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Mr. Right for Nobody

From Jessica Stevenson, About.com Guide

A Special Feature from Teen Advice Love Lady,
Tina Kells

Mr. Right for Nobody

In every girl’s life there is that one guy who really messes you up. He fills you with so much passion you think you may explode. You can’t get him off of your mind. You want to see him all the time. You want to be with him all the time. You want to know where he is at all times. If you could become one with him, you would. Problem is… you’re not the only girl that feels that way for him and more often than not, you and these other girls are in direct competition with one another. Enter the player. He is smooth, he is attractive and he knows exactly what to say to get girls to do exactly what he wants. All too often girls mistake this guy for Mr. Right. He just brings on that kind of instant attachment in the girls that he meets. When girls talk about this guy they often start out with some variation of, “I knew he was bad for me, but I just couldn’t help myself!” This is the guy who gives life to your inner stalker. He makes you act crazy, in a bad way, and in ways you never thought possible. You check his text messages when he’s not looking, you hack in to his voicemail at least five times a day, you know his daily routine by heart and you can read his hotmail whenever you want because you paid a computer nerd in your class to get his password and to alert you whenever he changes it. You act like a possessive freak when this guy is in your life because you know in your heart of hearts that he can’t be trusted. Yet, you want him. You want to change him. You want to be that one girl that makes him tame his wild ways and settle down. Wake up! It won’t happen. This guy does a great Mr. Right imitation but his wandering soul means that he’ll never really be right for anybody. He’s all about stroking his own ego and girls are just a means to this end. This guy can’t be trusted with your heart, he can’t even be trusted with your best friend, and you need to get out before it is too late. The problem with a Mr. Right for Nobody is that too many girls give in to the passion, it becomes an addiction, and they keep the guy in their life no matter how much he proves his unworthiness. These girls end up self-destructing while Mr. Right for Nobody checks out that cute chick walking down the street. Think it won’t happen to you because you’re too smart, too pretty, too together or too popular? Then you need a reality check. Case in point, Britney Spears and K-Fed… Enough said!

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