Have you ever been pegged as having a “type”? You know: that particular combination of features that all the people you date seem to share? “Oh, you totally have a TYPE,” friends will chide you. Has this happened to you? What’s your type? As for me, I am unequivocally guilty.
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Matt
April 17th, 2004 at 6:01 pm
Oh yes indeed. In terms of features, it’s got to be brown hair, brown eyes and brown skin. Personality-wise, take a dash of utter psychopath, add a pinch of victim of society and a smidgen of neurosis - that’s who I usually end up lumbered with. And I love it.
shannon rae
April 17th, 2004 at 6:55 pm
damn, your type is hot! i have a tendency to reject everything about the last boy in finding a new one. if i lined up all my exes in a row they couldn’t be less of a type.
heidi janet
April 17th, 2004 at 7:42 pm
physically? no. but if i did have a type, i’m pretty sure it can be described as finding consistently unavailable, prickish men. in this, there is a definite consistency.
paisley
April 17th, 2004 at 8:21 pm
holy moly - they are all the same nearly
neat !
i have a type forsure but oddly enough , i didn’t marry my type ..
but im all about :
dark skin, mixed, brown or green eyes,dreads,and a funky hippie meets hiphop 1994-96 vibe.
matt always knows when i see my “type”.. and we can laugh and comment together
Anna
April 18th, 2004 at 10:50 am
I’m a sucker for the bald, bulky guys - the loners, Dottie, the rebels. However, I’ve had the great fortune of never dating my “type.” I stuck to the nice guys.
donut
April 18th, 2004 at 3:17 pm
Does gay count as a type?
tlc
April 18th, 2004 at 4:30 pm
Whoa, that’s eerie! Down to the solid colored t-shirts and the way they’re smiling.
kim
April 18th, 2004 at 10:53 pm
physically i don’t at all. they’ve ranged in size from 5 feet tall to 6′7.. pretty much every ethnic background, dressing style, et al. equal opportunity enjoyer, i suppose
main requirement is intelligence.. without that, can’t even handle a one-nighter. unfortunately, that often meant ending up with intelligent people who were assholes. i do seem to be partial to moody artists, whether they’re musicians, painters, drawers, fashion people etc
leblanc
April 19th, 2004 at 9:47 am
that’s really, really creepy.
Jennifer
April 19th, 2004 at 11:38 am
Oh dear god, I’m the Queen of Type. You would not believe the staggeringly long list of things my major exes have in common. Stuff like third nipples, even.
Anyone here taken that match.com type test? The picture of the guy who came out as my type looked scarily a lot like my most recent ex.
dawn
April 22nd, 2004 at 7:00 pm
Usually, my “type” has always been musicians or artists. My husband just happens to be both of them!