Science Explains Why You Keep Dating The Type Of Person Who F*cks You Over

He was sweet and upbeat, talkative and seemingly driven. I nodded along to his stories as I took bites of my pasta, methodically peppering him with questions while revealing very little about myself. In the end, I hugged him goodbye and thanked him for dinner. When he texted me the following day, I told him that, although he was lovely, it was probably best we went our separate ways. That would be my last date before a self-imposed dating sabbatical. I had been like that for months, emotionally battered after my last relationship and closed off to connection.

But the guys I date are always jerks! “I am only attracted to one type of guy (girl)​, and he (she) jerks me around. What’s You keep looking in the same places.

I’m pretty sure that, at this point, it’s pretty safe to say we’ve all heard that the definition of insanity is doing the same things while expecting a different result. But I can’t help but wonder how many of us apply this to our dating situations. Take this one woman I know. Around every six months or so, she hits me up on email to tell me that she’s met the perfect guy for her. I’ve been receiving these kinds of messages for at least a decade now, so the dialogue is usually the same.

Me : “You already know what I’m gonna ask you right? Have you slept with him yet? Her: “He says that I’m too intense and that he’s not ready for anything serious. Usually, she’ll end her email with something along the lines of men are jerks and she wonders if she’ll ever find true love. She’s not exceptional in this case. I know a lot of women who feel the same way. But as someone who is not new to this kind of rodeo ride, there is a big part of me that wonders if some of us are jumping to generalized conclusions about men simply because we’re not willing to look within.