Five traits I never knew were deal breakers

I came across a little something called "5 Traits in a Mate That Are Not Deal Breakers, by Lori Gottlieb." I am really not sure why these would be deal breakers, but here they are:

1. His height (She actually admits that she's 5'2" and preferred to date guys that are taller than 5'9")

Ok, yeah, I have known women that are really caught up with how tall a guy is. Though generally when they meet a really fantastic guy, they cave. Because the bottom line is that when push comes to shove this doesn't really matter all that much, does it? Now, I have to tell you, that I am 5'10" barefoot. Sure I dig a guy who is taller than me, but I would never date a guy just for that. I also should add in here that the last guy I was crazy about was like 5'7" so clearly I don't think height is a deal breaker.

2. His match.com profile

I am an avid online dater and I really don't get all that caught up in profiles. If a guy gives me the creeps based on his profile I am not likely to be interested, but that's just good judgment in my opinion. When I search for profiles I don't generally limit it to a certain age, height, etc. Even though browsing through the 900 profiles that comes up in my search can be exhausting I still do it - you never know.

3. His occupation

Yet another one that I really don't understand. Ok ok, I will admit when I was in my early 20's I dated a few guys that didn't have particularly glamorous careers and I was a little hesitant to tell my friends. But you know what, when I told my friends they actually didn't care at all. So maybe there's part of the whole problem is having judgmental friends. Plus I never actually stopped dating a guy for this. I also got over this as I got older and now I could care less as long as the guy actually has a job.

4. His age

I have always been attracted to guys that are older than me. Honestly I have no idea why this is, I don't seek out guys that are older it's just the way it is. I just find that younger guys don't really mesh well with me (we all know I have a curse with 26-year-olds). Though I continue to date younger guys here and there and if I found a guy that was younger that was too cool for school I would dig him just as much as an older guy. It simply doesn't matter to me either way.

5. How he compares to "my type"

Let's just be clear here, I do not have a type. Never have, never will. I think I have dated every type there is out there - the jock, the punk, the alpha male, the skater dude, the surfer dude, the frat boy - you name it I have gone on at least one date with it. Blame the free spirit in me, but I really just don't see people in types. I would honestly rather just go out with the guy and see what type of person he is rather then giving him a label.

Honestly, I have to say that I feel a little sad that it seems someone feels we need to be told this as if it's some new concept. Sure, I am well aware that many women are super picky when it comes to things like this, but I feel like for a lot of women I know this kind of fades over time. In my case, I had a brief time in my early twenties when I was caught up in this kind of thing. But the more I dated the more I realized that a guy's character mattered so much more then if he was taller than me.

Maybe I have just dated a few too many douche bags here and it's changed my outlook a little.

Of course, to me, this doesn't seem like settling, it seems like being a grown up. And I am not really trying to get a kudos or anything here. I am simply just saying that I don't think dating or marrying a guy who doesn't fit in line with the way you feel about the above categories has anything to do with settling, I think it's just how it happens and what you are supposed to do.

Honestly, I could make many other points about this, but you just never really know what a person is like until you get to know them. And if you toss them aside because of something silly like age or height you might miss out on a really great thing - shouldn't that be a pretty simple concept?

What about any other women out there? Do you think any of these are deal breakers? And of course how do the fellas feel about women using these as deal breakers?