Name, age, status:
Michaelle Weaver, 24, engaged.

Where she calls home:
downtown/Gay Street neighborhood.

How she makes a living:
She works for Baltimore City child support.
Michaelle's also studying business management at Catonsville Community College. 
She says she eventually wants to "own her own business and perhaps open up her own homeless shelter."

How he proposed:
Michaelle and her fiance met in the military -- they're both Marines. They've been together two and a half years and have a 14-month-old son. Her fiance proposed on Father's Day.
"We were actually home, getting ready for church and we were kind of having a falling out," she says. "...I was upset. And he was like, ‘Well, I was gonna wait...’" 
She says that the argument had started over gifts -- she didn't get a Mother's Day gift.
"It was Father’s Day morning, and I had given his gift and stuff and I had just gotten upset," she says. "He was gonna give it [the ring] to me on Mother’s Day. Of course, I didn’t know, and the day didn’t go as he had planned."

Best date:
Her idea of a fantastic date is simple, she says:
"I just like it when we have some time to ourselves, we’ll see a movie, have something to eat, those are good dates."
But, when it comes down to it, she says she's not really the dating kind, never has been.

Is dating dead?
Just because she's not a dating person doesn't mean she thinks the whole practice is a lost art. "I think dates are still pretty popular," she says. "...It’s easy to just say 'Hey let’s go see a movie, get something to eat.'"
 
Her ideal mate:
Educated.
Has a job.
Someone who's financially stable: "Nothing like being rich, but at least somebody who’s not in debt terribly."
Attractiveness is essential too: "Of course, good looking. I want something nice to look at," she laughs.
Also: "Someone who can definitely hold a conversation. And someone who’s definitely into family."
 
Has her fiance changed her vision of her ideal?
"I think he has changed it a bit. I used to be into guys taking me out and giving me things."
She says he has changed her views of what's important. "When you get into a more serious relationship, it’s not about going out all the time and getting things," she says. "It’s really a partnership and how you work for each other and with each other."
Her current relationship has made her less selfish, she says.
"It’s not about me. Before, I was like, 'I wanna go here and do that' and 'Can you get me this and that' ... Now it’s more of a partnership, it’s 50-50. You make up where he lacks, he fills where you lack."

Opinion of the Baltimore dating scene?
"I don’t think it’s that good," she says.
People's priorities are off, she thinks.
"The people are just completely different nowadays. The women are into what kind of cars they drive and how they dress. ...And some of the guys are just into who they can get with."
But she says it's not limited to Baltimore.
"I think it’s more of a generation thing," she says. "That’s anywhere."

Best place to meet people:
"I think Fells Point is a pretty good social area. Definitely anywehere downtown, [like] the harbor, where you can walk and pass people and stop and talk."

Favorite neighborhood:
"When I lived in Bolton Hill, that was probably my favorite," she says. "It's just so pretty."
From the big brick houses to the brownstones and grassy spaces it was a nice area to live in and ride her bike, she says. "I love it."

Deal-breakers?
"I don’t like laziness at all."
Chatty Chads are a no-no for her, too.
"He can’t talk more than me,"she says. "... I like to get the last word."
Men who don't have a sense of self are also thrown quickly into the reject pile.
"I don’t like somebody that’s not independent," she says. "... A friend used to have, he was just ... sometimes I felt like his mother." 
And clean man is the way to her heart.
"I don’t like anybody that’s not clean and looks nice and smells good."

Best thing about being with someone:
"Always having somebody around."

Worst thing about being with someone:
"Cleaning up after somebody. Even if it’s just something little, like washing extra dishes. When it’s just you, everything can be in place and they way you like it."