Potential SO Entertainment Choices (dating, movies, married, girl)

[rickmahorn]

Do you consider the entertainment preferences of potential SO's when gauging compatibility? I find I do this quite a bit, and social networking sites make this easier than ever.

For instance, if a girl enjoys American Idol, The Notebook, Whatever is currently on Top40 radio, Dancing With The Stars, etcetera, I immediately downgrade the girl from 'potential relationship' status.

I firmly believe that our entertainment choices shed A LOT of light onto our respective personalities. I am a very open-minded, sardonic, independent thinker, and consider myself an intellectual (or faux-intellectual if you say so). I think this is accurately shown in my tastes in books, music, film, tv, and art.

Do you judge others' tastes out there in the ol' 'meat market'?

[TKramar]

No, they're welcome to explore their own tastes just as much as I am. As long as I don't have to sit through an episode of CSI or Law and Order with them, I'm sure it will all work out.

[SookieStackhouse]

Not really.... I ve been married over 10 years now and...

I like "Sex and the City", he likes "CSI"

I like The Dixie Chicks, he likes AC/DC

I like wine, he likes beer.... it is all about two people who can put up with each other as individuals, not what they find entertaining.

[LaoTzuMindFu]

Ive always been quite open to a s.o's or potential s.o.'s entertainment choices. The only thing that really forces me to downgrade them or eliminate them altogether is if she is into anything and I mean ANYTHING country. No country line dancing, no wearing cowboy hat, no cowboy boots, no country western music, no hanging out a country western bars, no cowboy/western movies.

[Annie3]

I think it is important. I am an English major; I read all the time for school and for pleasure. If someone tells me he never reads, doesn't understand the point, or the only thing he reads is the newspaper, I think there will be a lot more we won't have in common, and it will probably limit our conversations. In addition if he is a big fan of Nascar, etc (and I mean a BIG fan), or his main activites are "huntin' fishin' drinkin' and ATV ridin' " we would probably have very little to talk about. I'm into the intellectual type.

[AllAboutEve]

I would prefer someone who had the same tastes as me, but I don't require it. I think its important to compromise and find common ground if you really feel that person is for you. After all it is impossible to find someone exactly like you.

[Currency Pair Crocodile]

This is intelliflu again, but at a whole new level. But already documented and well within pathological perimeters

[orangeapple]

I admit that I can be a bit of a snob here.... I love that line from High Fidelity: "What really matters is what you like, not what you are like. Books, records, films - these things matter".

Realistically though, I don't always click better with someonewho has similar taste to me, or even taste that I can "respect".I've found that someone can seem really cool on paper (or rather, social networking / dating sites) and we may still manage to be at odds over the things that really matter, like goals, morals, and overall personalities. On the other hand, when I do click with someone who does have similar taste, it seems like we make a much deeper connection overall, and it's refreshing to be able to discuss the things which actually interest me. For the record, the exact same taste would be creepy and boring....

[yayoi]

I also tend to stay away from people who don't like to read. Reading is a big part of my life so I would like to be able to share that with my mate.

Other than that, I don't really have any entertainment preferences in mates. The only thing I require is that his tastes be varied. I don't want to get with a guy who only listens to rap music, nor do I wan't to date a guy who only watches obscure indie films. People like that tend to be bores.

[le roi]

Yes, of course. A person's choice of entertainment says a lot about them.