A word for someone who never had a mate because he/she has a high standard

Is there any better word than picky?


How about romantic (or relational) perfectionist?

They developed the Multidimensional Romantic Perfectionism Questionnaire (MRPQ), to assess seven aspects of romantic perfectionism [...] (7) prescribed romantic perfectionism for one's partner (i. e., the tendency to have rigid, inflexible standards for one's own romantic partner).

"The Effects of Romantic Perfectionism on Disclosure in Romantic Relationships," Dustin P. Bailey William E. Snell, Jr.


fastidious might fit in that description

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fastidious


You might consider "particular" as in "She's very particular about prospective mates."

From The Free Online Dictionary:

particular [pəˈtɪkjʊlə] adj ... 4. exacting or difficult to please, esp in details; fussy

If that's not strong enough, you could use over-particular.