Mean girls with cool guys (or vice versa)... how crazy!

@maezee (41988)
United States
January 6, 2010 4:25pm CST
I know opposites attract and everything, but it astounds me that 99% of the couples who come into the dry cleaners (as well as couples I know in real life) - ONE is usual a b-word, and the other is as friendly and cool as can be. How does this happen? Or better yet, WHY does this happen? Why can't the MEAN people be paired with the OTHER mean people, and the nice with the nice? (Obviously a rhetorical question..Unless you have any theories). Do you know any couple like this? And which gender typically seems to be the "mean" one? (Yes, I'm asking for you to sort of stereotype..I'm horrible.) I mainly notice that the girls are extremely rude and the guys are more cool & laid back. Do you notice this pattern, too?
10 responses
• Kenya
7 Jan 10
Thats nature. Not all should be perfect, two opposite combination yields average acceptable by nature
• India
7 Jan 10
yeah i quite agree with you.
• United States
6 Jan 10
See but you never know what happens behind closed doors. Maybe that person that is nice, could have cheated on her boyfriend, and thought nothing of it. You can't take everyone at face value. I know a lot of nice people who can be really awful once they are no longer on the streets. My boyfriend will make an issue, no matter where he is, because he doesn't care what anyone thinks. This makes a lot of people look at me like I am a princess, and him, the devil. Then, when we get home, I will have an argument, and I will freak because no one is around to judge. We both love each other and this rarely happens,but the point remains the same. Just because a person may act all sweet in public does not mean they do the same when they go home. You have to really know a couple to judge it.
• Malaysia
7 Jan 10
hi wicked i truly agree what you mean ... "behind close doors"
@syankee525 (6261)
• United States
7 Jan 10
yeah i have came across a few like this, and i dont understand how anyone can be with someone who's nasty like this. i know i could be with someone whos nasty towards others. my son's wife is like this she is hateful and spikful toward some people in our family. myself wouldnt put with it or wouldnt want to be with her. mean people bites.
7 Jan 10
yeah right! I'm quite envious because I am a cool girl :-).. I guess it does make the world a better place to live.. just imagine how chaotic a house could be if these mean couples live together in one house,it could be a disaster!
• United States
7 Jan 10
It is weird, but last night me and my boyfriend were discussing this topic. Unfortunately, my parents fall in this category and two of my best friends who are now in relationship with each other. But this is not all. I have an aunt also who ended up taking her husband's life by being the scary wife. She is a window now, looking for another prey! To answer your question, I see that it is usually the woman who turns out to be the b-word. And there is something common in all of them which is the enchanting beauty. My mom and her sister (the aunt I mentioned) are the most attractive ones in their family. Same applies to my best friend. She knows that she is pretty. This external beauty unfortunately outweighs the negative qualities they have in them. At least the men who stay with them fall under its trap easily. My best friends have been with each other for six months now. And their relationship never relaxes. And it is usually my girlfriend who ends up saying negative things, creating problem for my guy friend. I am the third party who listens to their complaints. I have been tired of this. So at one point I ended up asking him why he is with her when he cannot even stand her personality. His answer was quite simply. He can't simply because her beauty is distraction. Ever read the novel, Great Expectations? Here the main character, Pip falls in love with the rich beautiful girl named Estella. She is ruthless and insults him by implying to him that he has come from poor class. But it does not bother him and keeps seeing her as the angel from heaven above. Why? Because she is everything he is not! Same applies to the guys we see in reality.
• India
7 Jan 10
hmm.. yes i agree that most of the couples are of opposite nature.one is mean then the other seems to be kind,may be this is natural as the science says "opposite poles attract each other.so opposite nature persons are attracted towards each other and they fall in love..
@cryw0lf (1302)
• United Kingdom
6 Jan 10
Well i think me and my partner are good together, friendly i mean etc... but.... if you put it that way... then.... that means i'm the B-word. Damn. Which gender as i think is the mean one? I can't really comment on that, I'd say guys, because they do some pretty harsh things to girls, and they're most likely the player in the relationship, but women... women are the back stabbers. ;)
• Malaysia
7 Jan 10
hi mae i am a good person and my husband is a good person .. i am lucky .. right ?? No it is not the case .. between us we have other things which decides why i should be a bit## family commitment - my husband visits his family almost 6 times in a year and when i ask him to go to mine, he always says we just went and the last we went was in May and only for half day while we visit and stay at his place for 3 nights per stay - i broke my leg recently and he still made me walk a distance with my broken bone because he was entertaining his sister and family even for this weekend he wanted to visit his sisters family and i told him off saying that i miss my family and i rater go to see my parents than his sister - fter which we did not talk for 2 days friends - he spends almost all his time with his friends - golfing, tennis, drinking, teatime - which makes me hate some of his friends who actually dare to tell me (while i was in the hospital - and my operation was next day) that he is taking my husband away, not that he is going to do anything at the hospital now i dont hate their family that much but due to this ... my feelings are reflected in a unhealthy manner Overall - my husband is a good man - he loves me, he cares for me and a humble pie - just that he does not know he hurts me or admits to being influenced by others Maybe that is why there are lots of girls than guys who are 'protective' of their partners
@lealuvy2j (1986)
• Philippines
7 Jan 10
This discussion made me remember Taylor Swift's song, You belong with me. lol. Anyway, I don't think it is 99% because there are still a lot of exceptions. I know a lot of couples who are both nice and neither one is mean. I guess for nice girls dating bad boys, I think it is because of the excitement and adventure of dating someone like that and at the same time a lot of nice girls think they have the power to change that bad boy into someone who is nice which is usually a mistake because the only person who can change oneself is no one but that person only.
@puppynut (370)
• New Zealand
7 Jan 10
No I haven't really noticed this and you have to wonder how cool he really is to be with a total b cow. In my experience most mean peole have been paired together and nice couples are together. Also maybe the guy has to play extra cool to make up for his chick who is a cow or having a bad day.