So yesterday we established that men in relationships are somehow more desirable than their single counterparts.
Discussion ensued and the point was raised that while my theory was true of men, it is not applicable to women.
It was suggested that men will rarely chase after attached
women and will go to great lengths to avoid such situations.
And I agree, entirely.
In fact, I've come up with a second theory and this time I have to say: Ladies, you are not going to like it.
The theory is this: Where women bring out the best in men and make them more appealing to women, men bring out the worst in women and make them less appealing to . . . well, everyone.
Controversial I know.
But true . . .
So many girls I know - cool, rational, funny girls - have become complete psychopaths after entering into relationships.
One friend, Lil, became a total tyrant when she hooked up with her boyfriend Blair. She constantly got upset with him over the most trivial of matters and spent hours berating him in front of their friends.
Awkward, to put it mildly.
Afterwards, when the girls would debrief and suggest, gently, that perhaps she'd been a touch unreasonable, she would break down and say, "I know! I can't help it. He just drives me insane . . ."
As a single girl I have often laughed with male friends about how crazy some girls are, while secretly knowing I am guilty of the exact same crimes.
Why? I have no idea. My only explanation is that men somehow bring out the worst in women. They are a catalyst for neuroses.
It's no wonder most men aren't lusting after other people's girlfriends; Their deranged, neurotic, irrational girlfriends . . .
The good news is, in my experience, different men have a different effect on every woman.
Where one man sees you become an emotional wreck, another will merely annoy you at times, leaving you relatively sane.
The secret is finding the right combination and minimising the neuroses.
