I just use my words. “Excuse me, tall person, would you please help?” Tall person always says, “Of course!” And then I always reply, “Thank you so much tall person.”

I gotta say, I LOVED her original article.

Good. Up yours, Internet.

xoJane readers are sooooo mean. Took me too long to learn that.

Ah, poor Amanda Lauren has fallen into that Catch-22 of Being a Woman With Opinions on Love, Dating and Marriage. If you're single, anything you say is immediately considered the jealous, desperate ramblings of a [let's face it, probably ugly and bad in bed] spinster. If you're married, anything you say is immediately…

Years ago, after many a bad date, I made a list on my Livejournal about the traits I was looking for in a guy. I had about 200 women jump on me in the comments and attack my list and say a lot of nasty things about me; picky being the least mean thing said. Maybe a dozen women defended me. It's still out there…

The heart wants what it wants... :)

EVERYONE has criteria - it's vital for attraction. It's complicated. Give her props for being upfront about it.

I married one who refused to settle. You have no idea how lucky I am. She knows her mind, speaks clearly and directly. Honest, faithful, kind, warm, hard working, caring, loving, generous to a fault and yes I open the door for her. It is my privilege.

Good for her. She might be obnoxious about announcing it, but it's well deserved when you consider the crap single women hear time and time again about how they're "too picky" and expire after a certain age and become invisible to men. I was single for six years before meeting my current boyfriend at 32 and EVERYONE…

Except that's not what she said at all? She didn't say anything about falling in love with something you didn't expect. Falling in love is falling in love. That's the goal. She said that she wasn't willing to give up the things that she considered important in a relationship (including no baldies) and just be with…

I never thought that the bad reaction to her article was based on the idea that being upfront about what she wanted in a relationship, it was that she described the idea that people might fall in love with someone who is different then who they might have imagined as their ideal as "settling". Especially when those…

Is basic bad?

I dunno, it seems like most people care about some physical traits - it's always nice if a partner's appearance is also contributing towards sexual arousal when with them.

The woman is my goddamn idol. I mean, I still don't want to be married, but in principle I love her.

I was picky, had high standards and I am still married twenty years later. If you lower your standards and settle, you get what you settled for. That doesn't make me precious, it makes me practical and honest. I was rewarded for my high standards with a great man who is kind, honorable and loyal...not to mention sexy…

Sorry, I work at Jalopnik.

For what reason does one need an avatar to choose how best to be gouged for sub-par internet service?

HAHAHAHAHAHA.....

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