I have had a few relationships in my life, including one that I was very emotionally involved in, but they were all very short. They all (save one) ended when I found out more about the woman I was with than I wanted to know. The last year or two since my last relationship I have found myself getting pretty lonely (esp since I really never felt very connected in my last two relationships) and wanting to be in a relationship again. The problem is that I just am not interested in anyone I meet. I know that sounds wrong, but every girl I meet, I have a reason not to like or be attracted too. Mostly not for any bad thing they do, but they just plain old do not interest me at all. Not intelligent, no imagination, petty, interested in things I don't care about and not interested in anything I am, etc, etc. They few women I have met who I really liked were married. (and I like the sort of girls who would not cheat on their husbands, nor would I want to have a relationship with a married woman)

And it seems that after every relationship I am in, I am less and less attracted to people I meet. Honestly, 99% of the women I meet come off to me as either intellectually or ethically not up to the standard of what I would want in a wife. Am I just setting my standards too high? I am pretty flexible with a woman's appearance as long as she is the type I can respect and be attracted too, or who can at least intrigue me. The problem is that while I've met a lot of physically attractive and sexy women, all the women I meet are so bland in every other way that they really don't interest me.
They few women I have met who have attracted me on a level beyond that of physical attraction were mostly middle-aged (well beyond my age range) and mostly married. Aren't there any good, young women out there who care for more than petty things and are decently intelligent? Even the intelligent ones I meet seem to care only about the pettiest of things!

Do I lower my standards and get stuck with someone I cannot respect and like, or do I just keep looking potentially till I am middle-aged? Am I just a snob, or are most people today just not that attractive? (and I don't mean in a physical sense)