Relationships|Women

10 Things Women Look For in a Man

And 5 things we absolutely won’t tolerate. Like ever.

Iva Ursano
7 min readMay 23, 2024

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I know I know. We’re all SO fucking fussy. I get it. Who are we to be so picky? Especially after 50. We’re supposed to “settle” because I mean — “my God, Marg, you’re no spring chicken anymore. Maybe you should just settle for Mr. Meh, You’ll Do”.

I got 2 words that will sum up my reply to that quite nicely.

Fuck that.

Look. I know how old I am but what the hell does that have to do with anything? I’m not looking for a 25 year old GQ model for God sake. Now don’t get me wrong. If Mr GQ fits the criteria and happens to be 25, well who am I to say no to that? 🥰

But listen, I’m looking for a companion and yes, dammit, I can be as fussy as I want to be.

And if I die alone with 25 dogs, so be it. I’ll die happy-ish. 🐾🐾

You have to understand a few things before we dive into this (oh I can smell the oncoming hate comments from here 👃) but at this age, women and men have been through SO much bullshit we just don’t have the desire or energy to deal with any more, nor should we have to.

I’ve had my fair share of narcissists, drunks, liars, douchebags, you name it, I’ve…

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