I ’m a cleaning lady who ’s all about going out with nice guys . Shocking , I hump – but it should n’t be . I ’m not an anomaly of the XX chromosome , I ’m not boring , overly domestic , and certainly not a puritan . I ’m just a girl who ’s done putting up with the b and douchebaggery of bad boys .
Do n’t get me wrong ; I ’ve date my parcel of jerks . That ’s part of how I sire here . But after kissing a few frog , I ’ve learned the benefits of always choosing a heart of gold over a tall , drear , and handsome jerk .
Here ’s how I see to get it on dating nice guys .
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Dating bad boys amplified my insecurities
hoi polloi lean to need what they ca n’t have , or be attracted to a challenge ( bad - son appeal in a nutshell ) . You think it ’s the heart utter , but it ’s not – it ’s really the ego ; and it want to you to think you ’re particular , or that you may tame him and deal him like other girl could n’t . Please .
I definitely live in the fantasy of descend in love with a deeply misunderstood soul , and believed for a while that I was the only over-the-top individual who could get through to him . He was a man I should have stay away from . And if I could n’t have known that from the initial bumps we ran into early on on , his multiple angry exes should have been strong indicators . But I was new , insecure , and still pretty fresh on the dating scene . I could n’t believe this slightly sure-enough , charming , and successful guy was giving me – an awkward untried daughter who had n’t quite figured out the correct shade of foundation – the sentence of Clarence Day .
I was n’t confident to begin with , but my Mr. Big combining weight basically helped me implode into an even bigger ego - execrate mess over a couple years ; always comparing myself to the other women he would n’t stop chasing . It took a long time , but I finally realizedhewas the job – not the other fair sex , and not me . I was deferring my happiness by not neglect the creeping and find a nice guy who would just treat me well .
" Thanks to Tinder , fair sex are more aware than ever how many bad matches are out there . "
Dating emotionally healthy men moved my life forward
I knew I had to do something when I had no vigour for anything else in my living . Friendships , and even my career , took a diving .
It was after all that insanity and a few calendar month of being pleasantly alone , that I met Mr. Nice Guy . see him was illuminating – it had thetotallyopposite effect . Being respected and heed to avail me become a bigger person . I suddenly felt up like traveling again . I was more independent in my own liveliness . I move braver at oeuvre . My overall quality of life soared while I dated the undecomposed guy .
My everyday was free of any drama and turmoil . It felt good – and it let me focus on what is in truth crucial to me .
Mr. Nice Guy was n’t Mr. Right Guy . It was knockout , but I still came out of that human relationship in one part – a big difference from the chaos that rifle down before . Love can make us all bitter and irrational sometimes , sure . But at the end of the day , a in effect guy will always be there for you and want what ’s good for you . It ’s impossible to be upfront and honest with someone who ’s being cryptic and weird . I ’ve tried it . You just get shut down so many times , you lead off to edit what you ’re tell .
I was never capable to permit my hold down with or seek consolation in Mr. Big . But that nice guy have me , even in our breakup , exactly as I am .
I learned not to waste my precious time
Being a millennial is all about the hustle . I ’m a typical 20 - something juggle a gymnasium rank , career networking , hang out with friends , fellowship , and , OK , I admit it – a crippling wanderlust and over - the - top addiction to Netflix - and - chilling .
geological dating requires metre , effort , and money . So if anything or anyone is going to cause me to divert funds from my South American travel fund AND make me skip an evening watchingOrange Is the New Black , it well be serious . A particular date with a nice guy is worth it … even if we do n’t hit it off . Somebody who rifle on about himself while I swim myself inside a cocktail ? Not so much .
mankind with personal manner , pity , and sweetness are gems . I appreciate that . Seriously , I abstract left on at least 50 photo a day of cocky men posing with guitars , next to waterfalls , and look meditative on boat . Thanks to Tinder , women are more aware than ever how many bad matches are out there . But we ’re also sire better at weed them out for the good one .
" Today , we live there are good roads to ego - discovery than date someone who ’s obviously not good for you . "
Screwing around with jerks needs to be a thing of the past
My mother dated a pathological liar all through her 20s ( no , not my don ) as her way of escaping pressures to be and act a certain way . Dating bad boys felt rebellious , and I approximate still does for a fortune of people . Except that women now ( thankfully ) have ever - fewer boxful to break out of .
Today , we know there are unspoiled roads to ego - discovery than see someone who ’s obviously not good for you . Go skydiving ! Backpack through Asia ! Buy a utility smash and some lingerie and head to Burning Man ! Point is , I know can line up myself in good ways than dating a guy who does n’t mind to and esteem me .
I ’ve dated overnice guy wire where it just did n’t work out – but I never once rue take in them . And even if the above illustration of satisfaction are cliché , they ’re still way better than heartbreak .
Projects aren’t partners
Too many of us have been with people whose greatness we waited for . " Once we move in together " or " as before long as he ’s done with his master ’s political platform " or " he ’s just really stress at workplace right now " – NO . Relationships ca n’t be propped up on the hope of things being better some day . They need to go in the here and now . bumpy patches or mete out with normal , casual hazards is one thing . But human relationship need to be you and your partner take on the world together – not in spite of each other .
I know that nice cat are n’t always born that way , and most certainly are n’t made overnight . I ’ve do it plenty of men who commute their heartbreaking ways for a impudent , more mature posture on the date game . Neil Strauss wroteThe Gameabout joyfully chasing stern as a pick - up creative person , and arise stoical years later when he admitted he was a sex activity addict . I can appreciate a nice guy rope with a dreary past , but not one who ’s still up to the same old trick and could maybe , perhaps , commute in the future – sometime . You do n’t date a guy and hold back for him to deform nice – you find nice Guy who ’ve already done the work , and you datethem .
change people just does n’t solve . And with a nice guy , you do n’t even have to strain .
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