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" At a dinner party the other night, a guy I&amp;#039;ve met a few times was talking about why things hadn&amp;#039;t worked out with a woman he&amp;#039;d dated years before.  &amp;quot;Why not?&amp;quot; we all wanted to know \u2014 or, at least, I did.  &amp;quot;I realized there were three qualities I felt anyone I was dating should possess,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;And she didn&amp;#039;t have them.&amp;quot; We pressed him to explain what he meant. (Or, I pressed him.) But it took a bit of badgering from before he confessed his prerequisites: He wants to be with someone who is versatile (by which he meant able to deal with all sorts of situations, from attending his office&amp;#039;s holiday party to going on a road trip), humble, and intellectually curious.  &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;d be perfect together, you and I!&amp;quot; I shouted. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m so incredibly modest!&amp;quot;  Kidding about that last part \u2014 just kidding, folks. But I loved his answer, particularly because those are three of the characteristics that stand out most in him, and help make him so appealing.  After that, the night turned into a parlor game: The rest of us tried to pick the three qualities \u2014 and only three \u2014 that we feel a mate absolutely must have. It&amp;#039;s harder than you think! So \u2026 what are your three? I&amp;#039;m tempted to mimic the guy&amp;#039;s answer \u2026 but \u2026 I think I&amp;#039;ll ponder it a little longer first. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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