Introduction Studies conducted have shown that, people tend to prefer to have partners who are kind, trustworthy but with non dominant personality traits. However these studies did not clearly indicate to whom these traits were directed. They did not specify whether the kindness, trust, and non dominance were to be directed toward; oneself, other classes of people or both. This in essence is the main problem being addressed in this study. Main body The article’s background information though short, is concise and directly pin points the conclusion of past studies, identifies its short falls and ultimately states what needs to be done. The background information of the article details that, past studies found out that, people prefer to have extremely kind and trustworthy but non dominant mates. The information given on the background further pin points ambiguity in the past studies when it comes to the manner in which subjects interpret terms like “kind” and “dominant” with respect to the behavioral acts that exemplify these traits. Therefore, this information given on the background, justifies the question, “To who are this behavioral acts directed towards: oneself, other classes of people or both?” Data collection methods employed in this study involved identifying a sample population of enrolled undergraduates the researcher called “subjects”, 58 of who were women with a mean age of 18.9 years and 73 men with a mean age of 19 years. What then followed were an operational definition of trait constructs, for instance, Kindness could be taken to connote; affectionate, considerate, and generous and many others. Trustworthy could stand for: committed, dependable, devoted, just to mention. While, dominance stood for; aggressive, assertive, brave and many others. A survey was then conducted on the subjects where they were required to rate each trait term, that is kindness, trustworthy, and dominance. The ratings were for; first, the behavior the romantic partner would direct toward oneself, and second, the behavior the romantic ideal partner would direct toward other members of the ideal partner’s same sex. The ratings were on a seven point scale. The collected data was then analyzed in a mixed ANOVA with behavioral targets and trait entered as behavioral measures. The data collection and analysis techniques employed in this experiment very appropriate for this hypothesis because, the survey composed of the best sample group and captured all the test questions on the hypothesis. The results of the experiments conducted are as follows; first, there are differences in trait preferences across behavioral targets. Second, there are preferred personality profiles within each behavioral target category. Lastly, unspecified trait preferences are similar to self directed preferences. The above mentioned results are interpreted as follows; Mate preferences for personality traits differ with regard to who the behavioral acts were directed to. Both sexes therefore, preferred partners who were extremely kind and trustworthy when these behaviors are directed toward themselves or their friends and family rather than, to other class of individuals. Notably, both sexes preferred mates w