Question of the Day

As a follow-up to Tart’s Monday night question about what traits in a partner you find irresistible, let’s go the opposite route tonight.

If glasses, a great ass, humor, bookishness, etc. rev your engine, what stalls it? What are the deal-breakers?

Aside from the obvious (abusiveness, cheating, lawbreaking, etc.), the ultimate deal-breaker for me, way more than any physical attribute or bad habit, is being either deliberately ignorant or dull. I can’t stand deliberate ignorance—whether it manifests as stupidity or hatefulness—and I can’t hack being bored all the time. If you can’t hold a lively, engaging conversation, it’s over before it even began. Zzzzzzz...goodbye.