What are some of the traits that guys consider "girlfriend material"?

As you said no one is perfect, but there are certain measurements that you will need to have in your ideal mate, believe me girl any man over here, there and every where looks for one thing only which is understanding. As long as there is understanding between me and my girl then I'll see the good things in her. I'll see her beauty and I'll feel her feelings, while all bad things in her will be unnoticeable.

No one ignore the look, education or culture and manners. But all these are nothing if there is no understanding and sharing between us. I know that such a thing won't show in a girl from the first time, but for me I give her the chance to show what she has and after a while I can tell if she is some one who knows and believes in understanding and sharing among couples. Then she can be my queen and who knows! May be for ever. Hope this answers your question :-)

Looks don't mean much to me in a serious relationship. I look for girls who are open with me, you know someone I can trust and someone who can trust me because I can't stand people who are shady and lie a lot. I look for girls who are intelligent and know what they want in life and in a relationship. I want a girl who would act the same with me when it's just us and when we're in public, not two faced and of course we have to have stuff in common. They have to come off to me as sincere and sure, and not joking or unsure all the time. And I look for a girl who isn't afraid to tell me what she's feeling. The biggest thing for me though is trust. If I'm with a girl who doesn't trust me or I can't trust then we're done

Aside from the obvious, she is beautiful and sexy, I look for things such as being able to carry a conversation, she has her own opinions - I very much dislike 'yes' women who think you'll please a guy by just being agreeable 100% of the time, she has a lot of respect for herself, she is independent, she is courteous - how does she interact with the server or other random people, I want to see that she is friendly and well mannered, she has a good relationship with her parents, she is compassionate towards others, she has dreams of her own - not the atypical, I want a white picket fence, four kids and a dog and my life is full filled, and she has to be spontaneous.

All of these traits tell me that a) she would make a great wive one day, b) great mother to my kids, c) and it would be someone who I would want to cherish for the rest of my life, grow old together, and spend every free waking moment to make her happy.

Can you explain more! what do you mean by girlfriend material!
thank you :-)