What's your "type"?

As far as female crushes go, Ellen Page is definitely one of my celebrity crushes, along with Anne Hathaway and Audrey Hepburn.

LMAO, if only more guys had that opinion!

Usually:

Drunk
Irish
Nuts

Not necessarily in that order.

My heart can not be true to a skinny legged man. I like my men like I like my dogs, big and dumb. If you like big legs, you like big guys. I interestingly, my brother also prefers thicker legged girls. It may be because we are both skinny.

My husband could be described identically to my last boyfriend. (big, tall, curly hair)
I could be described identically to his last girlfriend. (tall, thin, long straight hair)

I’ve never been attracted to blonde guys. I prefer darker hair or no hair.

Has a pulse.

[sub]Wait, TMZ says what?.. Oh,[/sub]

Forget that first thing I said.

Aesthetically, most of the guys who fit my “type” seem to be gay (or look like they should be). I like the refined, elegant, European look. Slim, well built but not muscular, classic but snappy dresser, androgynous features. Guys like Jeremy Irons, Julian Sands, Ralph Fiennes…I like to look at guys who look like elves. :slight_smile:

As a love interest, though, I don’t really have a “type”. I don’t think I’d be comfortable being with a pretty guy like I described. As long as he’s got a good sense of humor (smart and nerdy humor a plus), takes care of himself, and genuinely cares about me, I don’t really care too much what he looks like (though objectively it would take me awhile to get used to a guy with facial hair. I’m not a big beard/mustache fan). My clean-shaven, keeps-himself-in-shape nerdy spouse looks great to me. :slight_smile:

My “type” used to be cute-girl-next-door. Think Drew Barrymore from The Wedding Singer. Blonde. Pale skin. Curvy and feminine and soft in all the right places (no obvious muscle tone). Little on the chubby side but with smallish breasts. Glasses a bonus. Think Betty, not Veronica.

Then I met my wife. Who is Korean. And lithe. And a stunning beauty. It effected a total paradigm shift for me. Now 99% of who I am attracted to (see on the street, actresses, wherever) are Korean girls. Closely followed by Chinese and then Japanese. Most of the movies I watch are Asian films and when people discuss actresses and beauty, my mind automatically goes to Korea/China/Japan rather than Hollywood.

It’s funny how that can happen. For me, height was never a terribly important issue, though I guess it’s always been there to a small degree. Then a couple of years ago I dated a bunch of women, all tall, and all unpleasant in various ways. When I met a 5’2" woman who was awesome in every way, that totally shifted my reality.

It’s funny, though. I will date tall women, but they have to be really thin. The shorter she is, the more latitude I have concerning her width. It’s almost like I’m attracted to a certain weight regardless of height. Maybe someday I’ll fall in love with a woman who’s 3 feet tall and has a BMI of 70.

I find some Asian women attractive.

However, I can tell you confidently that one of the most beautiful women I’ve ever seen was half-Asian, half white. Yowza.

I think some of the time we become more attracted to a certain “type” once we’ve dated that “type”. My ex-husband was the first really skinny guy I dated (he was about 10lbs underweight when we first started dating and then evened out a bit), and he was of a different race, which was also something new. It definitely opened me up to being more attracted to that type of person, though I wouldn’t really say I’m solely attracted to that. It just got added to the mix.

Elite.

My preference physically is not too tall (under 5’10" but usually closer to my 5’6" or under), some meat on his bones, white, and a bit of facial hair. Oh, and a pair of blue eyes can really rock my world.

Personality-wise, I skew from the nerdy to the truly geeky, with a good sense of humor and mechanical ability (something about those practical guys…). Southern or northeastern US, UK or Aussie accent a plus.

My current sweetie fits most of these traits. :slight_smile:

missred (fat, middle aged, nerdy, practical and a bit artsy)

No. I’m interested in personality – fun, intelligent, and similar interests. The physical type is secondary to that.

I like the rough, outdoorsy men. They can be tall or short, but I like them rugged. Andif they have dark hair and light eyes, I’m all over that. Lucky for me that my husband is exactly that.

There’s a certain kind of calm rationality and clear thinking process that I find extremely attractive. If you can explain a complicated math/physics argument (or, really, any other kind of argument, but it’s most obvious with math/physics) clearly and elegantly, I will swoon at your feet. A lot of patience is secondary, but also mandatory (probably due to my issues with very impatient parents).

Physically, I used to think I liked dark slender guys – that was always the type I had a crush on in grade/high school – but of my four more-or-less serious relationships, I dated two of those and two not-particularly-thin blond guys (and ended up permanently with the latter), so I think practically it doesn’t make a difference as long as the personality “type” is there.

Physically, I prefer very tall guys, at least 6’2" or over. I love strong legs, work roughened hands, and big noses. Weird, but that’s what I like. If he’s caucasian, then I prefer no mullet, no combover, no spiky douchey-do’s. If he’s african-american, then I prefer no long braids or super 'fros. Most men, if fighting a receding hairline, look better bald. Bald is nice. Very nice.

Mentally, I like men who grasp that not every darned minute needs to be filled with talking. Inane chatter drives me nuts. Mechanically inclined is very nice, especially if he is willing to teach me new things. A sense of humor not restricted to the locker room is necessary. Over feeling men bug me. Don’t cry on me, dammit.

Yeah, I’m terminally single.

I respond to many, many types of guys, but one particular type has always stood out:

Tall, lanky, very thin, with a long thin face, long aquiline nose, black hair and dark features . . . think
Adrien Brody, but taller and thinner.

I had my first sexual fantasy at the age of 5. It concerned a kid on my street who fit this description precisely. I have no idea where this preference came from, but it hasn’t changed in 59 years.

Have to agree. Angelina Jolie’s creepy. O_O

I have to admit, red hair helps too.

Tall (6’3"+), skinny (rail-thin, or if muscular then more in a martial artist way than in a football player way), pale guys with dark hair and big noses make me weak at the knees. Especially if his hair is curly and his eyes are blue, and if he’s a stylish dresser or ever so slightly effeminate. And did I mention the big noses?

Also, they must be smart, well-read, geeky, and we must be able to make each other laugh. A lot. Self-confidence to and sometimes past the point of cockiness, but not to the point of assholishness, is AWESOME.

These are the guys that turn my head walking down the street - but Oni no Husband is 5’4", barrel-shaped, toffee-colored and button-nosed, and I love him more than life itself. This is because he has an A+ in every item in the second paragraph.

I’ve finally gotten around to looking up the word aquiline, and I’m stunned to learn that it means “beaklike.”

Learn something new every day, I do.

Your man looks like Jude Law?!?!? Post pics please. Lots! :wink: