In response to:
I'm asking for voluntary participation from women of all ages in an essay type survey.
Just would like to learn as much as I can about different women and WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR OR EXPECTING FROM A POTENTIAL MATE. If you decide to respond, all I ask for is your age. Anything more is totally voluntary on your behalf.
I just turned 50 yrs old. I first want to say "thank you" for caring what we want! That is a big plus, simply because it let's us know a little about you, that you're not all about self.
Here's my 2 cents:
Personally, I think the world in general has relationships backwards. Instead of each partner always thinking about "my" needs... their own wishes, and clashing together trying to make sure one doesn't get over on the other, I think it should be like the following:
Each person always sincerely caring & thinking of the other person first, trying to fulfill their needs, etc.and make them happy, being a giver more than a taker....then guess what? Both have their needs met and it stirs up such a closeness and keeps the love alive knowing each partner is more concerned about the other's happiness, that you can't go wrong that way. Two "givers" can never outgive each other, but it promotes a depth of love that few know and it has no limits. I believe the heights it can reach are undiscovered, & probably has no end. Think about it. (smile)
(I think both people knowing and loving God is the only way it can be done.)
* That's what I look for in a man....."a giver, and a heart that has a true relationship with God", because if that part is right, everything else "can" work out.(His back is covered because I'm a giver.) After all, God's the inventor of relationships and intimacy between two people. HE made it to be exciting,beautiful, and fulfilling.
I enjoy giving SOoooo much more than receiving! But so far, I've not ran across a man of God who is a giver, and we're also compatible in other ways. But I'm still looking. (smile)