Blake+S’s+OpEd+Article


 * I Don't Get It.**

I don't understand girls at all. But what confuses me most is some of their decisions when searching for a boyfriend.

What makes the mean guys so attractive to some girls? What is it about dating a 'bad boy' that is so appealing? I ask myself this all the time. I find myself annoyed mostly, when I see nice girls go for (for the lack of a better term) douche bags, because I don't get what they feel someone so mean can do for them. It's frustrating.

Maybe it's the guys fault, really. But I just wish that the girls who go for the mean guy would respect themselves enough to see through it. I tweeted the picture I used for this post along with saying girls need to be careful before giving themselves to rude guys, and Natalie commented to me and said, "We don't. Nice guys change into mean guys a lot of the time." And I agree. She is right, they can and do. But what about the girls who go for him after he changes? Not all guys started off mean. If they did this wouldn't even be a topic for discussion because they would be girls' only option.

This whole thing might seem over-thought, but I really feel it's not. It's sad that some girls don't think of themselves highly enough to go for a decent guy. A guy who calls himself a gentleman isn't always one. As guys, when dating girls we should do our part to let them know someone cares for them, not make them think they don't deserve a nice guy. It could be that I feel that I respect girls and know there's a handful of good guys who do the same; are we supposed to just sit and listen to girls complain about how there's no good guys out there and let them say chivalry is dead? I always want to raise my hand and be like, "yeah, we're not dead".

I just wish people would have more decency. Nice guys shouldn't always have to finish last.