21 Things To Look For In A Boyfriend by Chelsea Fagan

1. Regardless of his height, he is comfortable with the way he looks around you.
You don t have to date a guy who is taller than most, but he can t be someone who i
s threatened to be seen with you.
2. He genuinely makes you laugh (because he is funny, not because you think he i
s attractive and want to flatter him), and not a self-conscious little giggle, e
ither. He makes you belly laugh and choke on your own laughter and tear up with
laughter and laugh so hard you think you re going to pee yourself.
3. He loves your laugh, even your ugly laugh.
4. He remembers little things about you, even things that other people might con
sider unimportant or too minor. He knows what your favorite dish at the Thai pla
ce is. He knows what movie you two watched on your first date. He knows the blan
ket you love to curl up with when you re reading.
5. Whether or not he has the same taste in music or movies as you, he is always
willing to try something new that you really like, or that neither of you have s
een before.
6. He doesn t put you down for liking what you like.
7. You always feel welcome around his friends, even if they aren t the people that
you would hang out with every day, and they are always friendly and open to you
. There is never a point at which you feel like there is your boyfriend and then th
e person he is around his friends.
8. His family is not perfect, because no one is, but they try their best and are
good people and you feel comfortable around them.
9. He does not cheat on you, would never cheat on you, and doesn t even give the v
ague, nagging suspicion that he might cheat on you at some point in the future.
Regardless of the problems you may encounter, being betrayed like is simply not
a possibility.
10. His vision of the future is very similar to yours, or at least is flexible e
nough to adjust to what you both may end up wanting. (Wasting time with someone
who does not want what you want, and never will, is unfair to both of you.)
11. He has a healthy relationship with going out, drinking, and socializing. He
is neither completely dependent or absolutely uncomfortable with either of those
things.
12. With him you are comfortable both going out together and spending time separ
ately with your individual groups of friends there is no need to be constantly j
oined at the hip, for fear that he may stray or any other reason.
13. He is willing to consider long-distance if it has to be done for a certain p
eriod of time, but at least ultimately has plans to be near you (because no matt
er how good it is, long-distance can t last forever).
14. He doesn t have hang-ups or judgments about your body, and shows all of it aff
ection and attention. You don t feel ugly or uncomfortable around him, nor that yo
u are not good enough for him physically.

15. He has similar religious views to you

or lack thereof
or is willing to accep
t that you re both different. Few things manifest in more ugly ways than the small
seeds of disagreement over fundamental beliefs like religion.
16. He is open-minded, and not just about things that he doesn t really care about
. Even for more important subjects like politics or culture, he is able to liste
n to others and give meaningful responses without being petty or childish.
17. He is mature and comfortable about the human body and all of its weird funct
ions, and doesn t make a big deal out of things that happen naturally. Instead of
feeling uncomfortable when something weird happens during sex, for example, you
both just laugh.
18. He doesn t make fun of you if you say you are offended or upset by something h
e says. He is actually capable of thinking about the consequences of his words a
nd understanding that not all hurt is inflicted physically.
19. He votes, and understands why it s important.
20. He is attractive (to your own individual standard), but the vast majority of
your interest in him stems from things other than what he looks like.
21. He respects himself enough to want all of these things from you, too.