Awhile back, I discussed some reasons why bartenders are not the best choice of who to go for when searching for a mate. But Bartenders are not the only ones I recommend steering clear of when it comes to men.
Now these are from my experiences, so please no comments on how the greatest man alive is a Chicago cop who you’ve been married to for 89 years. This is based on my opinion only. And good luck to you if you stray away from my opinion.
1) As just now mentioned, Chicago Cops, or cops really in general. Any of you watch The Good Wife? Yeah, there is a reason the entire plot is based in Chicago and concerns shady cops (and DAs for the matter). They are shady. They carry guns. I dated one of these for a couple of months a few years ago. I later found out he was cheating on his wife with me. Stay away.
2) Law students. This is one of the worst for me, and many of my friends too actually. These guys are the epitome of non-datable, though as a lawyer’s daughter and granddaughter, I seem to get involved with them easily. ”Oh well I really like you, but I’m in law school, so I can’t really have a relationship.” I’d like to point out to you law student males that I have a master’s degree, and while I know that’s NOT the same as a J.D., I still had to work my ass off and made plenty of time to pass my comp exams, have an internship and an assistantship, get good grades, AND maintain a relationship. I have had two of these gone horribly bad, the most recent being my last serious ex. No one wants to date a guy who is studying 24 hours a day and being a douche 28 hours a day.
3) Hipsters with no real job. As I have also mentioned, I love hipsters. But it’s quite difficult to find ones that are actually accomplished and do something real for a living. Let’s see… I’ve had the administrative assistant, the guy who worked at Trader Joe’s, the Apple store “Genius”, the rapper, etc. The guys who are “making music” and seeing where it takes them? It’s going to take them nowhere. It’s quite a challenge to find what one of my friends referred to recently as an “accomplished hipster”. Hipsters that actually have done something productive with their hipster tendencies.
4) Guys with cats. Ew. Just ew. I hate cats and am baffled why anyone would want one anyway. Come on dude, be a man and get a dog. I saw a cute guy at Target once, but soon realized he was buying cat food and it was all over from there.
5) Guys who don’t know what RBI stands for. Last summer, I was in a group of people discussing the Cubs then new rookie (Starlin Castro) who hit 6 RBIs in his first game, setting a record for a rookie starting game. Now there were many gay men in my presence, and one asked me what RBI stood for (now really, I don’t give gay men, or really anyone the excuse to not know), so I explained that means “Runs Batted In”— so like if someone scores when you’re up to bat. The one of the few straight men in the room said, “Wow, I never knew that.” Wow. I recently told the story of my last ex asked me once what a “true freshmen” was while watching college football. Really!?! You are 30 years old and do not know this? (Oh right, he was busy studying and being a douche, back to #2.)
6) White Sox Fans. Just run away now.
