All Tied Up In Hots
I persuaded my friend and his ex-girlfriend to get back together, as I'd never seen a more loving couple. The problem is, I started finding her sexy. She and my friend are now inseparable whenever they're not at work, and I'm racked with guilt for looking at her like a sexual object. (I'm not in love with her; I just want to sleep with her.) Hanging out with them has become awkward, to say the least.
--The Creep
You aren't attracted to her because you're a horrible person but because you're a man, not in a coma, and you probably find it dangerous and inconvenient to go around blindfolded. Like breathing or digesting a burrito, attraction is involuntary. (Whether you drool on her shoe or refer to her as "Hey, sex puppet!" is up to you.)
As for why you feel so guilty, men are told it's a thought crime to ever view women as sex objects. Of course, that's exactly how women think of themselves when they're dressing to attract a man. Oh, did you think women wear plunging necklines and a little gold charm dangling in their cleavage to frighten away mosquitoes?
As annoying as it is to want what you can't have, assuming you have no plans to leave your friend pinned under a tree in bear country, what's the problem? Keep reminding yourself that his girlfriend's a no-go, and seek a woman you can have. If you can't be around these two without your eyeballs crawling all over her, you might pare back your time with them. Otherwise, consider their utter inseparability your best defense against bad acts. It's not like your friend's going to turn to you and say, "Hey, man, I'm right in the middle of something. Mind toweling off my girlfriend?"








Step one: Hang out with other women, and have sex with those other women. That will take the edge off things. Take a break from hanging out with those two. Hang out with him alone, not her.
Step two: let time pass. In a few months, she will be merely cute, if you continue practicing step one during that time.
And in a few years, you will wonder why you once found her so captivating.
Spartee at October 23, 2012 6:34 PM
But she's watching him with those eyes
And she's loving him with that body I just know it...
Pricklypear at October 23, 2012 10:01 PM
Who was it that said the only thing a woman find more upsetting than being viewed as a sex object is not being viewed as a sex object.
As for the LW, hes a stand up guy, a lot of people would work to sabotage the relationship and cheat on his freind.
My advice focus on the things you dont like about her. And while out having sex with other women dont do it with women who look like her
lujlp at October 23, 2012 10:32 PM
Agree with Lujlp -- LW seems like a decent chap. Good on him for that.
Prickly: "But she's watching him with those eyes/
And she's loving him with that body I just know it..." They were playing 80s pop at the Wawa on the way into work this morning. Including Rick Springfield. I felt like I was back in high school!
Tangential question: If a woman is sporting the plunging neckline, and has a tattoo placed visibly inside that plunging neckline, am I, like, supposed to look?
Old RPM Daddy at October 24, 2012 4:02 AM
Tangential question: If a woman is sporting the plunging neckline, and has a tattoo placed visibly inside that plunging neckline, am I, like, supposed to look?
Ah, yes, Old RPM Daddy. But only based on your hotness factor! Is she hot? Would you look at her anyway? Then, yes, but only if your hotness matches hers. If not, look away! Look away! Look away ...lest you be thought of as a "dirty old man". Or "sexy senior citizen", as a friend of my gran's used to say. (But he was decidedly not sexy, just an old lecher!)
o.O
Flynne at October 24, 2012 5:20 AM
I vaguely remember reading about some king or other showing his displeasure, or contempt, of the fashion of the day by spitting into a court lady's cleavage.
You can do that sort of thing when you're King, you know.
Pricklypear at October 24, 2012 7:18 AM
"But only based on your hotness factor! Is she hot? Would you look at her anyway? Then, yes, but only if your hotness matches hers. If not, look away! Look away! Look away ...lest you be thought of as a 'dirty old man.'"
Well, unless she finds the Pillsbury Doughboy terribly alluring, I guess I'm outta luck...
- Dirty Old RPM Daddy
Old RPM Daddy at October 24, 2012 8:25 AM
f a woman is sporting the plunging neckline, and has a tattoo placed visibly inside that plunging neckline, am I, like, supposed to look?
Depends. Was the tattoo originally placed on her collarbone, many, many years ago?
MonicaP at October 24, 2012 8:28 AM
heh, Old RPM Daddy...
this falls under the principle of stalker vs. hottt...
If you are a hot guy, you can get away with an amazing amount... no matter your age. See: George Clooney
regular guys? you better keep your eyes up here, bub... she ain't dressin' for you. She's dressin' for that one guy in a crowd that gets her skirts in a bunch... even if, especially if, he's a badboy that will take her 50 shades of gray one night, to never call again.
Shrug. Like this has ever changed. So I leer just like any guy, and I don' give a frell if she cares. She's in PUBLIC, a walking work of art, she doesn't get to dictate to me how to see her existence.
SwissArmyD at October 24, 2012 10:22 AM
Oh, did you think women wear plunging necklines and a little gold charm dangling in their cleavage to frighten away mosquitoes?
That was awesome.
WayneB at October 24, 2012 11:03 AM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/ag-column-archives/2012/10/all-tied-up-in.html#comment-3402243">comment from WayneBOh, did you think women wear plunging necklines and a little gold charm dangling in their cleavage to frighten away mosquitoes? That was awesome.
Teehee...thank you.
Amy Alkon
at October 24, 2012 11:28 AM
This one made me laugh. Seriously, I may be married, but I'm not dead. Of course I notice a good looking guy, and I can appreciate the view. Same goes for my hubby. He's welcome to look, because I know he will be coming home to me all hot and ready to go. I married my best friend, I trust him and respect him, and he does the same for me.
I've had men cheat on me in the past, hindsight being 20/20 I should have known it was going to happen because the sneaky, underhanded ways they handled this sort of thing.
LW, be happy for your friends, and go out and find the girl who will make you as happy as your friend and his GF are. You will find her, and you will be much better with a real relationship than to break your friends up for the sake of some hot monkey sex.
Kat at October 24, 2012 2:07 PM
Another approach the LW could use for attitude adjustment: "No matter how good looking she is, somewhere there's some guy who's tired of putting up with her crap." And that some guy could be his friend. They broke up once and there were reasons for that, maybe under the attractive exterior she's actually a batshit-crazy b-word. Ya never know...
bkmale at October 25, 2012 7:45 AM
and I don' give a frell
Farscape fan alert
Also your wet or dry question isnt really a good choice, past a certain temprature water becomes quite dry
lujlp at October 26, 2012 7:30 AM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2220586/Comic-Con-Mandy-Caruso-dressed-racy-costume-recalls-sexual-harassment-fans.html
This gal's original blog is linked at the bottom of the article.
Meloni at October 26, 2012 3:00 PM
The likelihood of being accused of Sexual Harassment is inversely proportional to your attractiveness.
To my mind, Sexual Harassment is another tool used by women to enforce the "Feminist Way". To quote Rush Limbaugh: "Feminism was created so as to offer unattractive women access to the mainstream of society".
But they needed a way to scare off the unattractive men, hence "Sexual Harassment".
Because "Sleep with me if you want a promotion" is extortion, not harassment.
brian at October 30, 2012 9:50 AM
Exactly.
He needs to remember why he spent the time and effort to get this girl back together with his friend and didn't hit on her himself.
Perhaps he was hoping his efforts would fail and he could then hit on her guilt-free.
She became attractive to him when he succeeded in getting her back with his friend and taking her off the market.
Conan the Grammarian at October 30, 2012 11:45 AM
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