Is it normal to want to be with someone exactly like you?

The truth is your standards will not matter at all when you catch yourself head over heels for some guy who does not match ANY of the criteria you established. And you'll keep trying to make sense of it, but since you won't be able to you'll have one of those "I love you - I hate you" types of relationships and torture the guy until he can't take it anymore and leave. Or something of the sort. Or you'll just be alone because the standards are too high... One never knows really.

Just drop all the requirements and see what life has in store for you. Live life. ;)

Settle for what? Your hand?

If you were to find this "perfect" you to be with, you two could never make it work. You need variety in a relationship, not sameness. After the initial "honeymoon" stage you would bore each other to tears.
Sorry honey, but reality bites!

You want someone at your level. It is normal to want someone you can communicate with who actually understand what you are saying and someone you can relate to. That does not mean high standards. Most people tend to gravitate to people who are like them on one way or another. If they don't get your sense of humor, are not the same intelligence level, and has a completely different set of morals you probobly wont get along. Since you will see them as stupid, annoying, and stuck up. You simply want someone you can relate to and that's perfectly normal. It does not mean you are looking for a clone.

:| -Cries- Me too...

I find myself only interested in women who are shy, introverted, and intelligent. What I really look for is a woman who does not bother with petty conversation about weather, does not beat around the bush, knows when to be serious, loves silent pauses in a meaningful conversation, and does not expect me to hold a conversation if it means throwing in questions I know the answer to or resorting to small-talk.

These are some qualities that I find both common and obnoxious.

Thank you guys so much for the comments. I definitely feel a lot better now. I think I'll let what happens happen. I won't go looking, but I won't avoid anything or let someone who I like a lot be ruined because of something small.

your standards may be a little too high... you can lower it a little..but only a little!! compatibility is very important thats why there's such a thing as a perfect match!!

It's very normal to want this. Almost everyone wants someone just like them. Odds are though, that you'll have to "settle" for the characteristics you find most important. All of the ones you want might not be there. Or you could keep looking for the perfect one, who might be too hard to find

Settle for someone who isn't "up to my standards".