Our newest writer Brooke sent me to lady mag site The Frisky the other day. Ever since then, I’ve been wasting too much time with their site, getting a feel for their writers and stories. I’ve been loving what I’ve read so far, and I especially enjoy their relationship/sex/guy section (shocking, I know).

Today they posted a funny article on types of guys to avoid. I found it amusing that in my time of inexperienced dating, I have in fact dated 4 our of 5 of these types of men.

My personal vices:

Revenge Of The Nerds

Ever since geek chic happened and even cuties like Johnny Depp began donning glasses in an attempt to appear smarter, the dorky dating pool has been seriously diluted (and deluded). Gone are the days when the pocket-protected computer whiz was grateful to date a nice normal girl such as yourself. Now he has porn stars pawing at him and Mark Ronson DJing his birthday bash. Delete!

(On) Top Chef

Thanks to the Food Network and guys like Anthony Bourdain and Todd English, chefs have displaced bartenders as the rock stars of the service industry. What lady hasn’t fantasized about coming home to a scruffy, macho hottie, whipping up a piping boeuf bourguignon for the two of you to share over a rustic French red? Unfortunately, the reality is very different. For one thing, do you really think he’s going to want to cook on his night off? And unless you’re also in the industry, chefs are problematic partners. Their hours are atrocious; the drugs and booze, copious; and the coworkers, adorable. And when there are late nights, hot colleagues and various intoxicants, there’s trouble.

Writer/Blogger

Full disclosure: I’ve been publishing first-person stories about my love life for the past decade and while I never name names, I sure as hell wouldn’t want to date me. Writers are ruthless. We’ll pick your brain, “borrow” your stories, and God forbid you ever cross us; we’ll change your name to Wilbur and tell the world about that time you wept like a girl after sex. Because I’m nothing if not a willfully blind hypocrite, the reality of how obnoxious I was didn’t hit home until an ex started blogging about me on an extremely popular website. Gulp.

I’ve made some of these mistakes, and yet I still didn’t learn. Well, admitting the problem is the first step right? RIGHT?

It also made me think that we need to write a non-bias list of women to avoid as well, just to counter. I’ll put some focus into that.

SOURCE: Types of People You Shouldn’t Date (The Frisky)