WANT vs. NEED IN RELATIONSHIPS
What you want: Someone to show off. Someone who makes you feel passionate and excited all the time. A hot body, a nice face. Someone with smooth moves.
What you need: Someone patient and forgiving. Someone intelligent and witty. Someone you won’t get bored of. Someone who won’t run away when things get rough.
What you want: A fixer-upper. Nicholas Sparks-type scenes. Lots of gifts. Undying attention. Someone who will agree with you and make you feel desirable and attractive.
What you need: Someone who shares your views. Someone who respects you. A healthy amount of attention and material gifts. Someone who knows they’re good enough for you. Someone who knows you’re good enough for them.
What you want: A genius. A comedian. A hot mess. In other words, your twin flame.
What you need: Wisdom to balance out knowledge. Someone with impulse control. Someone forgiving and understanding. Ears willing to listen… for a while.
What you want: A romance-novel character. Lots of hugs, gifts, and reassurance. Someone who won’t hurt your feelings. Someone who knows exactly what you’re thinking and what you want.
What you need: Someone to help you lighten up a little. Honesty. Security. Someone extraordinarily patient. Loyalty.
What you want: Someone to show off to your friends. Someone to make you more popular. Attention out the wazoo. An admirer, your biggest fan. Undying support in everything you do.
What you need: Someone wise and understanding. Someone you respect, and who respects you. Someone to be straight with you. Loyalty. Forgiveness. Someone who knows the value in the little gestures.
What you want: Someone self-sustainable. Intelligence and common sense. Someone who can give you space. Someone who will listen to you and accept your criticism.
What you need: Someone to light up your life. Someone you never get bored of. A bit of a mystery. Someone who knows who they are. Someone who appreciates all that you do.
What you want: Someone to be romantic with. That cute couple aesthetic. Attention. A pretty face and a brilliant mind.
What you need: A best friend. A mediator. Someone who won’t take advantage of you. Someone you can really talk to.
What you want: Someone who adores you. Submission. Omnipresence in their life. Complete devotion. Control. Passion.
What you need: A mystery. Respect. A healthy amount of push-back. Someone you know you can trust. Someone you know will not hurt you. Undying loyalty. Honesty.
What you want: A travel buddy. A daredevil. Someone spunky and free. Someone “exotic”, mysterious, foreign. Someone who isn’t interested in textbook romance.
What you need: Someone who gets you. Someone with common sense. Someone who can forgive your little flubs. Independence. Consistency. Someone you could travel around the world with and not hate them afterwards.
What you want: Perfection. Loyalty. A mystery. A romance that doesn’t get in the way of work. Someone like-minded and intelligent.
What you need: Someone to help you see the best side of things. Imagination and youth. Loyalty and respect. Someone who’s okay with being dominated, but not a pushover.
What you want: A mad scientist. A genius. A poet. Someone to share your interests with. A best friend. Freedom.
What you need: Independence. Trust. Consistent communication. A best friend. A kind of intelligence you don’t have.
What you want: A fairy-tale romance. A tortured artist. Someone you want to “fix”, someone you view as “the underdog”. Someone who’s sensitive, artistic, and poetic. Someone who dazzles you.
What you need: Stability. Honesty. Patience. Someone who won’t walk all over you. Someone who doesn’t need you to fix them. Someone who will always wait for you to come back.
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