Men’s Top 5 Dating Fears

By Rigel Celeste on September 14th, 2009

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When it comes to dating too often the guys seem to have it all figured out — they’re not the ones over-analyzing details and agonizing over what to wear and what to say… or are they? Apparently they have more fears and worries than us women think they do. That new guy you went out with last weekend has more worries than he’s letting on — and they’re not as superficial as you probably expect either. No concerns on this list about using tacky come-on lines or being a bad kisser, it’s all about how he’s afraid you’ll change his life.

Basically he’s afraid that:

• …Having a girlfriend will separate him from his friends.
• …Having a girlfriend means having no more free time.
• …You’ll wind up being a total nutcase, texting him every 5 minutes and freaking out for no apparent reason.
• …You won’t respect him and will nitpick him to death, in private and/or in front of his friends.
• …Women are high maintenance are you’ll require too much energy to keep happy.

Any of these sound familiar? Guys are afraid of these things because they’ve all either experienced them firsthand or have seen their close friends go through bad relationships. And can you really blame them for being a little gun shy? It’s a classic case of a few bad apples (meaning those truly high maintenance, controlling, crazies out there — you all know who you are) ruining it for the rest of us normal girls who just want to be loved and understood by a nice guy that thinks we’re special.

How about this guys: you try to clear the slate of all those stereotypes and give us a break on the occasional emotional meltdown (we can’t always help it!) and we’ll try to be easier to please and work on keeping comments about your smelly best friend to ourselves. Deal?