The allure of the bad boy

Bad boys are the kind of men that mothers love to hate and fathers swear to kill. They are the kind of men that well-mannered girls desperately fall in love with.

Call it insanity or fatal attraction, the bad boy has a touch of rebelliousness blended with finesse that often drives women weak to their knees. His dangerous appeal and wild attitude singles him out from the other men and makes him even more attractive to a woman.

 He is arrogant, self-centered and egotistic but makes no apologies about it. As far as he is concerned, he is the only sane person in the planet because the rest of the world is twisted.

The bad boy exudes a certain level of confidence akin to James Bond 007 because he always presumes to have the upper hand in everything. He is the only king in his kingdom.

He doesn’t hide the fact that he is good looking or that he has a perfect body that would drive a lot of women crazy. He attracts attention without even trying. Maybe it is his leather jacket, or metal boots that produce a clicking sound as he walks, or his conspicuous tattoo. Or it is his really strange haircut. Maybe it is the mafia attitude.

He is an expert at attracting trouble and causing fracas. From bar brawls to fights in the street, the bad boy is a master at being bad.

He is a contrarian; he does not need to conform to the common ways of fellow men. That would be too easy a life and lame too. He makes his own rules that he chooses to live by. So what if your mother wants you home by 10.00 pm? The bad by doesn’t care because midnight is as good as 10.

He doesn’t care about sentimental gestures like buying flowers for the woman he is dating because that is just too corny and so not his style. Besides, roses chock the fresh air out of the room.

Unlike the ones who fall in love, some women date the bad boy for the fun of it. Bad boys are never boring because they always have a trick up their sleeve. They have the let’s -set -the -world-on - fire attitude that keeps a woman intrigued and interested even when her father threatens to disown her.

Bad boys are like shoes; shoes strain your feet but you still keep them in your closet because they are too good to be discarded. Bad boys strain your life but you just can’t keep them to the curb.