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"I feel the same way about people who have a clear type when it comes to dating as I do about people who always knew what they wanted to be when they grew up: How can they know for sure?? Little Miss Indecisive over here still doesn&amp;#x27;t know about either of those things, and I pretty much am grown up. Oops.Recently I&amp;amp;#8217;ve had several people ask me what type of guy I&amp;amp;#8217;m interested in. These are usually people I&amp;amp;#8217;ve just met, who apparently want to set me up with whatever single men they might know immediately. (Related: I&amp;amp;#8217;m starting to fear that strangers think I reek of desperation. I swear, I don&amp;amp;#8217;t even particularly want to be set up with anyone!) And I usually end up shrugging and/or avoiding the question. Because I really don&amp;amp;#8217;t know! The men I&amp;amp;#8217;ve dated or hooked up with don&amp;amp;#8217;t really seem to have a very strong connection amongst them, either in looks or personality. I like to think of myself as open to all possibilities of men, but it kind of seems to bug people. Seriously, they&amp;#x27;ll frantically start pointing out randoms, being all &amp;quot;What about that guy? Really, what don&amp;#x27;t you like about him?&amp;quot; Here&amp;amp;#8217;s why I don&amp;amp;#8217;t like to commit to a type: I have things I like about guys in theory, but they don&amp;amp;#8217;t always pan out. Like I like a guy with facial scruff, but if you say that, people always point out guys with gross goatees. Or I tend to like to be with guys who are on the big and strong side, but wouldn&amp;amp;#8217;t you know it, I&amp;amp;#8217;ve fallen for several slender types along the way. And on a less physical note, I appreciate intelligence and humor, but often I end up turned off by guys I think are showy about their smarts or too jokey. So maybe I just don&amp;amp;#8217;t even know what I actually like! Is that bad? At 30, should I have a better idea of what I&amp;#x27;m attracted to in a potential boyfriend? Or am I just open-minded? I know how my potential match makers seem to feel: Get it together so we know who to set you up on a (probably miserable) blind date with! Is it OK to not have a type? Can you clearly describe what type of men you&amp;#x27;re interested in, or do you kind of not know exactly? If you can, did you always know what you wanted to do with your life too? Quit making me look bad, decision makers! Very specific types: *What&amp;amp;#8217;s the Sexiest Profession? *What Your Favorite 80s Movie Says About Your Dating Persona *Which Type of Flirt Are You? Photo: Thinkstock "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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