Let's see...can we create the perfect relationship shopping list?

          We've found through trial and error that HE doesn't fit a particular physique.  .  In the Princess and the Pea, the "true princess" was bruised, through many mattresses, by a buried pea.  We now believe that a potential Prince Charming will:

*be extremely good-looking, cute, muscular, or at least endearing in a bulldog type of way.

*be financially responsible but not CHEAP

*be protective-- not ask a girl to meet him in an unsafe place, yet not smothering

*not have a scandal in his past ("I can explain it.  I need you to understand, because no one else really gets me.")

*he will have a positive (but not cloying) relationship with his mom, yet he must never tell Miss Right that she is just like her mother

*he is okay with her keeping up with friends.  He doesn't try to separate her from relationships.

*he hangs out with good people. Take a good look at his buddies, and you'll see what he's like when he's not restraining himself to make a good impression

*he doesn't maintain "friendships" with former girlfriends.  Ex-wives are out of the question!

 Hmmm, now I wonder what "Miss Right" could possibly deserve such a Prince? Perhaps she should:

*Not call Mr. Right several times a day--let him take the initiative.  After all, if she starts and keeps up the relationship, she might end up maintaining the whole thing.

*Be well-groomed but not narcissistic about her looks

(to be continued!  Ideas, anyone, for items to add to the list?)