Dream Date sims, traits that are deal-breakers

I guess it depends on my storyline plans for the sim in question. If I fancy changing it up a bit I would probably go for any, but if I want a happy, steady relationship then I would avoid evil, mean and jealous.

The decision to stay or go revolves around the Sim itself. My Sims don’t always need someone so “perfect”. I especially like using negative traits, all of them. As mentioned in the other thread, the only traits I don’t use are Dance Machine and Kleptomaniac.
The only time I will really change a trait is if I imagine the Sim changing. Like a Sim who is mean may lose that quality over time because their love was just so strong. :D But again, only if it fits the Sim.
The biggest trait a lot of my Sims will avoid in someone is the Hates Children trait, if I imagine my own Sim continuing their branch. But even then, sometimes I’ll keep my Sim with them and a surprise pregnancy will happen. What occurs between the Sims after that really depends.

-kleptomaniac (always needs to steal stuff)
-mean (self explanatory)
-evil (self explanatory)
-bro (basically "high school jock" in a nutshell)
-noncommittal (come on. why would i be with someone that is noncommittal?)
-insider (they always feel the need to be with clubs.)
-jealous (jealous sims are annoying)

My Sims will never date an unflirty person. How does one start a romance with one who hates romance anyway? I know its possible to marry one, but its too difficult without flirting.

Well, I usually create partners for my sims myself, but if I didn't then it would depend on the compatibility between the two sims in question and the story I was trying to tell. One of my sims is an evil vampire, but he has a soft spot for his jealous human girlfriend and they are one of my favourite couples. Unflirty is a challenge, but with a bit of work they can also become affectionate partners. The only trait I think I would always avoid is Hates Children because I find it so distasteful. I'm not terribly fond of slob, glutton, noncommittal, kleptomaniac, mean or lazy either, unless again it suits the story. Of course there's also the idea that the 'power of love' can change sims for the better, in which case I will reset their traits or swap an undesirable trait with the re-traiting potion reward. Sometimes I will even make a sim with this in mind for a story. For example, I had a homeless self-assured lazy slob sim who manipulated his way into sponging off of a gloomy good squeamish sim. The good sim was such a sweetheart to him though that he fell in love and changed his ways, even going into charity work.

It depends on the sim in question. Some of my sims are okay with dating meanies, others aren't. A sqeamish sim certainly will think twice about getting together with a Lover of the Outdoors.

The only trait I reject as a player is Evil. Most of the time I change it (to Insider for Max Villareal, to Geek for Malcolm Landgraab and for generic townies it becomes Mean) or delete the sim in question.

Klepto is a so-so case. As long as the No autonomous swiping mod works I allow the trait. If it ever breaks then Kleptos will get force-fed the trait re-allocation potion.

I haven't avoided any traits so far but after reading this thread I might start. Kleptomaniac sounds really annoying and there are a few other traits that seem like they will make my play style difficult such as Hates Children, Noncommittal, Non Flirty.

I wouldn't recommend avoiding traits before trying them out first, as you might be surprised what you enjoy. Every player is different after all and I think it's more fun to have sims with different personalities. I personally love some of the perhaps less popular traits such as Dance Machine, Squeamish, Jealous, Unflirty, Evil, Erratic etc. They can make some really interesting characters and you can 'balance' them out with other CAS/reward traits and character values. As I commented earlier, the only trait I really avoid for sim partners is Hates Children, but that's only because I'm a family player. Saying that, I might still use it at some point for my unplayed sims or if I wanted an evil step-parent character for instance.

I typically create my sims already married. If I didn't, I'd have them avoid sims with the traits hates children, jealous, evil, and kleptomaniac since all are very against my playstyle.

i honestly prefer to keep my sim single unmarried and any invite my sims gets i decline the invite