Doing what you need to do to protect yourself, even from yourself sometimes, isn't shallow.
It's how you thrive in life. We all need a niche and a safe space. A partner needs to know how to be that and a date needs to be figuring it out instead of being flippant.
I think that statement of his about "shallow" criteria will go down as today's dumbest dumb ass thing some dude said.
Fucking hell. Darwin award winner.