10 qualities of a keeper

I wanted to write this, because a lot of people think I like the people I do only because their talented and/or hot.

Well, thank you people, for thinking I am so shallow. I know who you are.

While some of those things may be true, if you think that's really what I like someone for, you are very wrong.

So I'm going to write a few of the reasons why I fall for people, a list of things I look for. This may turn very ranty and unpoetic, but just bear with me. This is a kind of, dream characteristic list. If you have some or all of these traits, then I fall in love with you.

1. Your passionate about something. Sure you may be talented, but when you perform it's not cause you want to. You NEED to. It's not so much as to show off as it is your form of happiness and peace. I can tell the difference, and I only love it when it is coming directly from your soul. I've always hated a show off.

2. You have a testimony. Nothing is more attractive then a guy who will maintain his standards at all times and places, even if he gets laughed at by his friends for it.

3. I want someone who will be my best friend, not someone who will text me every two seconds telling me how much they desperately love and need me. Someone who will joke with me, bring me ice cream and let me cry, tell me stories cause they thought of me first, cuddle and tickle me because they love to make me laugh. Someone who will be there to pick me up when I'm down, like a best friend should. If your more of a friend first, I'll be even more in love with you.

4. You can't have the same awkwardness as me on some levels. I'm super-extremely awkward, so I've got enough for the both of us. If you will hug me first, grab my hand first, and not make me feel awkward if I mess up where my hands go when you cuddle me or grab your hand awkwardly, then bless you. I need someone who knows how to do that, cause heaven knows I don't.

5. Someone who knows what to do to cheer me up. Maybe I just need to talk, maybe I need a good cuddle and a movie, or maybe I need to feel loved. You will sometimes have to figure out which one of those make me happiest, cause sometimes I don't even know.

6. Someone who loves family. Someone who fits in with mine, gets along well with theirs, and definitely someone who loves to play with kids. Super attractive trait. If that is you, you just got a lot of points.

7. You respect when I need you there and when I don't. Sometimes I need alone time, and sometimes I need "don't ever let me go" time. If I ask for one or the other, you need to love me enough to understand why I need it either way.

8. You who will be a dork with me. When I'm alone, I have crazy dance/singing parties in my room. I need someone who will be just as crazy as me and not laugh at me for messing up a move or falling on my face or kicking a table (ok maybe they can laugh a little, cause it happens a lot).

9. A laugh I can fall in love with. I've always noticed peoples laughs for some reason, I think they really define a person. If you have a real laugh that just bursts out and you can't help it, I think it's adorable.

10. You will just love me no matter what. I struggle with depression sometimes. Their may be days when I'm off the wall crazy and other days when I'm sobbing uncontrollably because I don't want to live anymore. It can be a bit scary. If you still want to be around me when I'm at my lowest, your a keeper.

I hope this helps people see a little bit more into my brain. And I'm sorry this turned more ranty then I'd hoped. I'm trying to figure out what I'm feeling right now, which is a story for another day.