Rant!

So I was watching 'The Real World' last night - don't ask me why, I just was ok? - and I saw this girl do the lamest, most embarrassing thing that a girl in her 20s (or older for that matter) can do to herself when in pursuit of a guy. You see, one of the girls on the show is in love with this guy she's met at work - who happens to have no interest in her whatsoever by the way, but that's besides the point. Anyway, she's desperate to get this guy to be her loverman, and as a result, comes up with a "plan" to make sure her wish comes true. That 'plan' is to invite him over, tell him he's getting a 'surprise' from her, but that he has to wait until later that night, after they all go out the club, to get it (side-eye). Once at the club, she slips him a note - as in a piece of paper with writing on it - promising him SEX if he goes home with her that night.

Now, we've all done stupid things to get a guy before, but this wrong for so many reasons I don't even know where to begin. First of all, notes are just so ...old school (not to mention highschool). It's bad enough that writing on a piece of paper makes you look twelve, as in "I'm a good girl trying to act bad, but I'm still too shy to say 'I like you' to your face so I'm going to do it behind the safety of this pen and paper so that I can run away after I give it to you and avoid seeing your surprise/disgust/pervy grin when you read it", but I mean - excusing the utter stupidity of this move for a just a moment - it's 2009 hun! That's what text messages are for! And what the heck did she write it on anyway?!? A napkin from the bar makes her look cheap, and anything that looks like it might have been pre-planned makes her look even more desperate than she clearly already is! Also, what kind of woman who is worth anything gives away sex like that? Speedrail sex is more like a warning sign rather than an attraction for guys: there must be something wrong with your goodies if you're giving them away for free. You should have to be fending off men left and right for that stuff, he is supposed to have to compete for it. A woman who can afford to advertise herself in this way has either too much drama goiong on or is too cheap to be taken on seriously. And what happened to 'the chase'? The best part of dating for both sexes is that challenge, and anticipation and excitement of that moment when you'll finally come together (no pun intended), take that away and suddenly the prize becomes tangible, easy, and to be honest, a little boring. He wants to work for it hun, so let himmmm.

I feel like I could go on forever with reasons why this is such a WRONG move, but I won't, because I think you get it. The point is, you're a self-respecting, smart, gorgeous woman, and any guy who is worth your time won't be impressed by this, just like this guy on the show wasn't. That's right, he rejected her free sex coupon! That says a lot about the kind of guy he is, and the kind of girl she is. In fact, it says it all.

Ps. Emphasis on the 'any guy who is worth your time' part, that's a key point. A lot of guys welcome this kind of behaviour in girls, but they're not the kind of guys you want, they're the kind who wear popped collars and Chinese writing tattoos who would totally sleep with their really hot, slightly underage cousin if it was legal.)