Why Did A Seemingly Open-Minded, Attractive Woman Stay With A “Bad Boy”?

In my blog post entitled, “Why Do Good Girls Get The Bad Boys?” I told a story of a woman that I knew.

I wanted to go more into that here…

The woman that I knew was open minded and attractive. She seemed to have a good energy about her. She had a great smile. She had a stylish Michael Kors purse. She could have had any guy that she wanted!

She desired attention. That was apparent to myself and others.

She wanted men to fall at her feet. She wanted a hot guy to think that she was the greatest woman that he had ever seen.

She struggled with exuding a sort of self confidence that didn’t need attention. She was chasing after the attention of men.

She was visibly upset one day when she found out the guy that she chose to be with stole money from her. This was an extremely low point.

She wanted to get to the bottom of everything. She didn’t want to believe the man that she loved didn’t have her best interests at heart. She didn’t want to believe that he would do anything like this to her.

She tried getting opinions from other friends about it. She tried looking into her accounts and double checking that something hadn’t gone awry. Had he really taken money from HER? It couldn’t be.

She refused to believe that he was a “bad guy.”

She stayed with this man and continued on an emotional rollercoaster. When he did the slightest nice thing, she was all over it and showing proof to her friends and family that he was actually good and not bad for her.

The need for attention was so strong that she kept this guy as an ally with her in a partnership for attention and support. This need for love overcame her emotions. The attachment to this man was stronger than her logical senses.