text: For me, the dealbreakers are:\n\n- compassion.  I've only ever dated one woman who actually asked what was bothering me when I was clearly distraught.\n- intelligence.  Many guys prefer a woman that can't challenge them, but I get a weird pervy feeling from dating women that are easy to manipulate.\n- wit.  I have to enjoy talking to her if I'm to do it every day for the rest of my life.\n- bonus points: humour.  If she can make me laugh, that's huge.  Being playfully affectionate is pretty much a guaranteed A+.