Attraction = physical, mental, emotional...

[Write14u]

What I see when I'm in public -- and am attracted to -- isn't different than any other time but is perhaps ordered differently. We can all wax poetic about intelligence and caring, etc., but I think if you see someone across a room, without knowing them, it's hard to get beyond looks and energy. Until you engage with someone, you can't move on to the other characteristics.

I don't think I have a type, per se. For me, there's just a gut reaction to someone that's my particular brand of attractive. I think a lot of that is how people carry themselves. While I can appreciate masculine beauty, I'm not attracted to it. It's not what makes me go boom. *grin* All ranges of femme do it for me.

I've been all across the board in the types of people I've dated. In the long run, deeper characteristics will almost always prevail. I just don't think people look across a room and think, "Wow he/she seems so smart and witty." I think it's more like, "Damn, what a hottie/cutie."

On the flip side, I think all these other characteristics such as humor and wit and intelligence come into play much quicker and looks shuffle to the back of the line.

Just my 2 cents.
*smile*

[Soft*Silver]

when I am in a room full of people I watch...and it is the one who is centered, grounded and interesting who I will gravitate to.

It is not the one with the crowd around him, as he spouts off his hotty totty lifestyle, attracting attention to himself.

Nor is it the miserable one who shows anger and depression as his clothes.

He who is looking around, the same as I, will meet my eyes....and with a smile...I might invite him over...