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The Five Types of Mr. Rights
Mr. Right Now

From Jessica Stevenson, About.com Guide

A Special Feature from Teen Advice Love Lady,
Tina Kells

Mr. Right Now

He fits perfectly in to your life right now but whether or not he’ll work in the future is up in the air. This is the guy who is a great steady Saturday night date, who never really asks much of you and yet is always there for you and whom you’re pretty sure you’ll break up with when you; a)go away to college, b)start your first real job, c)move out of your parents place and get your own first apartment, d)find somebody more exciting or e)all of the above. While you enjoy his company you just can’t shake the feeling that there is somebody else out there more suited to you. This guy just doesn’t make your heart race when you see him. He doesn’t excite you in the way you think a true love should and that is not good. Yet he is good to you, he does help you fill empty time, and you genuinely care for him. Frankly, this guy is a good friend whom you also date and the danger in letting this type of relationship go on too long is that you really do risk losing a friend. So is it possible for Mr. Right Now to morph in to Mr. Right? Absolutely! But you need to want it to happen. You need to stop wondering about the guys you’re missing out on by being with him. You need to start envisioning him in new ways; a)as part of your life when you go away to college, b)as your steady lunch date when you start that first big job, c)as the person with the spare keys to your first apartment, d)as the most exciting guy you’ve ever known, and e)as all of the above. The beautiful thing about Mr. Right Now is that he often already thinks he is your Mr. Right so the only person making an adjustment will be you. If you think it’s an adjustment worth making then go for it, this is one guy who won’t ever let you down.

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