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"When OkCupid prompts its members to answer &amp;amp;#8220;I&amp;amp;#8217;m looking for&amp;amp;#133;&amp;amp;#8221; it provides these options: new friends, casual sex, short-term dating, long-term dating, and activity partners (whatever that means). Thing is, that isn&amp;amp;#8217;t an exhaustive list of guys&amp;amp;#8217; dating intentions. I think guys&amp;amp;#8212;all people, in fact&amp;amp;#8212;consciously and subconsciously date for many reasons we don&amp;amp;#8217;t consider or admit. If we&amp;amp;#8217;re being honest&amp;amp;#8212;or at least more specific&amp;amp;#8212;many guys are looking for any combination of the following: One reason a guy will ask you out? He needs something to do on Thursdays at 8/7C now that 30 Rock is off the air. an ego boost a chance to reinvent himself a mom a way to use that juggling class Groupon before it expires anonymity companionship intimacy diversion departure from routine attention something to do while his friends are out of town an excuse to buy an expensive drink novelty a story to tell eye contact validation an excuse to wear that new watch anything but that last date a trophy footsie compliments someone to compliment movie banter someone to make breakfast for hand holding secrets the smell of a scarf or hair a chase dominance submission an excuse to try that new tapas place an affirmation of his sexuality a challenge to his sexuality something to look at that&amp;amp;#8217;s not a screen the chance to feel &amp;amp;#8220;normal&amp;amp;#8221; fresh air an excuse to shave a plus-one to his brother&amp;amp;#8217;s wedding a reason to drink that wine that&amp;amp;#8217;s been sitting in his fridge for three months proof that he&amp;amp;#8217;s worthy someone to laugh at his jokes someone to impress someone to reject someone to text someone to blame boobs the same thing he&amp;amp;#8217;s always had the opposite of what he&amp;amp;#8217;s always had something real a therapy session a reawakening someone to show his new physique anyone but his ex someone to do his laundry a way to feel like a kid a way to feel like an adult a chance to be vulnerable a chance to see vulnerable practice writing fodder magic &amp;amp;#8220;activity partners&amp;amp;#8221; What other things do you think guys want from dating? What do YOU actually want?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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