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Doesn't Have to Mean Neglected (page 1
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Related
Links:
- BunnyApe
- Susan K. Perry, Ph. D.’s Web site- Information
about Dr. Perry and her husband’s work and recent publications.
- Revenge
Productions - Author Daylle Deanna
Schwartz’s Web site- Information about some of her recent
publications.
- Heartless
Bitches International - A
somewhat scary place for nice guys, but it does hold some very
useful information.
- Love
Lessons from Bad Breakups - Information
about Sherry Amatenstein’s Book, Love Lessons from
Bad Breakups.
- The
Q&A Dating Book - Information about
Sherry Amatenstein’s Book, The Q&A Dating Book.
Other
Stories in Lifestyles:
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Patrick Dresh
Lifestyles Editor
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“'Also,
not only does insecurity make you unattractive, it makes you
a target. " |
Definitional
Dilemmas
You never argue with her. You always let her decide how to spend your
time together. You pull out chairs, you open doors, and you do everything
that you’ve been told a ‘nice guy’ is supposed to
do. Yet in the end, things just don’t work out. The reason for
this is given in the phrase: “I’m sorry, but you’re
just too nice.”
Hold on. Too nice? How
is that possible? You’d think that the nicer the better right?
Well, if you really look at it, it makes sense. As relationship
counselor and author of “Men Are Jerks Until Proven Otherwise,”
Daylle D. Schwartz points out, there is a different between ‘nice’
and ‘doormat’ or ‘icky’ nice. “People
like this,” continues Schwartz, are “just too needy”
and “ready to give themselves away to anyone of interest that
comes along.” Basically it comes down to the fact “some
people just don’t respect themselves and it’s hard to
be attracted to that.” As Isadora Alman, author of the “Ask
Isadora” relationship column of The Village Voice, said in
response to a “nice guys finish last” letter, you don’t
have to “act like an asshole” you just have to realize
that “self-confidence is an attractive quality.” Also,
not only does insecurity make you unattractive, it makes you a target.
According to a rant posted on the Heartless Bitches International
Web site (a scary place indeed for the nice guys of the world, yet
still full of surprisingly relevant information) insecurity is “a
big red-target for the predators of the world…looking for
a sucker to take advantage of” (www.heartless-bitches.com).
The best answer
to dealing with insecurities again comes from Daylle Schwartz who
basically says “get a life.” Now hold on, it’s
not what you think. Schwartz is simply saying that you need to find
a life of your own and not always “make the person you are
attracted to your life.” In other words, pay attention to
your woman, but try not to plan every minute of your day around
her. Do the things that interest you; have some fun on your own
terms. If you’re out of the house more, then the woman you
are interested in will see that you are capable of finding things
to do without her. This will take a lot of pressure off the situation.
The woman in question won’t feel guilty spending some time
with her friends. She’ll see that you’re secure enough
in the relationship to spend time away from her. Not spending every
day together will make the times you do see her better as a whole.
Hey, if nothing else getting out and about will give you a different
answer to “what did you do today” other then the staple
“I tried to call you but you must have been out.”
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Patrick
Dresh, a junior journalism/professional writing major, is also the lifestyles section editor for
the current edition of unbound. Dresh's professional writing interests include young-adult psychology,
relationship psychology, and current Type 1 diabetes research. His other interests include short story
writing, illustration, and live-theatre performance. |
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