Matt's Manifesto
Nice Guys Finish Last
Ever since my introduction to this planet, I have been led to believe that a good personality and a kind heart would get me everywhere in life. Unfortunately, that is simply not that case. Any time I meet a girl, she seems to tell me all about how my gender generally consists of stupid, pig headed, lying, selfish, players. I, on the other hand, respect women and girls usually tell me that I am kind, funny, fairly intelligent, caring, and sweet. However, it is common knowledge that I am not exactly a big guy; I am fairly short and rather slim.
With that in mind, all logic (and fairy-tales) would tell me that most girls would love to meet a guy like me, at least that is what I hear time and time again from my friends, family, and of course television shows or movies. However, no girl actually wants to date a “nice guy” like me, they only want “nice guys” as friends. Meanwhile, the good girls get their hearts broken again and again by typical mean jerk guys with big muscles and tattoos. WHY? Because they are “bad boys” and I am a “nice guy”. No girl wants to date a “nice guy,” they may want to marry one someday, but for now they only want to date the “bad boys.”
This is exactly backwards from everything I have ever learned. Fairy-tales, television, movies, books, friends, family members, they have all always told me that the geek (“nice guy”) gets the girl, but unfortunately this is simply a lie. All of the good girls are reserved for tough-guy jerks, and all of us nice guys may as well apply for full-time jobs as “WELCOME” mats because we just end up getting walked all over anyways so we may as well get paid for it.
Ever since my introduction to this planet, I have been led to believe that a good personality and a kind heart would get me everywhere in life. Unfortunately, that is simply not that case. Any time I meet a girl, she seems to tell me all about how my gender generally consists of stupid, pig headed, lying, selfish, players. I, on the other hand, respect women and girls usually tell me that I am kind, funny, fairly intelligent, caring, and sweet. However, it is common knowledge that I am not exactly a big guy; I am fairly short and rather slim.
With that in mind, all logic (and fairy-tales) would tell me that most girls would love to meet a guy like me, at least that is what I hear time and time again from my friends, family, and of course television shows or movies. However, no girl actually wants to date a “nice guy” like me, they only want “nice guys” as friends. Meanwhile, the good girls get their hearts broken again and again by typical mean jerk guys with big muscles and tattoos. WHY? Because they are “bad boys” and I am a “nice guy”. No girl wants to date a “nice guy,” they may want to marry one someday, but for now they only want to date the “bad boys.”
This is exactly backwards from everything I have ever learned. Fairy-tales, television, movies, books, friends, family members, they have all always told me that the geek (“nice guy”) gets the girl, but unfortunately this is simply a lie. All of the good girls are reserved for tough-guy jerks, and all of us nice guys may as well apply for full-time jobs as “WELCOME” mats because we just end up getting walked all over anyways so we may as well get paid for it.