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The One Date Wonder

I’ve organized men into 3 categories. Based upon my own personal experience, there is The Sappy Romantic Guy, The Player, and The Potential.

THE SAPPY ROMANTIC GUY. He is probably my best friend. He meets a girl to fall in love if he hasn’t already just by seeing her. He more than likely wants to get married, have candlelight dinners and bring you flowers for no apparent reason. He believes in soul mates and wants to cuddle. As a friend, you have to remind him that he is still a good guy, and that there is some hope for him. As a boyfriend, this is NOT my type of guy. He is oftentimes clingy, too mushy (yes, even for a woman!) and can eventually become extremely annoying. He cries alongside you with tissues when watching Steel Magnolias. This type of guy scares me the most, because his over the top romantic notions are impressive to start but it overshadows his ability to keep up with his man responsibilities like fixing the dishwasher (if he even owns any tools at all). He sends you 1,000 texts a day to say “I LOVE YOU,” and you soon realize you’d rather be alone and you end up breaking up, because the true meaning why you fell in love with this guy got lost and now you’re dreading seeing him rather than looking forward to him. You’re like that cat getting away from Pepe Le Pew. When you finally breakup, he gets overemotional and stalker-ish and begging to talk, asking to hold you “one last time……”. DON’T BE THAT GUY

THE PLAYER. This is by far my favorite. He is equisite, takes care of himself, knows what he wants and knows what he can get. He is charming, personable, charismatic and doesn’t have time to bull shit. A true breath of fresh air after The Sappy Romantic. The confidence lures me, but his lack of intelligence doesn’t keep me. Deep analytical conversations are NOT his forte. He tends to have opinions on the different name brand clothing but not the dwindeling economy or the strength of his financial future. You keep him close but just the right distance that he doesn’t annoy you completely. This has its advantages. When he’s around, you’ve got his full attention. It’s good times. You’re laughing, you’re active. You feel spontaneous and completely desired. He does well at making you feel good about yourself. He is low maintenance because just by YOU being with HIM, it feeds his ego. He can tell his friends whatever he wants. He looks good by you doing nothing. Just about the time that he calls you up, because lets face it, this is NOT a commitment type of guy….you’re probably just about ready for him too ;) It’s disadvantages is that he gets old fast and the sex probably isn’t all that great anyway but it works because it’s nice to be touched. Believe in something, stand for something. Don’t be superficial and weak. DON’T BE THAT GUY

THE POTENTIAL. This guy has all the right moves of The Player but exceeds The Player type of guy because The Potential is genuinely good at EVERYTHING. It’s not a show, it’s the real deal. Everyone loves him. There is not anything that he CAN’T do. He’s from a good family, has a good job, well-educated and is on the right track to accomplish anything. You want to be around him because who wouldn’t?!!? Unfortunately his downside is that with all that goodness and all that drive, he is a confused guy. This guy is a high risk. Although a deeply rooted good guy, he doesn’t live up to his full potential. He says he loves you, but you question if he’s just going through the motions, or truly mean it. He has the potential to be a great father but doesn’t desire kids. He calls you his girlfriend for 10 years because he’s scared of calling you “wife.” He has the ability to go forward in his career but stays where he’s at for fear of change. He doesn’t let you move in, because he’s afraid you’ll change his leopard print boxers with whitey tighties. He doesn’t mean to drag you along, but that’s what he’s doing. You believe in him, but he doesn’t believe in himself. DON’T’ BE THAT GUY.

Which one have you had?