Girls, did you ever try to keep a good guy around?

[scooogy]

Just in case you might need someone after a breakup.

[HollyK21]

No, for several reasons. One, if he’s a good guy then why wouldn’t I be with him rather than put him on the back burner as a last resort? That just makes no sense. Two, keeping a “back up guy” would mean I anticipate things not working out with my boyfriend in the end, and going into a relationship with that mindset is just setting yourself up for failure. Three, you’d have to maintain some form of a romantic relationship with that person in order for them to be that sort of option in the future, and that’s crazily disrespectful to the current relationship.