Why "good guys" like "bad girls"?

Anonymous

Before I start, I don't want to say that every "bad girl" is a bad person. Just that they fit into some kind of behaviour stereotype. Nor that "good guys" are actually good. It is also a stereotype and some are more toxic than the so-called "bad guys".

A few months ago, I found myself in a strange, 3-month long, friendship/quasi-dating relation with a girl that fitted the stereotype: she was chaotic, sarcastic, nearly alcoholic, with a lot of sexual experience and highly manipulative. She never took advatange of me, but she knew how to press the right buttons to keep me around.

I knew from the start that she was a heartbreaker for sure, but still I found myself crazy about that wild beast and courted her in every possible way. In the end, after a few insane (and fun, I must admit) dates, she rejected my advances and I distanced myself, though we still consider each other as friends.

By the way, I fit into the "good guy" steryotype. I am a bit shy around girls and try to be super sweet around them.

Even a few months later, I still miss her around enormously. It is like that my brain processes that alcool-and sex-addicted monster as the fairest, sweetest maiden ever. Why the hell I like her?

Why "good guys" like "bad girls"?
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