DEAL BREAKERS for dating

Deal Breakers:

Poor hygiene - this includes grooming your body hair. I'm not a furry beast and I don't want one. MANSCAPE dang it!
Uneducated - I'm finishing my second masters - not saying you have to have that but a college education is a MUST
Unemployed - I know the recession has been tough but you have to have a JOB, a career preferably
Lives with parents - unless they are ill and you are a caregiver.
Selfish, self absorbed, arrogant
Clingy - I don't need to talk to you everyday and you must have outside friends
Uncommunicative - I don't want clingy but I don't want to be ignored either
Pushy, controlling, possessive
No mutual interests - history, culture, lit, etc - when I quote Shakespeare I need you to get it.
Short - I need you to be taller than me (I'm 5'4'' for pete's sake, it's not that hard to be taller than me!)
Small man part - whoever told you that size does not matter lied.
Not being able to wear anything other than jeans, a tshirt, and tennis shoes
No mutual bedroom interests/super vanilla - we must have compatible likings
KIDS - I don't have any and I don't want to be bothered with yours or your baby's mama
Unhealthy, none active lifestyle. - I like running, biking, hiking, long walks, etc. I don't want to hear complaining about how far we've been walking and no I don't want to sit in front of the TV all the damn time.
Does not have manners, proper etiquette
Smokers - gross - and I'm currently watching my mom die from lung disease after smoking for 35 years - I will not be going through this with anyone else I love, damn it!

that's all I can think of off the top of my head - I'm sure there are more...and yes, I have a boyfriend; he has met all of my requirements! He actually has a pretty lengthy list as well.

You have a lot.... Why is "College" educated a must?

The No Job/No Car/No place of his own is basically materialism, not everybody has the confidence or money to learn to drive during their later teenage years , for whatever reason they miss the window of opportunity.

Their are people who have unsupportive families and are better off moving out and might take a job, any job just to support themselves, its a harsh world out there. Not all jobs pay great wages and after paying their bills there might not be the money left to pay for driving lessons. Then there is the fact there is a global economic recession and some people might never work, not when there might be 400 applicants for each job, sometimes employers split a full time job into 2 part time jobs so that workers have less rights and this leaves the workers with very little scope to live independently, are these people not entitled to happiness?

On the other hand you get men who live at home into their 30s and how do you know he isnt the worlds greatest saver and thinks its better money management to live at home paying rent to his mother than frittering it away on an expensive crummy flat. Does it spell loser? or does it spell someone who is able to get along with his significant family members in co harmony?

There are people with a lot to give who dont have a car/job/own their own home, there are people who cant handle the stress of living in a modern urban world , there are all sorts of reasons other than loser if a winner is only measured by what he has.

there are also people who enjoy their jobs but dont want the added responsibility of being the manager, why is it a better thing to want to be the top banana? what about those people who struggled educationally, how would you feel as their mother if you felt your child was undesirable through no fault of their own? that person might make the most loyal and wonderful partner and father or mother ever.

my deal breaker is ..my husband told me I'm not allowed to date anymore.

-controlling
-anger issues
-jealous
-insecure
-watches The Big Bang Theory

I won't hash out all the standard "must not be a *kitten*" type stuff, but I have two deal breakers that may seem somewhat picky but these have been issues for me in the past.

1. If he doesn't lift, I'm not interested. This isn't a superficial thing. It's just that I lift heavy weights, and I love it, and I have found that most guys who don't lift themselves do not understand and are somewhat intimidated/freaked out by women who can pick up some really heavy stuff. A man who does a lot of heavy lifting will understand, and we will get along much better.

2. If he tries to tell me how to dress or makes comments about me being too "high-maintenance" because I insist on wearing a dress to dinner, we are done. I am a grown woman. I buy my own clothes. I will be the sole participant in deciding what I wear unless I ask for your input.