Someone who lies — you know how I feel about that. Someone who’s not financially self-sufficient: hasn’t figured out how to live within their means or expects that I will support them — probably not, given my experience with my ex. Criminal record — probably not, unless it’s something like a drug possession or DUI (not that I approve, but those things have happened to people in my circles). Mental or physical illness — that would probably depend on how it is being managed. Is he taking appropriate medication? Making necessary lifestyle changes? Seeing doctors regularly? Or is he in denial and expecting a mother figure to force him to deal or take care of him?

Basically, any age-appropriate guy who is in the dating pool mostly likely has some baggage that has contributed to that (as do I). What’s important to me: Is he owning it and dealing with it? Doing what he can to make it past history and learning from it? Or is he stuck in a cycle that I’ll be voluntarily subjecting himself to? I don’t want to be with someone *that* badly.


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