I never said the woman can't make decisions, but I need someone who is strong when I am weak and vice versa. I need to feel protected and know if I couldn't make a decision he would intervene and give the final say. It takes me a while to make up my mind as I always change it. I love a person who challenges me because it makes me stronger and gives me an ability to stand up for myself, which is not an easy thing for me to do. I don't want a controlling man, but I do want someone who knows what he wants and knows how to get it. Would the marriage be a partnership? Of course, but as God created marriage he would be head of the home. I hope this made more sense
Okay, you're looking for a biblical head of the household.
You don't need someone who runs into harms way to find that. And you'd be surprised how tough some guys can be. Although not a lot of them apparently - I think churches have a nasty habit of turning out neutered guys who make Christianity look boring.
When you say you're looking for a dominant man, that's a different personality entirely than you're describing here. I work in a field
filled with driven men who know exactly what they want and how to get it. Not all of them are dominant, and out of the ones that are, many of them are probably the ones I would be least interested in dating (let alone marrying) were I a woman.
Find a guy who's himself, and make sure he's actually a Christian. A guy like that is more than capable of dragging others across the finish line when need be, and is a lot more fun to be around when the situation doesn't call for being as serious as a heart attack. Heck, I know of more than a few guys who meet those criteria who are also quite capable of physically defending a woman against attack. Though most of them are on CC - not a lot of guys my age in my church. Not a lot of guys period - I see a lot of women with their kids and no man accompanying them.
If a guy doesn't go to church on his own... that's probably a deal breaker.