At what age will you "panic"

EPITOME wrote: there is a difference between settling and compromising

Its important to know the difference so you don't play yourself.  I refuse to settle, as in I won't marry someone with a character flaw that makes staying married to them almost impossible.  Immaturity, dishonesty, abuse, disrespect are all a no-no.  

Now if he has everything going for him but he's not physically my ideal, not yet settled in his career the way he'd like to be, then yeah, no harm in compromising.

I don't think I could ever manage to be in a relationship with someone I wasn't attracted to.  People seem to do it though, and make it work.  Not sure how...