Gather round...

It is time now for a look at one of Josh's (my) pet peeves! I guess it shouldnt be called a "pet peeve" since i dont feed or care for it and it is more serious than "peeves" usually are. I am talking about the maddening habit that a lot of girls have of going out with first class A-holes (mom if you read this, the "A" in the previous word is short for "abacus"). This makes me mad for a number of reasons but i will get the mushiest one out of the way - 100% of the time, every time the girl deserves be to loved and treasured. Too often though, the girl settles for "acknowledged" and "occasionally thought of." Let me go out on a limb here and say this - i cant believe that these girls are not smart enough to see through these guys. I think they know. They just choose to take the guy at his word despite having deep seated doubts and in some cases they tell themselves that the guy really loves (or likes or digs or whatever the lingo is now) them but he is just having problems and their love will triumph. Makes me wonder what love looks like to the world now. This isnt even close to what love is and if the guy truly loved the girl, he would do everything in his power to keep her. I have told my sister a million times and i wish i could get on every radio and tv station to tell girls not to take guys at their word - make them show you that they love you. The dirty secret is that the majority of guys know the right words to say to make the girl feel like she is all there is in the world to him. I do think, however that some girls expect (and in increasingly more instances, look for) this kind of treatment. Maybe it's because of shows like The Hills and One Tree Hill and America's Funniest Home Videos (maybe not so much the last one) that portray all kinds of drama in relationships. I guess the thinking goes that the more drama there is in life, the more interesting it is - always on the phone checking with girlfriend to find out if boyfriend has talked to his last girlfriend or discussing with girlfriends what boyfriend said to see if he may have another girlfriend on the side - kind of a "woe is me" approach.
There are other reasons (mainly financial, philosophical, and umbilical reasons) for my madness, but on advice from my PR rep i will not disclose them. Ladies, you are on notice - continued damaging relationships with tools within my sphere of influence will net you harsh words and looks from me until you leave the relationship or the aforementioned sphere - be warned the sphere extends 500 nautical miles (roughly 4 feet) from wherever i happen to be.