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that horrible thing about being a nice guy
I used to spend a lot of time thinking about "Nice Guy Syndrome." It's that horrible condition some guys (like me) get where you have lots of really cute female friends who would never even think of dating you and usually if the subject comes up, the phrase "nice guy" is used to describe you. More telling, though, is the frequency with which your female friends say things like "guys suck!" in front of you, pause, look at you, and say, "oh, i didn't mean you, though." Then, of course, they keep dating jerks or dipshits or whoever is wrong for them.
It occured to me this week sometime... maybe it was on my way out of the building at the end of the day on Friday... among my friends, there are more than a few cute female friends (no surprise there, but here comes the interesting part) who are married to guys that I really respect and want to be more like. Sometimes, even, I can see traces of myself in what these guys tell of their past--hints that maybe one day I actually could become like them, hints that more importantly maybe one day I will actually land one of these beautiful smart sharp women after whom I lust so strongly.
So, even if the hot physics teacher is still so totally married and her history teacher husband is still such a great guy that I can't harbor even the slightest malice toward him over his luck at having her, I can take comfort in the idea that there really is possibility in my future.