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Things girls look for in guys?

I’ve seen a loooot of guys post about two things, asking how to get girls and annoyance over girls saying personality is key. So I thought we could hit two birds with one stone.

Girls, add your top five things you look for in a guy. (You cannot use personality as one of these points, but you can use specific personality traits e.g. good sense of humour, playful, confident)

Mine are:
1) taller than 5’7” (my height)
2) a thick, well groomed, not too long beard
3) teasing banter
4) good dress sense, not basic but not too dramatic either
5) confidence, can initiate and hold conversation.

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Reply 1
1. good sense of humour
2. caring
3 understanding
4 talkative
5 loyal

And there's more but these are the 5😅
Reply 2
1. Animal lover - especially with cats. They'd have to be ok with my cats sleeping up on my bed, the cats having full run of my house etc
2. Can take a joke/not easily offended
3. Empathetic
4. Open minded
5. Loves horror movies
Reply 3
Original post by Rum Ham
1. Animal lover - especially with cats. They'd have to be ok with my cats sleeping up on my bed, the cats having full run of my house etc
2. Can take a joke/not easily offended
3. Empathetic
4. Open minded
5. Loves horror movies


Ooof same to all of those! But with dogs 🐶🐶🐶
1. Kindness
2. Ambition
3. Smart and well-read
4. Understanding
5. Caring
Original post by Villa73
To answer your personality traits, here are my answers:
1) I'm 6"2.
2) I don't have a beard per say, but I do prefer a little stubble.
3) Of course.
4) Yep. Got some nice shirts and casual wear.
5) I can hold a good conversation. Shall we get started?


😂😂😂😂😂
1. Has to make me laugh
2. Same height or taller than me
3. Loves god
4. Is romantic and is buff
5. Has to have a good job
1. Understanding of my feelings.
2. Great sense of humour, making me laugh a lot.
3. Kind eyes I can look into and know how you are feeling.
4. Able to talk about your feelings so I can understand yours.
5. Adventurous to take me out my comfort zone.
1. Taller than I am (am 5"2, so not too much of a stretch)
2. Actually gives a **** about me
3.Can hold intelligent conversation
4. On track to get a good job and support himself (because that's what I'm like)
5. Likes long walk, stargazing, and general peace and quiet
Reply 9
Original post by Villa73
To answer your personality traits, here are my answers:
1) I'm 6"2.
2) I don't have a beard per say, but I do prefer a little stubble.
3) Of course.
4) Yep. Got some nice shirts and casual wear.
5) I can hold a good conversation.

As a guy, my comments on what I look for in a girl are not for this post, as it's for the opposite.
But I figured I may as well give an honest answer.




erm I could be wrong but I don't think what she wrote was a dating ad and that she expected applications..... but you've done it now, maybe you'll get lucky lol
Original post by ANM775
erm I could be wrong but I don't think what she wrote was a dating ad and that she expected applications..... but you've done it now, maybe you'll get lucky lol


Haha, yeah I don't think she did either, and that's not what my intention was.
But it's nice to read what girls look for in guys.
When I first started liking my boyfriend we were only acquaintances from college and work- but every conversation we had was memorable to me.
So I think some of the things that intrigued me about him were:
His hobbies/ interests, we had quite a bit in common but also we both enjoy some things that are completely different and it was fun for me to share mine with him and to learn about his interests.
We could always have a laugh, and some friendly banter- this was really important as it always made our conversations enjoyable.
He’s always been caring/ considerate about others and I think that is a really lovely trait to have.
And lastly I admired how hard he works, as I noticed it at work and college- I admire his motivation to succeed!
Just a few things that I found to play a role in why I liked someone!
Reply 12
1.make me laugh/forget about my troubles.
2.love god
3.taller or same height as me (5"9)
4.intelligent but not too intelligent to make me feel stupid at times
5.KIND EYES/FACE that is KEY!!!gsquwbwufbueigfue
ok thats me done.
Original post by cat_mac
I’ve seen a loooot of guys post about two things, asking how to get girls and annoyance over girls saying personality is key. So I thought we could hit two birds with one stone.

Girls, add your top five things you look for in a guy. (You cannot use personality as one of these points, but you can use specific personality traits e.g. good sense of humour, playful, confident)

Mine are:
1) taller than 5’7” (my height)
2) a thick, well groomed, not too long beard
3) teasing banter
4) good dress sense, not basic but not too dramatic either
5) confidence, can initiate and hold conversation.


Dammit I just shaved...
Original post by FloralLuxe
1. Has to make me laugh
2. Same height or taller than me
3. Loves god
4. Is romantic and is buff
5. Has to have a good job


1. I'm very cynical
2. I have dwarfism
3. I'm Atheist
4. I'm morbidly obese, and take my dates to greggs
5. I work at chicken cottage

Do I Qualify?
Original post by gdssdgdsfas
1. I'm very cynical
2. I have dwarfism
3. I'm Atheist
4. I'm morbidly obese, and take my dates to greggs
5. I work at chicken cottage

Do I Qualify?


Greggs caught my eye. And I meant buff as in good looking lol. Funny tho :smile:
Original post by FloralLuxe
Greggs caught my eye. And I meant buff as in good looking lol. Funny tho :smile:


I know what buff means, beauty is subjective smh
1. cheeky smile
2. good sense of humour
3. spontaneous
4. good taste in music/film
5. not too politically correct or boring
Original post by gdssdgdsfas
I know what buff means, beauty is subjective smh


You don’t qualify.
Reply 19
1. Bantersaurus/childish sense of humour
2. Loyal
3. Probably taller than me, I'm 5'6 so I'd feel weird in heels if they weren't a little taller.
4. Smells good, omg someone who smells good drives me crazy
5. Cheeky, love guys who give cheeky winks and smiles and just cheeky in general

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