Heidi Barathieu-Brun

Received by e-mail from a friend, who got it from a friend, who got it from … ?? – Truth is stranger than fiction – and as funny

Original  List: age (20 something) 

• 1. Handsome
• 2. Charming
• 3.  Financially successful
• 4. A caring listener
• 5. Witty
• 6.  In good shape
• 7. Dresses with style
• 8. Appreciates finer  things
• 9. Full of thoughtful surprises

What I Want in a Man,  Revised List (age 32)

• 1. Nice looking
• 2. Opens car doors,  holds chairs
• 3. Has enough money for a nice dinner
• 4.  Listens more than talks
• 5. Laughs at my jokes
• 6. Carries  bags of groceries with ease
• 7. Owns at least one tie
• 8.  Appreciates a good home-cooked meal
• 9. Remembers birthdays and  anniversaries

What I Want in a Man,  Revised List (age 42)

• 1.  Not too ugly
• 2.   Doesn’t drive off until I’m in the car
• 3.  Works  steady – splurges on dinner out occasionally
• 4.  Nods head  when I’m talking
• 5.  Usually remembers punch lines of  jokes
• 6.  Is in good enough shape to rearrange the  furniture
• 7.  Wears a shirt that covers his stomach
• 8..   Knows not to buy champagne with screw-top lids
• 9.   Remembers to put the toilet seat down
• 10.  Shaves  most weekends

What I Want in  a Man, Revised List (age 52)

• 1.  Keeps hair in nose and ears trimmed
• 2.  Doesn’t belch or scratch in public
• 3.  Can tow a Caravan
• 4.  Can cook a BBQ
• 5.  Doesn’t re-tell the same  joke too many times
• 6.  Appreciates a good TV dinner
• 7.  Helps with the housework

What I Want in a Man,  Revised List (age 62)

• 1.  Doesn’t scare small children
• 2.  Remembers where I have put things
• 3.  Can still tow a van without causing chaos on the road
• 4.  Only snores lightly when asleep
• 5.  Remembers why he’s laughing
• 6.  Is in good enough  shape to stand up by himself
• 7.  Usually wears some  clothes
• 8.  Doesn’t notice my facial hair and wrinkles
• 9.  Remembers  where he left his teeth
• 10. Stops trying to tell jokes

What I Want in a Man,  Revised List (age 72)

• 1.  Breathing.
• 2.  Doesn’t miss the toilet.
• 3.  Remembers where we both live.

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