I’ve been in school or studying for 21 of my 29 years. The remaining years were pandemic and being an infant. I’m now starting to look into dating seriously but I’m also the type of person who would easily fall in love with someone who isn’t right for me, or might be taking advantage of me. My most recent girlfriend was an instagram model who I was very physically attracted to but was otherwise very toxic for me (alcoholic and pathological liar) but it’s been 3 years and not only am I a bit rusty, I want to reevaluate my expectations.
About myself: male, 29/30ish, slightly below average height at 5’8, average physical appearance, lawyer, former Biden admin and congressional staffer, currently living in Los Angeles. I’ve been told I’m really funny. I have super light form of Autism (formerly called Asperger’s) so it’s a little hard for me to read social cues, catch red flags, and conform to society’s expectations (which I actually do want to do).
So, it’s unreasonable to date an 80 year old woman, and I think it’s unreasonable to date an 18 year old. It’s reasonable to want to date someone whose not an alcoholic but unreasonable to refuse to date someone because they hate a specific brand of tequila. Between reasonable and unreasonable, there’s a lot of grey area. So what should I look for in a partner to have a long lasting relationship? How important is being close in age or life/career position. I realize a lot of this is personal preference but I also want to hopefully benefit from other people’s trial and error.
Hopefully this doesn’t break rule 7.