In a brief facebook comment conversation, a pal and I decided that it would be so much easier if people just wore t-shirts that had what they were looking for written on it. My t-shirt would be really long or the print would be very small. I acknowledge that I have completely ridiculous expectations in regards to the male sex (cripplingly attractive AND intelligent AND fashionable AND nice AND not arrogant). You can blame this on Jane Austen novels, too much fanfiction, and Severus Snape.
But back to my original epiphany; looking for your match is like making a sandwich.
I like to think of the bread as being the very basic foundation of what you're looking for, like gender, sexual preference and relationship status (Straight Single Male would be my bread of choice). The meat is really important, all sexual innuendos aside, because I think of that as the personality type of my match. I'm going to use the Jung Typology personality types because I'm the commander of this steamship. So for me, I'm an ENTJ (Extroverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging) and I get along well with other ENTJs, so I would think dating an ENTJ would be great, or really any E_T_ types. Cheese to me is kind of self explanatory, because cheese totally has personality. You don't want boring american cheese (unless you like boring), my cheese would have to be pepper jack; because pepper jack is sassy. But you could also get stinky crazy cheese if you're really into foreign boys. Cheese is an integral part of any sandwich, so really the cheese part of anyone's match would be something they place incredible importance on. My cheese would be Intelligence Cheese. All the toppings that you can pick from at Subway were really the guiding light of this analogy. There are so many things that people find attractive that they want on their sandwich. But then there are unattractive things that would be deal breakers. For instance, I don't like onions on my sandwich, so for me onions would be a man who looks like he's from the cast of Jersey Shore...or a serial killer. I would be instantly turned off if I found onions in my sandwich, just like I would be if I saw my date wearing a Tapout t-shirt with a fake tan and big guido hair (or if they looked like a serial killer). But you can have toppings you really like. I really love banana peppers, so I would want someone who has that banana pepper characteristic (kindness? likes dancing? whatever you feel like assigning to it).
I spent a lot of time at work today wondering what my ideal sandwich would be. If I could go somewhere and order a man like a sandwich, what would I say? "Hi! I'd like a Single Straight Male, ENTJ, Intelligent, kind and funny. Must like coffee, video games, reading, socialism/feminism, and dancing. No serial killers or members of Jersey Shore. Must have good grammar." But that's the ham and cheese sandwich version of my ideal match. If I actually made a sandwich representing my ideal match it would be more like one of the giant chocolate ice cream and pickle sandwiches that Shaggy and Scooby eat.
My analogy has fallen apart, but you get the idea. I can hardly say I'm jaded about dating, as I've only ever been on a few dates. I am stupidly monogamous; meaning that I can't even think about going on a date with one person on Monday and then on another date with someone else on Tuesday without assuming I'm hurting someone's feelings. Being on an online dating website is kind of like being at a subway buffet, so that's kind of fun. I just wish I could find my Shaggy and Scooby sandwich.
I think I'm just going to end this by saying that if anyone's looking for an Italiam BMT...well...I'm right here :)
<3
MeggyB
ps: If anyone feels like commenting with their ideal sandwich...please do! I think it would be fun :)
psx2: I somehow forgot the most important part of this whole thing. Not only do you want to find your ideal sandwich...you want to be their ideal sandwich too :3
