This post was inspired after talking to a friend who has been used and abused by asshole after asshole. Yet, when given the opportunity to snag a genuinely sweet guy she feels bored and bitchy. She is too nice for the assholes and too mean for the nice guys. She is a genuine and loving person, but she has also got opinions and a backbone. Her heart constantly gets trampled on; however, she has frequently and unintentionally trampled the hearts of others.
She is the modern day Goldilocks: not too mean, yet not too nice - so why can’t she find someone who is just right?
In conversing with my currently single female friends, I see this same situation duplicated everywhere. It appears most of us are wandering around testing out different beds, yet none of them are just right. (Insert hilarious pun about “too hard or too soft” here.) The guys out there are either grossly impertinent or cloyingly affectionate. Where is the middleman?
Tangent about Goldilocks: how great would it be if we could date like her? You’d walk into a house of three bachelors, test out the meal they’ve each cooked for you, size them up based on their taste of furniture, and then go have a nap! If that’s not an ideal date I don’t know what is!
In addition to wondering where the middleman is, I find myself pondering who he is: What would he, characteristically, look like? Is he a combination asshole-sweetheart, the golden-doodle of man (heh heh), a hybrid that takes the best attributes of a selfish prick (surprisingly there are some) and merges them with romance and sincerity? Is this even possible or is it too contradicting to be feasible?
It seems to me like there is only one solution: The bitchy women should pair up with the assholes and the too-nice nice guys should date the female pushovers. This way the assholes can get a taste of their own medicine, the pushovers will be treated kindly, and the only guys left will be just right for Goldilocks’ picking!
Okay, maybe sorting people into one of three categories is a little restraining and unrealistic, but it was worth a try. I guess the only true way to find Mr. Just Right is to do some Goldilocks-style research. Test each guy out and if he’s anything other than just what suits your needs and tastes you might as well kick him to the curb!
In ending this post, I do have to ask: If we found this just right middleman would we be satisfied or would we nit-pick until we could place him in one category or the other?
