Todayas woman has greatly increased her expectations for potential mates. She is independent, and is finding greater opportunity in the work place and in her personal life. She sizes up partners with never before seen speed, assessing a manas strengths and weaknesses without delay.

She has accomplished everything she set out to do thus far, finished college, got a great job. She is happy, but decides it is time to consider a more serious relationship than she experienced while in school. She will not treat her opportunities in love any more lightly than she has her professional opportunities, she will make a conscious deliberate decision.

What would such a woman be looking for in a man? That would ultimately depend on the womanas values, her personality and more than likely her past experiences with relationships, including not only romantic ones but those with her family. She may be looking for a man who is comparable to her. A man who has worked as diligently as she in choosing his career and lifestyle. She may be looking for someone who follows the same standards as she experienced with her own mother and father. That which is familiar and she finds comfortable. Or she may be looking for someone who is her opposite, one who challenges her into seeing new and exciting ways to look at the world around her.

Considering all of these options, her choices will be as varied as the women themselves. Finding a man who mirrors herself she would expect to find a man who is not lazy, one who puts forth much effort into his goals. She would be expecting to find a hard working man, a man who leaves no stone unturned, and finds quitting no option in life. This type of woman would find attractive qualities in a man who puts his own sense of self first and foremost.

If she is pursuing a relationship similar to the one her parents had will look for comparable personality traits. Maybe her home had parents who were completely devoted to one another, who took loyalty and faithfulness to one another very seriously. Or perhaps her parentsa relationship was one of separate lives shared only at dinner time in story yet somehow coming together quite comfortably. There is also the unfortunate possibility that her home was one of loneliness, where her parents had little affection or devotion toward one another. She could still potentially be comfortable living in a similar home. She would desire a man with an inability to share who will never get emotionally closer than sharing the house with her.

Some women will be searching for endless excitement and constant stimulation. A woman like that will want to be pushed into new thoughts and actions. She will probably like a man with many interests or hobbies, who runs from one idea to another, with little definitive impression of his personality. He would be an artistic type, unafraid of new things, and following his own lead.

We might not determine what type of man a woman wants because she may not have decided herself. There are as many types or women as there are men. She could desire a man who has all of these qualities. She might want someone who is diligent in his career, and yet often crazy in his free time, someone a little out of the ordinary.

Last of all we must acknowledge that women are searching for what they find most attractive; men that interest them intellectually as well as physically. Women can be enigmatic and often defy any attempt to categorize them. But, by accepting their mystery you will be closer to knowing what they really want.