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As men, we play different roles in our life: friend, brother, co-worker, neighbour, etc.\u00a0But,\u00a0some\u00a0roles take on a toxic life of their own, especially when they\u00a0cross boundaries into your relationships and into\u00a0the world of getting the girl.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There are seven roles that guys\u00a0often (and sometimes unknowingly) adopt those sabotage relationships with the women they love.<\/p>\n
In moderation, these roles are like wine \u2014 \u00a0fine\u00a0and, sometimes, even healthy.\u00a0But when these roles become a man\u2019s entire persona, the relationship turns into a giant headache of a union that leaves both parties swearing off dating for good.<\/p>\n
The trick to being a well-rounded, emotionally available man is to pick and choose the best qualities from each role to fully support the emotional needs of your woman.<\/p>\n
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The seven types of men who make relationships miserable for women:<\/p>\n
1. The Father<\/strong><\/p>\n Sometimes\u00a0referred to as \u2018Daddy\u2019, the man who fills the Father role offers support, safety, and security, all things that go along with an actual father\u2019s providing nature.<\/p>\n A woman finds this attractive because\u00a0it makes her feel safe and reassured. Sounds healthy? Well, so does apple pie.\u00a0<\/p>\n In reality, the Father doesn\u2019t see his partner as an equal; he sees her as someone who fills the role of a daughter, as someone he needs to parent. When she is wrong, he scolds her or dominates her,\u00a0for instance.<\/p>\n What this eventually creates is a dynamic where the woman rebels and does things just to spite her man, because that\u2019s what happens if\u00a0you treat someone like a child;\u00a0they\u00a0start acting like one.\u00a0<\/p>\n 2. The Bad Boy<\/strong><\/p>\n If every romantic comedy has taught us one thing, it\u2019s that some women always do go for the Bad Boy.<\/p>\n He\u2019s exciting, he\u2019s daring, he\u2019s adventurous, he often comes with a motorcycle (or at least a leather jacket).<\/p>\n He\u2019s attractive because he\u2019s not trying to please anyone; he\u2019s simply being who he is, and this type of honesty is something many people seek in a relationship. But the Bad Boy is certainly not all good.<\/p>\n The downside to him is that a woman can never truly trust the Bad Boy.<\/p>\n He\u2019s honest, yes, but he\u2019s only true to himself and\u00a0out for what he wants (in other words, he\u2019s selfish). This means that if he wants to sleep with another girl, or fifty, he\u2019ll have no qualms about doing so.<\/p>\n After all, it\u2019s his way or the highway,\u00a0and women know\u00a0this and, for that reason, they only see\u00a0the Bad Boy as a short-term thrill.\u00a0<\/p>\n 3. The Patsy<\/strong><\/p>\n The Patsy is the guy who is ideal for bringing home to Mom and Dad for his compassion, understanding, reliability, and moldability; he\u2019ll sacrifice himself to make sure he wins the approval of others.<\/p>\n To put it simply, he looks great on paper \u2026 but, like paper, he\u2019s\u00a0flat and one-dimensional and\u00a0that\u2019s why a relationship with him becomes\u00a0something women eventually want to shred.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Patsy is impossible to date long-term because a woman feels\u00a0trapped by him. Since he\u2019s the opposite of a\u00a0jerk, she\u2019d be a jerk\u00a0for dumping him. Yet, his emotional dishonesty makes it hard to trust him.<\/p>\n He\u2019s so intent on pleasing everyone that he never says how he feels or what he truly thinks, and that makes him too much of a wildcard to invest in emotionally.\u00a0<\/p>\n And it ultimately turns the Patsy into the nice guy who always finishes last,\u00a0Mr. Friend Zone,\u00a0Mr. Unlucky in Love, and\u00a0Mr. Perpetual Hand Cramp.\u00a0<\/p>\n 4. The Knight in Shining Armor<\/strong><\/p>\n Nearly every female Disney character has ridden off with her hero \u2014 the man who swoops in to save the day.<\/p>\n Charm, romance, confidence \u2014 it\u2019s all\u00a0a turn-on. But there\u2019s a reason we don\u2019t see what happens to these characters after the credits start rolling.\u00a0<\/p>\n When a woman relies fully on her man (or anyone, for that matter), she becomes co-dependent. By expecting someone to save her again and again and again, she fails to develop the necessary skills to save herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n Their relationship then evolves into one where the woman\u00a0needs<\/em>\u00a0her man, even if she doesn\u2019t necessarily want him. This gives the Knight in Shining Armor a sort of power and dominance over her that is never healthy, not even for cartoon characters.\u00a0<\/p>\n 5. The Business Man<\/strong><\/p>\n The Business Man is rational, predictable, and concerned with fairness.<\/p>\n These are traits that get him promoted at his firm, but in love, they can turn him into a miser, so concerned with things being equal that he keeps track of who pays for what, who last did the dishes, and who owes who an orgasm.<\/p>\n As one can probably guess, romance isn\u2019t the Business Man\u2019s forte.\u00a0<\/p>\n Relationships are a two-way street; that\u2019s in self-help books and on bumper stickers everywhere. So, yes, things are fair, but\u00a0at the cost of tenderness, sacrifice, and love.<\/p>\n There are times when he expects to give more and, other times\u00a0when she will.<\/p>\n Straight out of Neverland, the Peter Pan is the man who has never grown up. He\u2019s fun, for sure, and women adore his whimsical nature, and his light-hearted playfulness,\u00a0go-with-the-flow attitude, and spontaneity\u00a0are all attractive.<\/p>\n But everyone has to grow up at some point.\u00a0<\/p>\n What the Peter Pan fails to get is his partner\u2019s respect. He has plans that his woman knows will never come to fruition, he isn\u2019t willing to put in hard work or consistent effort, and he\u2019s a perpetual underachiever.<\/p>\n He can\u2019t actually deal with real emotions and real problems, and that makes his relationships ultimately very fake.\u00a0<\/p>\n 7. The Seducer<\/strong><\/p>\n The Seducer has one focus: his woman. He says exactly what she wants to hear and makes her feel like she\u2019s more attractive than any other girl in the whole world\u00a0\u2014 even more attractive than the hypothetical baby Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry have together.<\/p>\n That, of course, makes him compelling, because after all, what woman doesn\u2019t\u00a0want to hear those things?\u00a0<\/p>\n The problem is that the Seducer doesn\u2019t really desire\u00a0a relationship, he merely wants the chase to flatter his own self-worth.<\/p>\n Once he lands his conquest, he isn\u2019t sure what to do with her so he just bats her around like a cat does a mouse.<\/p>\n He\u2019s scared by the thought of long-term and is not marriage material.\u00a0Some women will fall for this, others will see through him like a window that has just been washed.\u00a0<\/p>\n Adopting one of the above roles from time to time isn\u2019t likely to hurt a relationship.<\/p>\n And the truth is, most men have a little of each persona inside of them.<\/p>\n But playing one part, and only one part, creates a dynamic that makes it difficult for a relationship to survive, and all but impossible for it to prosper.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n6. The Peter Pan<\/h3>\n