Love

Qualities I seek to experience in a relationship are mutual respect, understanding, intellectual conversations, honesty, reciprocity, and acceptance. I would like my boyfriend and I to have similar -but not identical- interests in music, books, TV, and movies.I want some variety and a willingness to branch out or else neither of us would be able to experience anything new. I want to be on equal groud with my boyfriend, and I want to be able to support myself. My boyfriend must also be accepting of my friends and family and realize that they are important aspects of my life, too. I like simple love songs with an emphasis on the emotional aspects of love such as "I Will Follow You into the Dark", "I'm Yours", and "Anyone Else But You." I also do like songs in which men accept womens' desires to be self-supportive such as "Miss Independent." I believe everyone deserves to find someone who makes her happy, and whose personality is complimentary to hers, but I agree that people are placing too much emphasis on "soulmates." There is much more to life than your husband or wife, and people must accept that sometimes even marriages that were "meant to be" can include fighting and doubts.