When it comes to what single Americans are looking for in a partner, their list of desired traits vary.
Forty-five percent of people are hesitant but open minded about dating someone who was recently laid off, for example, according to a recent survey of 1,010 U.S. adults by matchmaking company Tawkify.
For 38% of U.S. adults, someone 10 years older is a deal-breaker, according to the Pew Research Center, and 23% say someone of a different religion is one, too.
These days, “especially with dating apps, we’re more primed to rule someone out than to rule them in,” says New York-based psychologist Sabrina Romanoff, adding that red flags can be as simple as “their hair is too long or they had a prompt that we didn’t really like.”
Sometimes, instead of looking for signs of traits that could sustain compatibility and happiness, people are looking for what is “impressive on paper,” she says.
