HUH?!
Grabe! It started with a favor I asked a friend. It ended up with me crying and asking what the hell happened?! He said I should understand him because I already know him. He raises his voice every time he makes a point. And then he goes on to give me a litany of sorts. But he knows me as well, shouldn’t he also remember that I get hurt when he, or anyone else, does that to me? When he yells at me, I can’t help but feel that somehow, no matter what I say or do, I just seem to irritate him. Period. And I just take all that verbal beating. (Maybe there really is such a thing as loving someone to a fault). He goes on to tell me that he expects me to be considerate (and am I not?) since we’re friends. Uhm. Ok. Can someone pls. explain this to me? Am I just being dense or does this guy hate me or what? I should just get back to sleep. Maybe when I wake up later I’ll finally get it. Or maybe I should just read that article about smart women again. And take it to heart.

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Smart Women
(author unknown)

Smart women get the nice guys because they don't lower their standards for men-or anyone else for that matter.
Smart women take the attitude that if this is the best you can do, they'll just go to the dance without an escort, the movie without a date, and the rest of their lives without the true companion constantly celebrated on FM radio.
A smart woman has figured out that her biological clock is not really ticking that loud, that her grandmother was still fertile well into her fifties, and, anyway, if she had wanted a baby, she would have had one by now.
Smart women have also worked out that all the media hype about not finding a husband when you're growing older is bull perpetuated by male-owned media machines to make women desperate and compliant. To make sure that men will always have their pick of scared women to choose from and that they won't have to work any harder at being decent.
Smart women have learned that the important question is not -Will I ever get married?- but- Do I want to get married?-

Smart women know that you can ALWAYS settle for less than what you really want. You can always get serious with a guy you're not really in love with or one who doesn't treat you exactly right. So there's no point in making any compromises today or tomorrow either for that matter. There's always going to be time to do the wrong thing.
Smart women aren't lonely enough. They've noticed you get a lot done when you're on your own.
Smart women know it's a heck of a lot easier to figure out what you're good at and make your own money than it is to entertain some tyrant. This frees you up to see a nice guy, whether he has money or not. Smart women have also freed themselves from the psychological need to be dominated by their men.
Smart women like to feel powerful themselves, and appreciate men who can handle that.
Smart women have adopted a firm line with men that can best be summarized: treat me right or take a picture of me.

Smart women are over men who fear commitment, who can't control their hormonal urges, who grunt instead of making conversation, who aren't reasonably punctual, who won't spring for an occasional evening out on the town, who don't listen, who don't know how to be supportive of their smart women's dreams.
Smart women know that being a jerk doesn't make a guy exciting. Smart women are excited by men who call everyday without being pushy, who do what they say, who know how to say -I love you- and, more importantly, how to act out that love in 100 ways that prove it. In other words, smart women are no longer attracted to the bad boys.
They've been out with all the bad boys. Yawn. Been there, etc. Now they cultivate the bad boy in the nice boys they go out with, which is something COMPLETELY different.