Relationships can be a source of great joy, excitement, and love. You may truly enjoy spending time with your partner, and you’re hoping to have a long-lasting and meaningful connection with him or her. When you're considering the type of partner you want in your life, there are plenty of things that may make your list. From their sense of humor to their looks to the way that they treat you, everyone has some sort of picture of who they classify as the ideal mate. But just as there are specific things that we look for the person that we're dating to have, there are things that we hope to never encounter. In our parents’ day, differences in socio-economic identifiers such as religion, race, economic status or education were common deal-breakers. Today behaviors many singles often reject when dating include substance abuse, bigotry, lying, infidelity or a tendency towards violence or abusiveness. Beyond these more obvious deal breakers are a host of things some singl...
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