I just read a thought-provoking piece of advice from advice columnist E. Jean in Elle magazine’s November issue.  A self-proclaimed nice guy (characterized as shy, clean-cut, good job, drug- and alcohol-free) asked E. Jean why women would choose to date five different types of jerks before even considering dating him.  He even stated these specific jerk types as A. users, B. jailbirds, C. druggies, D. abusers, and E. cheaters.  I’m not sure that we need to go so far as to categorize “bad guys”…let’s just say that anyone who was overly selfish, caused you to feel bad about yourself, and/or …read more