For the purpose of the graph, Rick’s and Steve’s are grouped together. Rick is less clueless and just straight up afraid of women. Rick’s are usually less ’scarred’ and more of a ‘late bloomer’ type. Good dudes, usually good friends, probably REALLY good, faithful boyfriends (probably a dominant halo player). They might have been that guy who didn’t have a girlfriend until they were 18 or 19, and are now so embarrassed by it so much that getting a girl is now scarier then not getting one.

Unfortunately flirting with Rick’s sometimes makes them run away. Be nice, playful, smile.

Ok that ‘advice’ isn’t really specific (read : is terrible) but ya, Rick’s might just be scared of ladies. Maybe you can teach him that women are great, loving people!

Well, okay, not all of them. There is that distinct grease-and-catgirls demographic that should be avoided at all costs. But man, sometimes the cute nerds who really don’t understand all this boy/girl flirting stuff yet are the BEST.

They love complex, difficult-to-master systems—> they think your emotional outbursts and intricate sexuality are a great challenge.

They cannot abide being second-smartest—> they will study sex manuals and try out every technique in the book to be The 1337 SeXX0r.

They have superhuman powers of concentration—> two-hour cunnilingus sessions.

They haven’t seen a girl naked since they accidentally walked in on their mom in the shower—> your boobs are the nuclear bomb of getting-what-you-want.

They tend to be well-read, emotionally vulnerable, extremely tolerant of those weird secret habits you don’t want anyone to know, and unusually respectful toward women. (Especially the missionary-kid type that ends up in engineering school; they cook, write, sing, play instruments and have had malaria.)

Give them boys a chance!

But yeah I agree with Jeff. I usually assume that girls are being friendly so I can never tell if they really like me or not. I probably need something a little more than flirting to get the idea.

Irregardless? you’re kidding right? From dictionary.com: “Usage Note: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative ir- prefix and -less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so. [Probably blend of irrespective and regardless.]”

is that sarcasm or like, sexism? or both?

I always assume that if a girl is being nice to me, she is just reciprocating my friendly-ness, in the same way that I would be nice to a girl whether I’m attracted to her or not. I can’t tell if she digs me or if she is just being sociable.

Do girls prefer nice, Lloyd Dobler type guys, or douchebaggy, hard-ass guys?

I *think* those statistics might have been made up.

…Just a guess.

Life is infuriating. Any advice for the Rick-ettes out there?