10 dates from hell!

You look like a Greek god and have a great sense of humor. But while your ‘not-so-good-looking’ friends have a blast on weekends with their dates you are at home on weekends staring at the idiot box.

Why do women avoid you? While you may be a great guy, it just takes that one trait in you for women to get turned off. If first impressions are the last impressions then make sure you get it right the first time.

We give you a low down of the 10 men women don’t want to date.

Mr. Sarcastic: He only uses humor to irritate. All those compliments are tinged with subtle caustic remarks only with the intention of taking a dig at you.

You have performed brilliantly, all your colleagues are showering praises for the ideas suggested by you. Now that is too much for him to handle. So Mr Sarcastic walks up and says, “Great job! From where did you steal those ideas?”

Well, who wants to be pulled down for whatever reasons?

Mr. (un) Reliable: He is the first to volunteer when it comes to taking up responsibilities. He assures people that everything will be done before time. However, when the deadline nears he starts suffering from selective amnesia and dumps his work on others.

There is a new project; he is the first person to show interest. He chalks out an elaborate plan to achieve all the targets. Everyone is impressed. But when it comes to working out the plan his intelligence fades away into the oblivion. He keeps assuring you things are under control. Till the last day every thing is hunky dory, but suddenly he drops the bomb- “Well, everything was under control but I realized that xyz had not been taken care of. I need some more time and people to finish the work”

Well Mr Reliable no one wants to be left in the lurch!

Mr. Perfectionist : He thinks he is God’s gift to the mankind, and he makes it a point to prove it. He can never go wrong and somehow it is the other person who is at fault. He points out mistakes at regular intervals and continues to nag till others have met his standards.

You are hard pressed for time and toiling day and night to meet the deadline. Mr. perfectionist comes up and scowls, “What is this? Why have you written things like this? Why is that thing like that? You know you really need to improve”. Well is that is not enough. He takes you down memory lane and trumpets his ability to handle the same situation.

Mr ‘know it all’ who would like to go around with someone who just keeps pushing and criticizing people?

Mr. Hidden MCP : He gives long speeches on how he believes in women’s emancipation. He waxes eloquent on why he believes men and women are equal. However, this is a façade, behind that very forward looking man lives a chauvinist. Though he carefully hides this trait, once in while he makes those snide comments just slip out.

Don’t be surprised if he tells you: “Why do you have to work when you have a husband at home?” or “women shouldn’t try to act like He-man”.

Chauvinism is bad enough, to put up with a fake feminist is a nightmare!

Mr. Man-bitch: Who said only women could bitch? These men beat women hollow. He has excelled at the art of instigating, dishing out all those horrendous stories of what the other woman had said about you? He could give any saga a new twist.

Some misunderstanding has cropped up between you and a colleague. Mr. Man- Bitch will never forget giving the latest updates of the gossip mill. Mr. Man-Bitch asks: Somebody told me that you are about to quit because you can’t take the pressure, is that true?

Mr. Man-bitch move on, we have enough people to brew problems!

Mr. No-time-to-listen: He thinks women are no-brainer damsels lost in the woods. He knows your problems even before they have heard you. He seems eager to enlighten you with their quick fix solutions and new fangled theories, even if they are a catastrophe in the making.

You are worried sick about this new colleague who is stealing all the credit. Before you have finished he rattles off, “You know the problem is you are too sweet to people. I would have given her left right and centre”. So what if she is the MD’s daughter?

Hello! We aren’t always asking for solutions, all you have to do is hear us out. Is somebody listening?

Mr. Passive : He always toes the line. He says a strict no to NO. Ask him to take a decision; you might have to wait for another century. He is so used to dilly dallying that he just can’t do without it.

You sincerely ask him if the red dress is looking alright.

Mr. Passive says, “Oh, it’s perfect!”

You ask him about the blue dress. “This is amazing”

Which one is better? Let me think, the red dress has nice appliqué work but the blue one is also great. No decision.

Nobody likes a vegetable.

Mr. Busy Bee : He seems to have regular luncheons with Bill Clinton. So what if Billy is no more the Prez of USA? These men are perennially tied up; even during the diaper days they kept themselves busy (crying!).

You go to him and before you can say anything, he starts, “Not right now I have a very important meeting tomorrow”.

So how about next Thursday? “I have to submit a report”.

Mr. Busy Bee patience does have a shelf life, so don’t push it!

Mr. Funny Bone : He thinks God endowed him with a great sense of humor, so he takes it upon himself to make everyone laugh. He keeps cracking jokes even when no one has the time to listen. You may have Damocles’ sword hanging over your head but do they care?

You are concentrating hard and he says, “What did the big chimney say to the small chimney?”

Who’s interested? “Well do you give up? Easy dumbo, you are too young to smoke”. Hahahaha. Talk about being dumb!

It’s great to have someone with a great sense of humor but please don’t go overboard!

Mr. Over-Protective - --He treats you like a delicate darling and you are the ‘Touch-me-not’ whom he guards like the Great Wall of China. Even if someone touches you by mistake he smashes the head of the culprit. It’s another thing it was not his fault or you could tackled the situation on your own. He takes you as his property and interferes because he thinks you are too fragile to handle it.

You are shopping and somebody pushes by mistake. He starts swearing, creates a scene. Well if that is not enough he is ready to flex his muscles.

Mr. Over-Protective let the lady fight her own battles when there is a need we’ll seek your help.