Five Men You Should Avoid Dating

The Mama’s Boy

Don’t get me wrong, it’s great that he’s close to his family.  But there’s a family bond and there’s an unhealthy clinging.  If he still lives at home (and is of a reasonable age to be living on his own), if he visits his mom more than twice a week, or if he talks to his mother on the phone longer than he talks to you, be worried. You will never live up to his standards.  His mother raised him, took care of him when he was sick with homemade soup and a kiss on the forehead, was there for him throughout his entire life.  He will never give up that unhealthy attachment to his mom, and you shouldn’t have to try to convince him he should.  Say things get serious between you two, despite his mother’s interference: Forget about moving away from his mother.  In fact, he may invite her to live with you when she gets older and less independent.  She will be an active participant in all decisions made between you and him, whether she’s around or not.  And if there is an argument, he will always side with his mother.  Your relationship will never be you and your boyfriend.  It will be you, your boyfriend, and his mom.

The Lazy Guy

This guy has never cleaned anything in his life.  Nor has he cooked, picked up his dirty socks, or held a job for more than two weeks.  Chances are, he was a mama’s boy in a former life and had all of these things done for him, which he now expects his new girlfriend to do.  If your duties resemble those of a mother’s instead of a girlfriend’s, you know you’re in trouble.  Why would this type of man be appealing, you ask?  Because it’s a female instinct to nurture and care for others.  We see an injured bird and we take it home, feed it every two hours, keep it warm, talk to it.  The lazy guy is our injured bird.  But worse.  This guy WILL NEVER do anything for himself as long as he has someone else who’s capable of doing it for him.  This is why you need to bail on this loser.  For his sake as well as your own.  Think of it as letting the injured bird, now healed and back in good health, fly back into nature where it must again fend for itself.

The Workaholic

This man is successful, classy, well-dressed and proper.  He only buys the finest, has a fabulous house in an exclusive neighborhood, and drives a Benz.  He’s well-educated, polite, and charming, but be wary.  If he’s wearing a Bluetooth device 24/7, only discusses business, and has to pencil you in for dates, he won’t make you happy.  His work will always come first.  If you have dreams of traveling, moving to another state, or pursuing any dream of your own, you will be sorely disappointed if you expect him to support you.  Nothing, not even you, is more important than his work.

The Womanizer

This man is gorgeous, popular, fun, and a great guy to hang out with.  He’s flirty, a fantastic lover, and excellent eye-candy.  Chances are, you met this guy at a party of a mutual friend.  He approaches you, all suave and debonair, buys you a drink, flirts and showers you with compliments.  He makes you feel like the most beautiful woman in the world.  Until, of course, you witness him play the same lines on another woman.  A good womanizer won’t make it obvious he’s cheating (yes, he will cheat!) and will try to conceal his women-on-the-side, but that doesn’t mean you can’t detect his infidelity.  He’ll get random phone calls from women that he’ll insist on taking, he’ll have increasingly pathetic excuses for being out all night, he may even call out another woman’s name during passionate love-making.  Take this as a hint.  This type of man will never be happy with one woman.  He’s easily bored and only wants to get laid.  He’s not worth your time.

The Body Builder

This man cares about his appearance.  He’s gorgeous, and he’s well aware of it, with a chiseled face and a body you can’t keep your hands off of.  And how did it get that way?  Yeah, the 9 hours a day he spends at the gym 5 days a week.  This is the type of guy who is obsessed with achieving 3.2% body fat and so spends all of his free time working out.  The rest of the time will be spent in front of the bathroom mirror, flexing his muscles and perfecting his tough-guy look.  You will never see him except when it’s advantageous to him.  There’s nothing this man loves more than a swooning woman hanging off his chiseled arm to complete his ultimate goal of being the most attractive, strongest, manliest guy around.