Reply #147: I don't have to have a badass. [View All]

[xmas74]

In real life, I can be a badass. I have been in more than my share of fights (and not the mouthy crap-fistfights). I can lose my temper and I am well known for speaking my mind.
I don't need a a*shole-I can be the a*shole for the both of us.
What I do need is someone who will understand that I am a package deal. Love me, love my child (and I have received ultimatums about my child from men-idiots!). I need someone who is willing to hold down a job (have had problems with men on that level too). I need someone who will understand that times will be tough and that we won't always agree. I want someone who wants to be a family man.
And when I speak of security I mean that I want someone who will hold me when I am happy and sad. I want someone who will understand that I have a temper and will not take it personally. I want someone who will let me be myself-the good and the bad. The guys who will let a woman be herself are few and far between.
I don't need a lover, I need a companion who I can share a joke with 50 years from now.
And I don't think that I am the only woman who wants this.