Anonymous wrote:Wondering. I was hurt and cheated on by my last bf and he had told someone that he had stayed with me because of my looks which really hurt me. I was ride or die with him until he cheated. The relationship should have ended years before it did actually. I do like my personal space however and this bothered him. He wanted someone around him all the time. So now that I'm seeing/talking to someone new I worry about the same thing.
First, someone who can't be apart from an SO is not a quality partner. Second, it seems, from your third sentence, that somewhere in your gut you figured out he wasn't quality a long time ago. So the fact that he said he stayed only because of your appearance is likely just one facet of why your ex is a waste of oxygen and space rather than a trait you should worry is common to all men.
That said, the kind of men who would stay with people just because of appearance are either a holes like your ex or co-dependent losers (i.e. men who choose women with serious personality disorders such as BPD or who in at least major aspect are not an equal partner). So the key is to find someone who doesn't fit either category.