# Another perspective on "nice guys" and the women who won't date them

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 14, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-perspective-on-nice-guys-and-the-women-who-wont-date-them/496457 "2009-05-14T21:14:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-perspective-on-nice-guys-and-the-women-who-wont-date-them/496457/196 "2009-05-21T16:25:44Z")

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[I’m going to quote something Diogenes the Cynic posted in another thread. I think it’s an interesting point.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11163300&postcount=22)

> [@I done broke up with the boyfriend!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-broke-up-with-the-boyfriend/497123/22):
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> Dr. Drew always says that women who have been through the ringer with guys need to pay a little more attention the guys who strike them as boring. What seems boring to them is just unfamiliar normality. The guys that seem exciting are the ones you have to be cautious about. Drew says some women get their radars screwed up that way and find themselves attracted to egoists and assholes over and over again, and they overlook some more healthy guys because they seem less intriguing at first.

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