"he can rent" oh sweetheart, what an immense sacrifice.

Plenty of guys like that around. Like someone commented on a similar rant before, if you're not finding them it means most single guys in Vancouver are unemployed, live with Mommy and have criminal records, right?
ps : also, "this is fake and written by a man" :D

are you fading in the 'looks' department from year to year ?

you dream of doesn't exist....ask any feminist.

you can only get 2 out of 7

I can see why you call this checklist reasonable. But as a guy, who meets those standards allow me to say a thing or two about how these checklists make us feel or see you.

Obviously we want a job and somewhere we can express ourselves through meaningful work. But, should that latter be impossible we, just like you, will leave that job and seek another. Not keeping a shit job to be viewed as a provider or stable or "good guy". Does the guy have a desire to contribute, some ambition, a positive attitude? I mean do you checklist this stuff? Of course not. That whole checklist thing makes guys barf. We know the minute we walk away from a bad job we are not measuring up and that you will not be supportive, but disappointed (despite the support you will signal, we know the real feelings you have in that moment). I would not be asking for your money or your living place, so really, is it that you need mine? Or you need me to be something that fits into some fantasy?

His own place. Why? Do you have your own place? Scared he might want to move in? I have my own house on the west side. If you think I cannot see the gears turning on the women I meet then you are mistaken. But I will not be living with my partner. Not now, not ever. So, yeah, I meet your checklist, but you probably have that "need" for a reason that I will not be fulfilling for you.

I have taken to telling people I work in the service industry (I mean we all do really). The disappointment is palpable. That what do you do thing is always right there, isn't it? Want to be able to tell your friends he is a _____? I mean some want executive, some want a guy who is handy, some want something all together different, but in the end wanting your partner to have a particular kind of job or career is just weird ladies. It's old school and stems from your desire to nest and have a provider. We know this, do you?

We all have ideas about what we want, if we scratch the surface though I think we can see we kid ourselves about those reasons.

... isn't a checklist. It's too bad you have this shopping list approach to men. You have to be open to love, which empties out judgment. If you have a checklist, you don't have love. I'm not saying that's wrong, but you seem to say you want a man, not someone to love who will love you in return.

That is what humans trade in pair-bonds, love. Not money, not looks, etc. Love. Love doesn't judge people. It's difficult for all of us to love some people, but you have a list of several things, and it seems to me you couldn't love anyone who wans't "crazy." It's funny how we allow this, even though "disability" is a protected class just like black is. If you said to yourself "I can't love a black man," would you realize you're prejudiced?

You posted this last month, so here I go again:
-96% of population (not in school) is employed
-99+% of the population is NOT a drug addict
-99 % of the population does NOT have a criminal record.
-70% of people 18- 34 do not live at home with parents. Over age of 25 (when school is done) that goes up to 90%.

You are the problem,not the men of Vancouver.
Perhaps you ought to stop meeting men at Main and Hastings...

Aisle seven under friend zone right between nice guys and cat litter.

if a man doesn't find a particularly unattractive woman attractive, he will be labelled a misogynistic sexist....right ?