We all have different standards for what we want or expect in a significant other.<\/p>\n
Before I was in a committed relationship, I fantasized about being with a guy who made me laugh, enjoyed\u00a0similar music\u00a0and liked the same television shows I did. Now mind you, when I had this blue print of a romantic partner, I was fourteen years old. A year later, I found a mismatch of my ideal partner in my best friend and surprisingly, he gave me the type of affection I would have never expected from\u00a0my first love and that’s why we are still together seven years later – and engaged.<\/p>\n
Now, maybe I’m old fashioned, but it seems like people my age look for similar characteristics in a partner that I dreamed about when I was fourteen.<\/p>\n
#RelationshipGoals<\/p>\n
Surprisingly, these “relationship goals” memes do not portray over-the-top displays of affection: room filled with roses, a proposal on top of the Empire State Building, a brand new car or outfit.<\/p>\n
These “relationship goals” that are recycled on a weekly-basis thanks to my Twitter and Facebook feed are as follows:
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