Hobbies tend to say a lot about a person. You can gauge what peoples' values are by how they choose to spend their free time. For example, a person that bakes is a very patient person indeed who is quite detail-oriented, and a person who enjoys working out every day values their health and appearance. A person that plays soccer several times a week well into adulthood likely enjoys being part of a team and socializing, while someone that prefers to spend their down time knitting and listening to podcasts is probably someone who puts effort into protecting their alone time.
Some Redditors in the thread preferred partners who share their own hobbies, partly because shared hobbies imply shared interests, and this would also maximize time spent together. Others stated that they look for partners with interests different from their own. There's an opportunity to learn from someone who is invested in something you've never really looked into, and some people also put equal value on alone time as they do on partner time. Join the discussion and let us know-- which hobbies do you look for in a lover?
