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The Five Types of Mr. Rights
Mr. Right for Somebody Else

From Teen Advice Love Lady, Tina Kells, for About.com

A Special Feature from Teen Advice Love Lady,
Tina Kells

Mr. Right for Somebody Else

This is the guy who is perfect on paper but just doesn’t float your boat. He could be an ex, a good friend, a mere acquaintance or a fizzled first date, but however you know him, you know without doubt that he’s not right for you. Yet, there is a real possibility that he could be right for one of your friends… Wait! If this guy is so great why would you just give him away? Look closer, couldn’t he be your Mr. Right or your Mr. Right Someday? At the very least, maybe he could be a Mr. Right Now? Nope. Sorry. The reason you can’t make Mr. Right for Somebody Else right for you is simple; there is no attraction between you. With Mr. Right Now there is at least an attraction and with Mr. Right Someday and Mr. Right attraction is a given, but Mr. Right for Somebody Else just does nothing for you. This is why you can’t make him anything else no matter how much you may want to. He may be dashing, intelligent, well educated, well groomed with a very promising career and money in the bank and if there is no attraction between you, or if he wants you and you don’t want him, you have to cut him loose. You must throw him back in the sea for another girl to catch. It is the only right thing to do. After all, how would you like it if some other girl held on to your Mr. Right when she knew they had no spark just because he is so great in all other respects? Right! You wouldn’t like it. So as much as it may pain you to throw back a perfectly good guy just because there is no chemistry know that it is your only choice. You can’t force true love and if you try to make it happen with this guy you’ll just end up cheating yourself, and some other girl, out of ever finding it for real. Don’t worry, there are plenty of fish in the sea and as long as girls keep dutifully throwing back the Mr. Right for Somebody Elses that they meet eventually you’ll make your catch!

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