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If you're single and sizing up someone new, what are the first two things you rate? According to this survey of 5,481 singles, it's teeth and grammar.


"From a Darwinian perspective, good teeth are a real indication of your health — how much you drink, smoke, what you're eating," said an adviser to Match.com.

Let's break it down:

10 things MEN judge WOMEN most
on:

  1. Teeth 
  2. Grammar 
  3. Hair 
  4. Clothes 
  5. Have/no having a tattoo 
  6. Nails/hands 
  7. Their accent 
  8. Shoes 
  9. The car they drive 
  10. Electronic devices they carry

10 things WOMEN judge
MEN most on:

  1. Teeth 
  2. Grammar 
  3. Clothes 
  4. Hair 
  5. Nails/hands 
  6. Have/no having a tattoo 
  7. Shoes 
  8. The car they drive 
  9. Their accent 
  10. Electronic devices they carry

Top "must haves" in a
relationship:


Men

Is someone I can trust and confide in
Treats me with respect
Is physically attracted to me
Has sense of humor
Is comfortable with her own sexuality

Women:

Treats me with respect
Is someone I can confide in
Has a sense of humor

Shares the same values I do
Is comfortable communicating his wants, needs,
and desires


Things least important Men

Eager to marry
Makes at least as much money as I do
Eats similar foods
Has similar education level/career/wants to have children/shares political beliefs
(4 way tie)
Has same ethnic background

Women

Eager to marry
Eats similar foods
Wants to have children/shares political
beliefs
Has similar education level
Has the same ethnic background as me