163. Rich, Funny Or Has Your Back?

Don't get me wrong - I like tall men. Funny men also keep me interested. As do ambitious men, well-read men and men that prefer to eat more than just the chicken parma.

But when all is said and done, the winner will always be someone whom I know has my back.

Someone who is always on my side, although prepared and able to stand up to me.

Someone who when I need it, would rather be at home on the couch with me than chattting up cheerleaders in a nightclub.

Someone who is brave enough to leap with me into a new whirlwind adventure on a whim and someone who would rather hug me than see me cry.

It's a rare quality so don't mistreat it if you find it.

35. Obey The Code

I am immediately concerned about any woman that struggles to maintain long friendships with other women.

Alarmed infact.

I will ask any girl straight up, who tells me they are unable to have non-destructive relationships with men, just how their gal pals are.

If the answer is "I don't really have any female friends" - it's time for serious reflection.

A friendship between two women is based on trust, respect and honesty.

A friendship between a man and a woman is sometimes (before the feedback starts..) about sex. Even if its not her, he wants to sleep with, but her other female friends.

A healthy friendship between two women is generally balanced, with the two women receiving mutual benefits from the friendship.

And you cannot put on a bikini and pull the wool over their eyes.

If you do not have friendships like this and instead, your bff past looks like a car wreck of betrayal and tears, a serious talking to is needed.

You need to know how to win your own kind over first, before a man will get serious about you.

You are just too scary otherwise.