Mr. Nice Vs. Mr. Bad: A Chocolate and Salad Analogy

What is it with us women? How many times have the words “all the good ones are taken, gay, married” fallen out of our mouths in our uncompromising mission to unearth Mr Right? My question to you is; if we moan about the lack of good guys, why is it always the bad ones that draw us in?

I think I can speak for myself and at least 95% of my female friends when I say that it’s the good ones we need but the bad ones we want – and therein lies the predicament. We cast our nets far and wide in the hope that we will bag that one among the many that ticks all the appropriate boxes. When we draw the nets back in and see Mr nice, kind, sincere, trustworthy, gentle – we look on in quiet contemplation and think to ourselves; “BORING!”.

Then it happens, Mr charismatic, cool, aloof, dangerous, bad; is spotted across the room and like a moth to a flame, all reason and logic is thrown to the wind and in a split second of insanity we choose the path of inevitable heartbreak. WHY?

I think bad men are like chocolate; you love them, you want them and even though you know that the salad – the nice guy – is the healthier option, the chocolate always wins out. Ever heard of the expression “a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips”? Well I’m thinking “a moment on the lips, a lifetime of man-hating as the prat will inevitably break your heart”.

And so, Mr Nice bums out once again – not only do they miss the boat the first time round on account of their boring rating, a second bite of the cherry consists of a women who will make his life a misery due to the emotional baggage accumulated during her rendezvous with Mr Bad.

So ladies, chocolate or salad? Rich, intense, fleeting or boring, healthy and predictable? Think about it, but spare a thought for poor old Mr Nice Guy – anyone for a salad?