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Saturday, December 5, 2009
5 Types to Avoid in Relationships
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Last week we told you about 5 Types
to Avoid in Bed; here we present
5 types to avoid going steady with...
- The Umfriend: Someone who always
introduces you as an acquaintance of nebulous status, as in,
"This is my...um...friend." Your companion may suddenly
downgrade you from new girlfriend/boyfriend status to an umfriend
when they unexpectedly bump into a recent ex who is either
heartbroken-slash-psycho or someone your companion would like to
get back together with (sorry, sucker).
- The Method Dater: Someone who adopts
your personality traits and beliefs, in the process losing their
sense of self. It might seem flattering at first, until they morph
like a chameleon into a less convincing version of you, reminding
you of everything you hate about yourself.
- The Serial Dater: Someone who tries on
relationships like new outfits and handles breakups with eclat,
occasionally shedding a single tear if it seems right. They like
their monogamy in brief, intense bursts. They leave their baggage
at home. They like long walks on the beach, but
they’re not particularly picky who’s holding their hand by their
side -- it’s just nice to have company, ya know? So you never know
if they're really into you or just the idea of
you.
- The Commitment-phobe: A person who's
afraid of commitment, settling down (or just plain settling),
intimacy, monogamy, "attached strings," obligations,
ultimatums, or anything else that restricts their freedom to sleep
around without responsibility. We're know they're sexy as
hell, but the 100%-guaranteed break-up will hurt like hell.
- The Blogger. For the record, we're still
talking only about those bloggers who publish self-indulgent
diaries as a sort of poor man’s insta-therapy, replete with poor
spelling, gratuitous sexual minutiae, rants about exes, rants about
you, gushing over a new crush, "photos of me," more rants
about you, a blow-by-blow of last night’s fight, "a photo of
my new tattoo," and even more rants about you. Unless you
actually like the idea of your every niggling argument
being adjudicated by the masses.
For more dating terminology than you can shake a stick
out, check out our book Rec Sex: An A-Z Guide to Hooking
Up.
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Posted by pro singer Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:00pm PDT
Also avoid crackhead girls who say they went to rehab! also women who are addicted to cell phones.
they will always cheat on you. Right Pam ,Debbie,Connie
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Posted by Pistons Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:08pm PDT
These are all simple but for girls only....
Guys dont over think things this much, there are just different stages of clingy girls.
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Posted by Neve A Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:14pm PDT
this is probably coming form a person who can't keep a man or women has to post bs i have np problem datin g i hate when people think they know the what's what when the have no clue what they want themselves so they tell everyone else how or what to do.
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Posted by King Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:19pm PDT
Lets Just All Have Protected Sex With Each Other...Were All Doing That Anyways...;)
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Posted by King Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:19pm PDT
Lets Just All Have Protected Sex With Each Other...Were All Doing That Anyways...;)
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Posted by unconvinced Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:21pm PDT
No. 3 is a crock. I was what you would call a "serial dater" for 5 years, not because I wanted to be one, but because none of the women I dated were what I was looking for. When I found the right one, I didn't need to be a "serial dater" anymore. We've been married for 32 years now.
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Posted by Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:21pm PDT
All I can say this is, 99% of woman that are on-line are CRAZY. Not an uninformed comment, but one based on experience. Can't say that I'm perfect, but I am a totally normal guy, and I keep running into women on-line that have issues. Back to the bars. Any guy who is actually a catch and looking for a woman, pass on joining any dating web-sites.
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Posted by Alet Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:37pm PDT
Spell check! Does anybody edit/check these articles? If you are pretending to be expert on these subjects. At least edit/check them before posting.
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Posted by alonard Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:53pm PDT
Witnessing the lamenting grammatical and spelling capabilities in this article is truly a torture!
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Posted by brianinnh Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:06pm PDT
GET A LIFE ALL OF YOU!!!!! IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND RELATIONSHIPS THEN DON'T GET INTO ONE!! THESE BLOGGERS ARE MORONS LIKE YOU IF YOU ARE THE TYPE TO READ THEM!! AND **NO** THE CAPS LOCK IS NOT STUCK, I"M HOLDING IT DOWN DELIBERATELY!!!
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