Reflections 3
                                
     Lately, I've been making lots of new female friends online.  I downloaded ICQ because my
best friend told me to get it, so I did.  Putting myself on random chat, I chatted with lots of people,
most of whom are female, many of whom are now online friends of mine.  I wondered why so many
people wanted to chat with me, but I think a big part of it was the nickname I chose for myself:
Silent Samurai.  Turns out I'm the only one with that nickname.  And, I think it appeals to both
sexes.  Silent Samurai as a mysterious silent warrior to the girls and a silent machismo killing
machine to the guys.
     Anyway, I've been chatting with my female friends very much.  I usually just have small
talk with them, have them read my stories, and if they survived all those tests, I keep regular
correspondence with them (or they keep regular correspondence on me).  I noticed a disturbing trend
in our chats.  What trend was that?  Well, it goes something like this: they'd tell me something, I'd
compliment them honestly, and they'd tell me I'm sweet or cute or something like that.  I don't
understand that at all.  I'm just telling them my honest opinion and they think I'm being sweet.  Why
is that?
     I think part of the reason why I come off like that is due to the fact that most guys nowadays
don't know how to honestly compliment females.  Maybe they're too preoccupied with the whole
macho thing.  I don't know, but it seems I can do what most guys can't.
     Another reason why I think they say this is because I'm probably largely what they'd like to
see in the perfect guy.  I don't mean to be conceited with myself here!  But I think every girl would
like a boyfriend who could compliment them, who could write poetry for them, who could be a real
gentlemen for them.  In other words, they want a really nice guy.  I seem to come off like this,
occasionally unintentionally.  In fact, I've know girls personally, in the real world, who say I'm a
nice guy and all that.  So here is my ultimate question: why aren't the girls just coming and
knocking down my door to get me?  Well, here's what I think:
     Girls don't like nice guys, they like jerks.  Hold on, I'm not being cynical!  Think about it,
what can jerks do that nice guys can't?  They can have fun at other people's expense.  And that's
what girls wanna do, just have fun.  Cindy was right.  They want someone who can take them away
from all worries, even if it is only temporary.  That's not to say they don't want a nice guy every
once in a while, far from it.  However, they do only want to have fun, and nice guys are safety nets
for them.  But they get bored with nice guys, so they go back to the jerks.
     Of course, the girl's ideal guy, I think, is a combination of both the jerk and the nice guy.  If
they could find a jerk who could also be a softy, then they've struck gold.  But, as far as I can tell,
this type of guy is the rarest of the rare.  I haven't met a true nice jerk yet, but I'm sure they're out
there.
     So, I am a nice guy, sweet and cute.  But I'm also boring as hell, which is why the girls don't
come a knocking.  I'm nice, but that's it.  Perhaps I'm too nice.  Maybe I should become a jerk. 
Yeah, then I'd have all the chicks!  Of course, to do that, I'd have to give up everything I believe in. 
Oh well, it was only a thought.