As a child, a popular game to play is "Would You Rather?" so I have a good one for you. Would you rather: have a guy just hit it and quit it? Or would you rather have one that took you out on dates, texted back and forth and then after hooking up twice -- you wake up and never hear from him again? It’s the boy that we call the bad boys, the ones we always say to stay away from but find us going for them. Do nice guys really finish last? Can guys who sleep around still be nice? Which one would you prefer? And how would you deal with it?
After contemplating for hours, I came to the conclusion that nice guys don’t finish last. We -- the girls -- love the chase and refuse to come to the terms of a guy not wanting us. We crave the attention from him and won’t rest until we get that. But if a guy is interested from the start, we are simply bored. I may not speak for all girls but I know a handful that would agree with me. There is something about the classic bad boy that has always made it appealing since we are little. Every boyband has one, every movie has one and every friend group has one. So brush up on those Nancy Drew detective skills and let’s figure out the mysterious drive that has us going.
The classic womanizer, John Mayer, has a track record that is off the Richter scale. His songs are all about love but when you decide to question it, you’ll realize one important thing: it would be easier to list the A-List celebrities he hasn’t been with. He’s the face of the one that we all think is a nice guy but turns out to be a player. Everyone wants him and everyone will probably get to score. He wears the jersey and refuses to hang it up anytime soon. That scoreboard is increasing but is his time really running out? As girls, we make it impossible for that to happen. We give him a reason to make us chase and continue the game. He’s hot and that’s all that matters, right?
Is there really a thing like a nice guy? Or is that all fairytales? Because if there is, I think it is all an act. Nice guys don’t finish last and if they do - it is just a girl settling for what we all want deep down: a lover, a best friend, a boyfriend. We all know she’d prefer to have the bad boy but she simply can’t get him to agree to it. Tired of rejection, she answers the fifth text the nice boy sends her asking if she’d want to get dinner and an ice cream. He shows up with roses, opens the car door of his grandfather’s station wagon, she’s the only girl he looks at and then pays for everything. Finally at 11 p.m., the curfew her father gave, he drops her off, kisses her forehead and says he had a great night. The next morning, he sends her a good morning text and the rest is history. But she won’t stay with him for long because the moment the bad boy texts her, she’ll ditch the nice guy for him.
