I use to think there were certain traits that made a Woman a "shoe in" for my affection. Blonde hair, blue eyes, long legs, and a petite figure were pretty much the standard for my initial attraction. Oh course, I had to hear a couple of sentences out of her mouth for good measure, but if it wasn't annoying or to bimbo in tone, she made the grade.
As I got/get older, I realized my standard was to easy to meet. I gave them a "10" before looking under the hood. Those types are a dime a dozen. I was putting them up on a pedestal where maybe they didn't belong. As evidenced by my last relationship and many more before that one.
I still want that "10", but that standard is much harder to achieve. It takes the whole package to impress me these days. Sometimes that "spark" for me now comes from the most unexpected sources. I really don't know what attracts me until I've had more than just an initial interaction with them. Attraction now has to grow on me where as in the past, it was instantaneous. I don't always know where it comes from or what to look for, it just happens.
Your taste is more refined and changes for the better as you age.
"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare." -Mark Twain
