What are the shallow things you look for when meeting new people?
By inkyuboz
@inkyuboz (1392)
Mandaluyong City, Philippines
August 5, 2012 6:01pm CST
I am not really shallow, but sometimes I do have my preferences. For instance, if a person likes comic books and video games, I'd be all over them in a heartbeat. They can be my new best friend! Hee.
How about you? What shallow traits/qualities do you look for in people?
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12 responses
@Suggar (3606)
• Bulgaria
6 Aug 12
Well I like people who had pets. The talks with them are so much easier, because we have a similar topic we can discuss for ours, such like food, vet services, problems with different illnesses, personal problems of the owner with the pet he has.
It makes it much easier to build a conversation with person like that, having a great topic.
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@Jennib1 (62)
• South Africa
7 Aug 12
I feel exactly the same Suggar. I feel that people that like animals, whether they are pets or wild animals, must automatically be good kind people. The only problem with chatting to people who have pets is that they have endless stories to tell about what their pets get up to and I am one of those people. Once I start telling you about my pets it is very difficult to stop me. :)
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
6 Aug 12
I always find myself un-attracted to people who dances. I don't know, I just don't find them to be smart enough for me. I feel that they are on the verge of being lazy - well that's for me.
I never quite understood why I don't like them but my friends were always attracted to these sorts of guys and most of them have nothing else to do but make dance-steps and such. hehehe..
Have a great Mylot experience ahead!
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@celticeagle (166051)
• Boise, Idaho
2 Sep 15
Shallow? Hmm. Silly, fun stuff I guess. I look for good qualities in a person and anything else is just frosting.
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@doroffee (4222)
• Hungary
6 Aug 12
There are some of the things make me like people instantly:
-musical lovers (oh-em-gee, I LOVE MUSICALS!!!)
-love theatre in general
-have a sarcastic type of humour
-love owls
-like the same TV shows as me (basically any kind of investigation series and X Factor)
-likes playing on swings, even if they are older :D
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
2 Sep 15
I do not meet many new people.
If I do, usually it is about social causes that would interest me such as homelessness and so on.
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@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
9 Aug 12
I really can't think of any shallow things that I consciously look for in a person when I meet them for the first time. However, I will tell you that I do make a snap judgement about all of the new people that I meet in my life.
The thing that I think is really odd is that most of the time if I have a good feeling about a person to start with, they are typically good people and if I have a bad feeling about them right off, there will be something about that person that I really don't like.
@girl_thinking (1959)
• Philippines
7 Aug 12
I like quiet and mysterious people. It draws me to them! Oh, and I love those who are bibliophiles.
@bjc66bjc (6730)
• United States
6 Aug 12
hi inky, I don't make it a habit of looking for any shallow traits
when I meet people...I always meet people with an open mind and
no expections...I just want people to be themselves and then its
up to me if I want to form a friendly bond with that person or\not..
Just because you like blue and a I don;t like blue I am suppose to
automatic start backing off saying to myself """no no no".. I believe
when you limit the people you meet because of their beliefs you are
really limiting yourself.....
I love meeting people and because of the difference in poeple I think
is the reason I try to conversate with as many different people as
possible...I alway think there is something I can learn,therefore
I don't me people with a judging thought...
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@nyssa102 (748)
• United States
6 Aug 12
Oh my gosh, yes, I do have some shallow things I look for in people. I am like you, I do look to see if they have a love for films, games, etc. If they love film, I'm like YEAH! Very happy, there is someone who I can have a conversation with. I really do not think it is shallow in any way, when you think of it. Because these little things are often the things that end up defining us as people. they start out as shallow, but I mean, if you like art, and someone who hates art wants to be your friend, there are usually other areas that you do not agree on as well. So see? That is usually how it works, so for me, it's usually film, games, art...geeky stuff.
@Raine38 (12250)
• United States
6 Aug 12
Well, I'm not really choosy per se, but I think in meeting new people I stay away from people who obviously have hygiene problems. I know it is shallow and quite judgmental on my part, but I just can't bring myself to spend time and get to know someone who's got bad breath or body odor or smelly clothes.
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@diezmara22 (818)
• Indonesia
7 Aug 12
I've never seen anyone from outside, who can I make friends. I'm looking for is of dalamn himself, whether he can appreciate me as a friend. I'm looking for from there. Because I thought I was a nobody and I do not have to pick and choose friends from what he held, from what he was doing, and from what he wears. Enjoy it was my friends. hhe :)