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Just once. Honest, yet kept confrontation to a minimum. Strong-willed, independent, outgoing. Cute, beautiful, hot, and adorable. Extremely smart, nice bod, and a friend with everyone. Her only downside was insecurity with a deep relationship. Plus she has a big forehead. >_>
In any case, I'd like to know more but she intentionally keeps me in the dark, hates gossiping about her love life (and subsequent lack thereof). We're thousands of kilometres apart now, but that's fine. She's put a hole in my bucket-like heart for life. A hole I'll remember and cherish as we go our separate ways, probably never seeing each other face to face for the rest of our lives. I hope she's getting enough sleep.
Girls want to be:
1) not defenseless - hence seeking a bf with badass characteristics
2) not a slut - hence trying to bottle up any sexual desire
3) special - they want attention, payments, gifts, exemptions, special treatment
4) accomplished - they DO NOT WANT COMPLETE DEDICATION from the get-go. They want to win it over from men as a trophy of their worthiness as women.
500 years ago, the Renaissance was starting to go bull. It was the age where every man tried to be multitalented, masters of everything, and jack-of-trades. Compare that to 1500 years ago. Human rights were just beginning to get established. The age of Romance wasn't even infantile. The world was dog-eat-dog competition, with the lower echelons of society taught to live and die with total devotion as to maximize their output for the better of the kingdom/duchy/domain/whatever. When was the last time you heard of a ruler going all in? Chivalry was something taught to justify the occupation--when in fact any of the ranked peoples were anything but altruists.
The world was never that way. Going all in is a horrible idea in any era.
In the long run, women don't see their partners as lovers. They are a family now. The bonds are now familial more than romantic. You want your family and friends to be loyal, honest, etc.
An alternative hypothesis is that economically speaking, they want a stable holding status. They want successful husbands that give them room, but attention (so they feel justified in their self-image, rather than as an ignored old hag). It's a complex critical point, but you get the idea.
They're no longer looking for the thrill of the hunt, they want to have a trophy to mount.