I knew a couple that had broken up. He moved away and the gal continued to pal around with our group. She often talked about wanting to meet a nice guy with a good job and steady personality. But, if we went somewhere for some drinks she was drawn to bad guys with tattoos like a moth to a flame.
Most women are decent people who marry decent men.
The stereotype of a woman attracted to the bad boys is unfortunately also true. Not anywhere near a majority but I see it happen on these crime shows all the time.
For a while I watched a lot of the true crime shows, even the one owned by Oprah.
There seems to be two types. One is a perfectly innocent girl who is targeted by a monster type who kidnaps, murders, etc. She may not even know him.
The other type is a girl who for some reason unknown to me, is attracted to a guy who is obviously a brute. I keep asking myself. Why did she even go out with that guy? He is clearly a monster.
There is a third type which is also common. A woman who hires someone to murder her husband, usually for financial gain.
Been there. I was the nice guy, third wheel, in our group after my wife died very young. I didn’t drink, didn’t smoke, didn’t do drugs, treated women with respect, earned a comfortable living and was not hard to look at. Don’t know how many times the women in our group would say ‘It’s too bad (fill in the blank) can’t find a nice guy like redangus to date’, while I was sitting at the table. Did any of them ever introduce me their single friends? No. I eventually found my own woman and have been happily married for 23 years. Don’t know what happened to those other women, but I know a few at least went through some crappy abusive relationships. Their loss I guess.