I would NEVER consider dating or being involved with someone who: (Check all that apply)

Those Sock/Sandal people have got to be the worst.

...wears a fanny pack? ...is that a character flaw?--ha .. It might be very entertaining to talk to someone who believed he'd been abducted by aliens ... but only in a PUBLIC place, with a phone nearby, better make it a double-date.... :) (not that I think that would entirely c-r-a-z-y, just wouldn't expect to hear about it on the first date!!)

Never say never. Several of these ping my alarm bells, but I've dated so many different people that I've learned not to make rules like this for myself.

Socks with sandals wearing, Amway selling, Born Again Christian, fany pack wearing, UFO abductee drug abusers would never be accepted by me.

I think some of these things would make things difficult, but "NEVER" is too strong, and never is a long time.

What's wrong with socks + sandals? If my feet get cold, sometimes I put on socks, but ditching the sandals for shoes seems rather drastic. My toes don't deserve such punishment. Sometimes I'll wear boots when I go hiking, or if it's been raining a lot. That's about it. But why would anyone wear nylons?

Wow, I'm surprised at how few of those I'd turn down!

It depends on what type of criminal record (only if it involved violence in any way). Also, the political and religious parts would depend on the situation.

sandals with sock! ewwww

I honestly couldn't check any of them off, sorry.

takes drugs? you might as well shoot yourself now and get it over with.

While many of these might be initial problems for me, I can't really say "never"... if they were really the right person, I could see getting around almost anything, or at least trying to.

I find it interesting that more people turned down a Christian than a drug user. Do you really have a grip on life here?

Hmmmm, it seems I need to raise my standards a bit.

A killer or raper, a bullfighter, a political, a torturer, a nazi / fascist / KKK, a dictator, a new-age music lover...

We should re-do this survey with the question "I have dated someone who:"

Not only did I not check off any of these, I have trouble coming up with *any* categorical "NEVER consider dating" properties that I would check off. Possibly "abuses me" or "is dangerously insane", although I suspect I'd reserve the right to make a case-by-case decision even there. Also, two notes: I'm amused that "is divorced" is a choice but "is married" is not. I assume that "still lives at home" = "still lives with parents" or somesuch... I mean, most of us live at home, don't we?

The only one I chose was "still lives at home". There are different degrees of all of the other answers, but I can't stand trying to deal with a partner who can't take care of himself/herself!! I dated a guy recently, 30, who was still living at home and when I went to visit him we had to abide by all his parents' rules, which were made for a 14 year old. I felt ridiculous. I'm a grown adult. I need a partner that can share in total life maintenance, not one that doesn't even know how to pay bills.

What's wrong with being unemployed? I'm unemployed. Unemployed does not necessarily mean broke. How about has *any* children, rather than just children from more than one partner? I wear socks with my sandals sometimes because it's better than having my feet bleeding. I might not date someone who didn't take drugs.

Inkwirinmin - you won't date someone cause they use Advil? Or coffee? Or Prozac? "drug-user" is a rather charged and too expansive term. Not all drugs do the same things or affect people the same way, legal or illegal. Almost 100% of US citizens are "drug users". -- also, there's a difference (in my mind at least, and I think most people's) between a Christian and a Born Again Christian. I'd date a Christian. I know some very very nice Christians who are very cool people. Born Again Christians tend to be kind of scary though.

Inkwirinmin: I have more of a grip on life than do many BAC I've met, thank you very much. I'd rather dine with a heroin addict than I would a "Christian". At least heroin is _up front_ about the fact that it's a deadly, addictive, destructive, escapist narcotic. "Christianity" has the collective and metaphorical balls to profess that it's anything other than a death-cult. To be fair, I loathe all theism pretty much equally, but "Christianity" tends to be more virulent.

A lot of things decide who I date, but most of these aren't them. I feel that simple things like religious choice or political voteshouldn't tear apart a relationship.

none of the above, Love conquers all. ...hey, I wear a fanny pack, Jeez!
Atzilut: "Christianity is Stupid, give up!"
Lorax: I don't care what Atzilut says. I'm glad you're a Christian instead of a heroin addict.

I would never date anyone who called me Sweetums, Honey-pie or any other cute little nicname! EEEK

Man, those fanny-pack wearing weirdoes are just too much!

the only one of these that MIGHT stop me from dating someone in and of itself is "born-again" christian. and that depends on what exactly is meant by this term. most actual christians refer to themselves as born-again, referring to the time when they chose to accept christ (or so i'm told). by this definition, i would still be willing to date this person, why not? the other possible definition is a particular type of christian, one which, in my limited experiance, became born-again when they put aside their old lives and devoted themselves COMPLETELY to Christ, in exclusion of everything else. i can't think of reason why i would possibly want to date them, or they want to date me. what could we possibly have in common? nothing in my life relates to Christ, everything does in theirs...there is a problem here

...well, almost never. Virgins are TROUBLE (with apologies to those who once were, perhaps even when I knew them, nay, dated them?

It's hard to say "never". I checked smokers, BACs, and alien abductees. Smokers 'cause I just hate the smell so much, but I suppose if they didn't do it around me I could maybe deal. BACs because as an observant Jew I think that would be a real strain on our relationship. And alien abductees 'cause that's just too weird for me.

i picked 'has children from more than one partner' cuz i just don't get along with kids.. think that would seriously get in the way of a relationship..

what the hell is a fanny pack????????

most of these are irrelevent... Amway people bug me. I almost checked the born-again.. but the true answer there would be if they are pushy about it (like an Amway person).
*Phreak: a fanny pack is one of those belt things that have a little nylon zipper-bag on them. the belt is usually twisted so that the bag part is over the fanny (I guess it rests most comfortably there?), hence the name, fanny pack.

All you Brits out there: a fanny pack is what we disgusting, crude Americans call what you call a bum-bag. All you Americans out there: to a brit, the term 'fanny' refers to an entirely different portion of the female anatomy.

I like this one A LOT

I like virgin girls better. But my wife was no virgin when we married and I knew that. BTW, did you know that the Bible says a man who marries a non-virgin must kill his wife. This is the same book that Christian fundamentalists claims is 100% correct.