No More Mr. Nice Guy

Jul 12, 2005 18:01

Permit me to be a bitch for a moment. I've been inspired.

Some thoughts on the myth of the 'Nice Guy' )

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sjo July 13 2005, 02:03:18 UTC
Thank you for the fine rant.

I feel obligated to add that even if a guy DOESN'T think he's gonna get laid, a little decent hygeine goes a long way. Criminy!

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karoshi April 19 2006, 13:38:53 UTC
That should just be a basic tenant of life.

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sjo April 19 2006, 13:44:38 UTC
It *should* be...

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ghd_iv_stylers June 26 2010, 05:19:09 UTC
You are the few people who wrote something about that, I like it.

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evcelt July 13 2005, 02:34:33 UTC
Permit me to be a bitch for a moment. I've been inspired.

Ah, but by what... or whom? That's the question...

Can't wait for the sequels.

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ladysprite July 13 2005, 03:15:25 UTC
Don't for the love of pete be Mr. Bad Touch. If she just squirmed over a few inches, it's not because she wants you to close the distance.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I may need to get this on a T-shirt. Or maybe tattoo it across my forehead. Then, perhaps people will realize that when I forcibly remove their hands from various non-public-access parts of my body, it's not because I want the thrilling experience of them putting their hands there *again.*

Hm, there's another distinction for you - nice guys, in my experience, tend to understand physical contact as an end of its own, instead of assuming that everything from hugging to handholding is a prelude to immediate sex....

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neko_no_kioku March 25 2006, 15:10:48 UTC
"instead of assuming that everything from hugging to handholding is a prelude to immediate sex"

Oi, ain't that the truth. If my arms and legs are crossed and I'm hunched over, that doesn't mean I want you to grab me and say you're just a cuddly guy. >_

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harper_knight March 28 2006, 06:13:23 UTC
nice guys, in my experience, tend to understand physical contact as an end of its own, instead of assuming that everything from hugging to handholding is a prelude to immediate sex....

That's because it IS. An end of it's own, that is. I know some of my friends are obsessed with sexs like that; I know that as a guy supposedly I'm meant to be the same, that whole 'think about sex every few seconds' thing... But I don't. I think about GIRLS every few seconds/always, but... sex is kinda not that important.

My friends would say I'm nuts. I dunno.

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ext_2578306 May 11 2014, 17:23:51 UTC
She was basically saying that. She meant "nice guys" understand physical contact as an end, not "NICE GUYS"

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tazira July 13 2005, 12:57:43 UTC
*Applause*

I'm tempted to post this to my own journal, with credit to you, but the many Nice Guys who alternate between pretending to be my friends and resenting and reviling me for not falling at their feet would be up in arms.

Then again, this might not be a bad thing.

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tearpixy March 29 2006, 10:58:24 UTC
I totally DID post it on my LJ. And I named names. I guess we'll see what happens!

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bobbyreddock October 9 2008, 16:49:24 UTC
You fall asleep held in the crook of their arms, or on their shoulders, clinging to their hair. The giant women feed you from their breasts-great sagging breasts as large as horses, with nipples as large as pitchers.

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badmagic July 13 2005, 14:49:06 UTC
Good rant! I'm keeping a link to this one.

The bit about "tend to befriend women in order to date them" caught my eye. Isn't there a "are we just hanging out or are we going to date" period in most relationships?

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kmusser July 13 2005, 15:56:50 UTC
Yes, mine all work out that way *grin*. I think the difference is one of intent. Is the friendship genuine or strictly a means to potential nookie? The Nice Guy (tm) will drop the friendship as soon as it's clear that no nookie is forthcoming.

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Dating partners should be >= friends, not != friends!! azurelunatic March 24 2006, 01:14:27 UTC
I do a weird thing where it's "are we going to be friends or are we going to get fed up with each other?"

I absolutely Do Not Get the thing where some guys will absolutely REFUSE to date women who they are already friends with. I hold with the idea that if someone won't make a good friend, they definitely won't be good to date, because after the new-relationship-energy wears off, I won't be able to stand them. (Been there, done that, gave away the ring.)

Some of my worst dating disasters ever have been the ones where I was attracted to someone, jumped right in, and then figured out that they made a really lousy friend, let alone SO.

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Re: Dating partners should be >= friends, not != friends!! elanthoras March 25 2006, 18:59:25 UTC
I absolutely Do Not Get the thing where some guys will absolutely REFUSE to date women who they are already friends withSpeaking as one of those guys, there is a certain point I get to with my friends where I can't see them as a romantic interest. Or, rather, the thought of something more than what we have is kind of frightening, in the sense that there's always the fear that something is going to get screwed up and awkward. Added to that is a level of comfort I have when I'm with people that I don't have any romantic interest in ( ... )

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