the good, the bad and the...we try to stick with handsome.

last week we had the opportunity to attend a city league basketball game. there was a red team and a blue team. we will refer to them from here on out as the bloods and the crips...the only reason we knew the proper spelling for crip was because c read a book on gangs. true story. anyways, we were cheering for the bloods. this team was composed of attractive, clean cut, young professional, returned missionary-ish, boys. any girl would be lucky to have one of these boys as her own. were we giving them our undivided attention? no. we kept getting distracted by the scruffy, tatted up crips who definitely spent the majority of their high school years in ISS or ditching class like it was their job. why you may ask? that is what we are here to discuss. 

it is the proverbial question: why do good girls like bad guys? 

well, we really aren't sure so i guess we'll move onto the next subject. just kidding. in all seriousness, this is something that baffles girls and guys alike. 

we have created a list of some of the reasons girls are drawn to these types of boys:

their appearance

tattoos: optional. piercings: most likely. do they own a razor: questionable. there is just something about a rough exterior that makes us hope and cross our fingers and pray that they have a less abrasive interior. generally, that is not the case. and by generally we mean usually. and by usually we mean always. think of it this way girls: none of the above listed traits look good standing next to an anthropologie dress.

their reputation

'he don't give a d8%$# about his bad reputation.' but seriously. there is a growing number of boys in the east valley who sell things. including themselves. it's sort of like a club. they recruit and train their members to gtl, play 'the game' and live the dream. their relationship statuses on facebook have been single for years. they are tagged in thousands of pictures (we're not joking and they all have like 1,000 tagged pictures) with girls, who are each hoping to be the exception. news flash ladies: you are the rule. whether this is really who they are or not, it is who they are perceived to be. bug boy=bad boy. so be it.

their attitude

attitude of gratitude? definitely not. they get girls and are not quick to be a gentleman. c came across a well renowned jerk, aka a bad boy, her sophomore year of college. (for all of those back in the sooner state, we are confident that you know exactly who we are referring to) if you spent enough time around him you would start to believe what he thought of himself...that he was far superior to those around him. these bad boys are kind of like cult leaders. no, seriously. we took the time to look up characteristics of cult leaders. "cult leaders have an outstanding ability to charm and win over followers. they beguile and seduce. they enter a room and garner all the attention. they command the utmost respect and obedience. these are individuals whose narcissism is so extreme and grandiose that they exist in a kind of splendid isolation in which the creation of the grandiose self takes precedence over legal, moral or interpersonal commitments." anyway, they're tricky. and although c did her best to avoid this bad boy for years, she did in fact end up joining his cult... but not for long.

now that we have listed some of the really great qualities that make these guys so special, we sit back and ask ourselves again, why would a girl in an anthropologie dress risk being seen with an affliction tee?  these boys are not deserving of sitting across the dinner table from our dads. they should not have the privilege of watching football with our brothers on the weekends. the crips are the boys who will ask you to 'hang out,' not take you on date and show you off. these are the boys who will call when they feel like it, or are bored...which isn't often. so we have decided that although we have been intrigued by them in the past, we are cutting back on them in the future.

so here's to the good boys, the bloods. sorry it took us so long. :)

for those who may be concerned that this is some sort of good riddance to our ridiculous dating lives/stories, you obviously didn't read what we said clearly. we said cutting back not cutting out.  we like to keep it interesting ;)

kisses&disses:

kisses:

-c reading books on gangs. awesome.

-city league basketball. who knew you could gain so much insight on dating in a ghetto gym in downtown phoenix?

-the anonymous gentleman/gentlemen who left not one, but two, bouquets of flowers on our doorstep. you're awesome.

-pest control: thanks for giving us something nice to look at. but nothing else. 

disses:

-warren jeffs. the ultimate cult leader. no, i will not be your wife. 

-the bloods losing the basketball game by 30 points. so much for our metaphor.

-affliction shirts anything. gross. if you're reading this and own it, shred it. now. don't even consider the goodwill cause it wouldn't be doing anyone any good.