A perfect match

Very often when my friends start asking each other "what is your type?" And when they get to me I always feel like I am listening to them describing people in magazines. I guess I haven't really found any real longevity in the appearance of the people I have dated. So I started to really and truly look into qualities of mates that seem to gel nicely with me. Looking for these traits could made each and every relationship and friendship even better. When it comes to what qualities I look for in a relationship aren't expectations and standards that I impose on my mate but more about what I expect from myself. I appreciate someone that stimulates and brings out the qualities in myself that i want, the best in me which are healthy and positive. That is the type of people I want in my life. As I grow older, I no longer am interested in someone who "challenges" me, because damn it my life is already filled with challenges. i need an ally in my challenges that is. i also understand how lots of people feel that the outside starts the attraction that it doesn't have anything to do with growing a healthy strong successful relationship. i try to look as deep into people as i am as comfortable to have them look that deep into me. I guess I have been very lucky because I have some of the greatest people as friends around me and have dated the 3 most important people in my life which i would do anything in this world to protect them through thick and thin. Almost everyone I have in my life has qualities in them that I feel that most of us strive to have. Apart from that, just happy I am today, not as contradicting as the yesterday....