Chris Thagard
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Chris Thagard
Job Title: Customer Success Manager
Company: Clayton Homes
Hometown: Birmingham, AL
What makes someone instantly attractive to you beyond looks?
Beyond looks, it’s ambition. I’m attracted to people who are excited about chasing goals, doing something meaningful, and genuinely getting after life. Bonus points if you can casually say, ‘we should go somewhere this weekend,’ and actually mean it.
What’s more important: compatibility or chemistry?
Chemistry, easily. To me, chemistry is how naturally two people connect and how much they genuinely enjoy being around each other. Compatibility can sometimes feel like checking boxes on paper. I’ve met plenty of people who were ‘compatible’ but had zero spark, and plenty who made no sense together on paper but had incredible chemistry and made it work anyway.
Coffee date or dinner date?
Dinner Date
Talking or texting?
Texting all day while I’m in town. Talking on the phone when I’m traveling
Love at first sight, real or fake?
I believe in love at first sight, but if I’m being honest, the double take is what really gets me — that’s usually when I get caught smiling like an idiot.
