The (for the most part) perfect man

I’ve said before that I made a list in my early 20's with my requirements for the guy I wanted to marry. (I've still got the list, and I really need to take that out to see how it compares to what I ended up with.)

Anyway, while Chad is out tonight playing poker, I am catching up on TV. And at the moment, I’m on my third Oprah – I watched Sarah Palin, an episode about addictions, and now I'm in the middle of watching a 41-year-old woman who can't find a husband talk about what she wants in a man.

So they bring this "millionaire matchmaker" in, who asks the single gal to make a list of what she's looking for in a guy. Here's what's on her list:

• Honest
• Intelligent and street smart
• Intuitive
• Passionate
• Strong
• Confident
• Considerate
• Funny/silly
• Athletic
• Decisive
• Generous/good-tipper
• Likes animals
• Doesn’t smoke
• Good genes
• Good looking
• Never been married
• No kids
• Doesn’t have a Facebook page
• Doesn’t drink out of a straw
• Likes sweets
• Handy but can afford to have someone else fix it
• No tattoos or piercings
• Has a big family and likes/talks to everyone in it
• Successful in whatever he tries to do
• Has good style

The matchmaker reads the list, and everybody laughs. “Oh, this guy doesn’t exist.” “You’re not being realistic.” “You are setting a man up for failure.”

So this made me think about my “list” from many years ago, and take a closer look at this woman's requirements. And then I realized: Holy crap.

That’s Chad. Every. Single. Item. On. The. List. He doesn’t even drink out of a straw!

Except, unfortunately for the single gal, he’s married.