I consider the qualtities you list to be a minimum standard all women need to meet to justify opening communication.
It is from within this group I start making individual judgments.
I have never encountered difficulty or "standoff-ishness" in this group. In fact, these are the people with the emotional health and basic life capacity necessary to sustain a relationship.
I agree - I think DL took the words right out of my mouth...of course, with him saying them they came out much clearer and concise than what my mouth would have done. lol!