Significant others: what do you prefer?

     Every song, book, or movie seems to have love involved. Today you can get in your car and turn on your radio, and the chances are the song that come on will be about love. New movies come out revolving around a relationship, and books get printed with boyfriends and girlfriends written all over the pages.

      So basically, you can not avoid having "love" shoved down your throat these days. Whether you like this or not, relationships are a significant part of our culture. When it comes down to it, we all have a desire to have a significant other. So what do you look for when you search for this person?

      Often, we can narrow down the search of a significant other by looking for three specific qualities. On the male side of things, Tyler Westlake said the top three that made his list were "looks, personality, and height." Keegan Shuck's reply differed, "The top three things I look for are kindness, humor, and an adventurous personality."

     The girls also had some specifics in mind when looking for Mr. Right. Alex Nobling said, "I look for honesty, intelligence, and looks." Another girl, who wished to remain anonymous, said, "My top three are for someone to be funny, smart, and, tall." For girls brown hair seems to be the most popular hair color when given a preference, and brown or green eyes took first for most attractive eye color.

     Boys were completely different. Travis Fankhauser said that "blonde hair and blue eyes" were his favorite, which seems to ring true with most of the other boys' answers. But when it came down to looks or intelligence being more important, the responses varied. Keegan Shuck said, "Both equally, but it doesn't really matter because she has it all." A freshman boy, who remains anonymous, said, "Looks matter more to me. I'm not going to date an ugly nerd." But Tyler pretty much summed it up by saying "both because it is always good to have a smart significant other who is also beautiful."

     But perhaps Alex Nobling and Kaitlyn Haug said what we all secretly keep in mind. Together they agreed that they value looks and intelligence the same. Although they pointed out that looks must be a factor certainly, it would be really hard to deal with a stupid person. In the words of Alex Nobling, "It would be difficult to be with someone who is unmotivated and does not care about their grades."

     Overall, it seems that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" among other things. The students at Chadron High all have different options when looking for that someone special, as you can see above.  You've seen what others look for, but when it comes down to you, do you know what you want in your significant other?