Monday, July 02, 2007

An A4 leaf of lined writing paper

I have taken the day off because I'm feeling ill, I have a heap of time in lieu to get rid of before I finish my notice period and I have a heap of paperwork to sort through thanks to selling the flat and it being tax time.
To achieve the last bit I have been armed with an enormous list of documents I need by my accountant. She is a wonderful woman - a family friend. I used to live with her daughters in Albany, both of whom have now made her a grandmother.
Anyway, while filter through a box of oddments and papers I came across a piece of thin A4 lined writing paper, covered in my chook-scratch scribble.
It is simply entitled "MUST" and the second I saw it, I knew what it was.
It was a list. My list. Lindsay and I both wrote a list at the beginning of last year with the details of what our future boyfriends would be like. They were to be positive lists. We weren't going to settle for the kinds of relationships we had in the past.
To be sure, I wasn't going to end up with someone ever again who would utter a sentence like "well I never actually found you physically attractive". Or anyone who was generally psychologically unstable.
So anyway, this is my list of qualities I required in a new boyfriend, and I want you to tell me if it sounds like anyone.

MUST:
Be very good looking (dark hair, average height, brown eyes, slim)
Professional and ambitious, has his shit sorted, smart
Sense of humour
Confident, not arrogant or egotistical
Empathetic, not pathetic
Out to family
Great friends and supportive family
Not jealous
Has the spirit of life
MATURE
Loving, affectionate and supportive,
Must like theatre/cinema/nightclubs/pubs and all that kind of stuff
Not queeny/camp/a drag queen
Not a clubber or skanky bar addict
Live nearby, north of river
Arty/literate/well-read
Romantic/thoughtful/attentive
Good conversationalist
HONEST
Pulls his weight

I edited out one bit: I had wanted this person to be over 23 years of age. But then it wouldn't sound so exactly like Thom, now would it?
All in all, I think the list shows I knew what I wanted. Although what I did to deserve it, let alone go out and get it, is beyond me.

1 comment:

Lindsay said...

Good Lord! I remeber that night. No idea where my list is, but I'm sure it will pop up sometime in the future in the same manner. But from memory I am working through the list one date at a time. Maybe at the end I'll get one that matches the entire profile. Mwah ha.