Are You a Real Man or Just a “Nice Guy”?
For the first 20 years of my life, my relationships fell into
a similar pattern. I’d start dating a girl, we’d be amazing together, and next
thing you know, I’m single again.
When I entered a long-term relationship during college, I
thought she was the one. Two years later she broke it off and I spent months
pissed off about how it was all her fault.
What kind of person would leave a man who treated her so
well? Who would be so heartless to throw two years away just like that? I was
so good to her and this is what I get in return?
I eventually found the book No More Mr. Nice Guy and realized I had
been lying to myself for years. I was anything but nice in my
relationships. I was emotionally manipulative, insecure, and a downright
asshole.
The truth is that most “nice guys” don’t think they’re doing
anything wrong. For years they struggle to attract women and when they finally
date one, they end up losing her down the line. They either keep following this
path of frustration or do a 1…