All of us have an image in our heads of what are perfect partner will be like; someone who has Hugh Jackman’s body, Brad Pitt’s smile and the sensitivity and thoughtfulness of our best friend. Accompanying that idealistic picture is a very long relationship checklist of all the do’s and don’ts. For example; he or she must love dogs and be of the same religious denomination and so it goes on.
The fact is that, unhappily, Hugh Jackman is very much taken and we reach an age (after about sixteen) when we want a real relationship, and a pin-up poster or a devoted pet just don’t make the grade anymore. But by the time we are ready to be slightly realistic about what to expect in a partner, we’ve already been conditioned by years of high standards and influence by media.