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Perfect Relationship Island Partner

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If you could design the perfect relationship island partner that includes all of the good things you may have left behind, but omits those actions or experiences that hurt or disappointed you, and have the above knowledge clearly in mind, what would he or she look like?

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Think of the personality characteristics, behaviors, philosophies, beliefs, social circles, crises coping mechanisms, physical attractions, family attachments, career choices, emotional temperaments, financial attitudes and obligations that would be most important to you were you to live happily ever after on this relationship island forever.

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Personality characteristics

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Relaxed, funny

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Behaviors

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Speaks up when something’s on their mind

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Enjoys travel, willing to live abroad

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Likes staying up late to watch something together

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Enjoys walks, but doesn’t need to go no long hikes

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Likes trying foods and drinks

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Philosophies

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Softly utilitarian

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Beliefs

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Loves Disney

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Social circles

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Communicates with people who are trying to do interesting things

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Relatively unattached to social gratification

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Crisis coping mechanisms

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Calm, assures me that I don’t need to be nervous about them

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Physical attractions

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Likes me agnostic to body type and how may hair / facial hair is

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Family attachments

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Family has some cultural ease with my family

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Career choices

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Has a strong curiosity about a certain area

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Willing to deal with various degrees of limelight

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Emotional temperaments

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Equanimity

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Laughter first

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Financial attitudes / obligations

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Willing to spend money, but doesn’t usually default to doing so

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Equal balance between the two of us in terms of who wants to spend more or less

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