Longish full hair. Intelligent face, lively facial expressions. Witty. Enthusiastic instead of “cool”. Nerdy up to a point. Absolutely no facial hair, except maybe the “two days unshaven” look.
You too, eh?
Morally ambiguous.
Me: female, 24, single
Him:
shortish
shaggy hair
lean muscle
loud
funny
Me: Dumpy, bald, 32 yr old male. (ok I’ve been working on the dumpy part…)
I’ve got a thing for little elves. 5’3 and below, petite, with a wicked sense of humor. She’s gotta be smart, and be able to keep up her half of a conversation. If she’s pale with either red or black hair, just wrap me up as sold.
Strangely enough, I was recently dumped by a woman who could have turned into my dream girl, if she hadn’t come down with a case of the "I’ll never be seriously interested in you"s. Before her, I’d never really dated anyone who fell into my “type”.
Hey, I have a thing for British birds.
Haven’t read the thread yet, but the OP specifically didn’t ask for “ideal”, so I’ll go with:
Tall(er than me), dark hair, light colored eyes (blue or green or gray work for me), can laugh at himself, can be silly, semi-sophisticated, intelligent, must-must-must have a devlish smile.
My ideal mate has always been the sexy, sturdy professor types with the corduroy and tweed blazers with/without the suede elbow patches. The beard, the gold-rimmed glasses, the twinkling eyes. I like to call him “my heroic teddy bear.”
I’m tall for a girl (5’9"+) so I like them as tall if not taller (since I have a penchant for high heels)
Course, my ex-husband was a sweatpant wearing midget. Go figure.
But Dewey is all those things except maybe the gold-rimmed glasses. (he even has the blazer)
Tall, very slim, nice skin, good bones, nice scent, pretty lips.
(I’m a woman. Muscular men are very unattractive to me.)
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.
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.
Must at least tolerate fart jokes and similar types of humor.
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.
Must not be jealous of my having male friends or co-workers. I work in IT, so there are going to be guys at my work. I socialize mostly at work, so I’m going to have mostly male friends.
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.
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.
Must be willing to accept hands-off, informal style of budgeting. I manage to live below my means by means like not going shopping unless I need something. I’m not willing to write down every purchase or keep a spreadsheet.
Fat or skinny geeks are great, but no big muscles- they just don’t do it for me. Especially not big muscles with no chest hair.
I don’t like facial hair, but body hair is fine. Even back hair.
Height doesn’t matter. I’m 5’4", and have had major crushes on guys who were shorter than me, and guys who were 6’7".
Glasses are fine, though it is handy having someone around who I can ask for help when I don’t remember where I put my glasses (I can’t find them by myself if I don’t have at least some idea of where they are).
Odd-colored eyes are a minor plus (I’m a fan of David Bowie), but eye color isn’t a big deal.
Long hair is fine unless you’re starting to go bald, in which case it’s pathetic. Any color or texture is fine.
Any race or skin tone is fine.
To me, there are 3 kinds of cars- two-doors, four-doors, and SUVs/trucks/vans. Two-door cars have heavy doors that can be difficult to handle in tight parking lots or when it’s windy, and my short legs make it hard for me to step up into really high SUVs or trucks, plus big vehicles are harder to park if I’m expected to drive them. Someone who drove a four-door car would be mildly preferred, but no car would be just as good as either of the other two, since I’ve already got a four-door car. Must at least tolerate my keeping the same car for as long as I can, since it takes me a long time to get used to a different car.
White, short, petite, non-blonde, glasses, crooked or unconventional teeth, angular face esp. nose, innocent/virginal/shy.
And curvy. My #1 attraction is to women that are petite but not “boyish” in their build. I met a woman the other day that was about 4’10", maybe 100 lbs., but had a perfect hourglass shape. It was all I could do to not claw my own pants off and howl like a monkey.
Think we might be able to do a deal here. 
(Is that Happy Valley Hong Kong? If so, even more of a deal.)
I would–and have–dated women of all shapes and sizes, but there are two requirements I got before I met my wife.
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She has to be older. I’ve always been attracted to older women, even when I didn’t realize I was. I didn’t start dating until I was a senior in high school, but even then I just couldn’t understand why I wasn’t attracted to my classmates. Then I got my first older girlfriend the summer before college, and it allll made sense. Mrs. Fresh is five years older than I am.
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Absolutely required. She has to be–and look like–a geek. I have no problem calling the fashion models attractive, but they do absolutely nothing for me. She has to look like she could spend seventeen hours straight in front of a computer. Or in a practice room holding a violin. Or a library. Glasses are a total turn-on, especially if she obviously took time to figure out which pair looked best on her. Except for scrapbooking geeks. You scrapbookers are some weird, weird women.
I don’t think there is one type that is the best. There are several types that work. The one you just described above is definitely one of them (although the ideal would involve breasts that were slightly larger than small)
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Interesting-I am an almost perfect match for all that. 
Oh, keep in mind this is my ideal-in reality I can compromise to one extent or another over most of these-the stuff on the right is of higher priority than that on the left.
Me: Female, 21, single.
Him: Gangly or cuddly, not over-muscled.
Dark hair, creamy skin, luxuriant eyebrows, scruffy college beard a plus.
Earnest, nerdy, obsessed. Unintentionally funny by nature.
Must not wear polyester shirts with flames, flaming dice, or flaming skulls.
My short list is pretty short.
Me: 33, female, single
[ul]
[li]Height doesn’t matter since I’m barely 5’1". Certainly no one shorter, though.[/li][li]Great kisser[/li][li]Not boring in the bedroom but not looking to reinvent the wheel[/li][li]Hair color doesn’t matter nor does eye color.[/li][li]Not clingy, not clingy, not clingy. Friends with benefits = even better[/li][li]under 40[/li][li]rockin’ body[/li][/ul]
I’m married, though…
How you doin?