Hmmm.... The answer to the first question is none at all. When I was growing up, I imagined that I'd be alone. When I started having actual relationships, they came as a bit of a surprise. So I never really had occasion to imagine any kind of "ideal" relationship or partner.
I wonder whether men and women will turn out to cluster differently on this question. My stereotyped imagination suggests that women will have spent a lot of time growing up imagining mates and relationships; men, less so. But I've got no particular reason to believe that this is actually true. I'm curious to know if the comments on this post line up with my stereotype or not.
[BTW, feel free to un-screen this comment; there's nothing secret here.]
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Date: 2010-09-22 05:33 pm (UTC)I wonder whether men and women will turn out to cluster differently on this question. My stereotyped imagination suggests that women will have spent a lot of time growing up imagining mates and relationships; men, less so. But I've got no particular reason to believe that this is actually true. I'm curious to know if the comments on this post line up with my stereotype or not.
[BTW, feel free to un-screen this comment; there's nothing secret here.]