/end thread1st choice? I never got that. I don't have a first choice. People I'm not with, it's for a reason. "Oh I really love him we could work if only _______." That blank makes me not want them. They aren't for me.
I wouldn't settle either. I'm not going to be with someone just because. I"m perfectly happy being single if I happen to be. If I'm with you I really want to be.
Besides thinking it over, I would be the main one cutting people off