Not all dating app dealbreakers are created equal. While some men swipe left over superficial preferences like height or hair color, others have dealbreakers that help them find authentic and lasting connection in a sea of endless profiles.
“The number of choices has often led men to become more rigid when it comes to dealbreakers,” Rene Mondy, therapist and post-marriage expert, told HuffPost. “App prompts often encourage the idea of rushing to make judgments about compatibility, which leads users to power through matches.”
We asked men (who asked to go by their first names to be more candid about their dealbreakers) to share the factors that help them weed out mismatches and find quality partners, and got expert advice on how to establish your own dealbreakers.
Incompatible Values
For Max F., political alignment is important. “My main dealbreaker is if someone is conservative, because in my experience that usually signals a mismatch in values and how we see the world day-to-day,” he said. “That kind of gap tends to show up quickly, even if everything else looks good on paper.”
