Maybe you were content to snuggle up next to any old warm body when it was too cold to go outside this winter, but you haven't worn your Stay Puft coat in days, maybe weeks even, and there's no excuse not to store away your lame ass boyfriend as well. Last week the Daily News featured an article about the guys to ditch this spring. They included, in no particular order, the wooer, otherwise known as the guy that goes out of his way to impress you yet you have zero chemistry with, the sex object (i.e. f$#k buddy), and the ubiquitous couch potato (whom you may or may not be married to), the guy who is more interested in playing video games than uh, playing you. In the spirit of spring cleaning, we thought of some other "types" you might consider showing the door. Worst case scenario? You can probably get him back in time for fall.:
There's something about this guy that screams "playa," but he seems devoted to you, and he's left behind his philandering ways, right? But don't count on it. Once a playa always a playa, and when things get stale, this guy will be riding off to court side seats with some pretty young thing that ain't you. Beat him at his own game and drop that ball(er).
The man with mommy issues
When it comes to the man with mommy issues, you'll never measure up to dear old mum. I mean, how can you compare to the woman who breast fed him? But here, an even more important question: Do you really want to spend every vacation with your mother-in-law? Unless she's like on of those "cool" moms that was a hippie back in the day or whatever, uh, nope. Stick with this guy and you'll be saying Aloha, Mrs. So and So.
The pretty boy
My gorgeous, older cousin once gave me the advice, "Never date anyone better looking than you." For her, that's easy, and obviously, it's a very subjective matter. But I think all of us know what it's like to go out with "the guy who takes longer to get ready than you do." You're better off leaving this dude alone with his favorite person, himself.
This is the smug guy who has all the right answers, graciously forgives your many sins and errors, yet is prone to the Unsolicited Disapproving Lecture. Making mistakes is part of life. Who wants a best friend and lover who constantly reminds you that you're not, and never will be perfect, yet holds you up to impossibly high standards? Better to have a guy who can laugh at you for drinking too much at a party that one (or eight times), as opposed to a man who insists on hauling you off to rehab. Sheesh, the pressure.
The green eyed monster
A little jealousy here and there never hurt anyone. I've actually seen women use it as a yard stick to measure how much their guy cares about them (a poor tool of judgment, if you ask me). But the man who freaks the eff out when he sees you talking to another member of the opposite sex is nothing but a pain in the ass. Even scarier is the guy who is so over-protective that he complains about the time you spend with your friends and family to the point where you actually find yourself hanging out with them less. Because that kind of, to borrow therapist speak, "isolating," is generally the first move on the potentially abusive partner's list of ways to screw up your life.
Can you think of any I missed? Sure ya can...
