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The ImperfecX

(Article For Cosmopolitan Magazine) Title: Greenwich Pasta Supreme brings you The Ultimate MANual. Your insider guide on how to spot the ImperfecX. Introduction: So you spot �the one� in the bar stool across the room. You give him the once over. Cute. Check. Maporma. Check. As he walks past you to go to the, you catch a whiff of his irresistibly musky scent. Mabango. Check. What�s he drinking? Scotch on the rocks. Mmm. A real man. Check. He looks at you and you�re hooked� You give him your number and then he NEVER calls. Tsk. Tsk. Girls, don�t be fooled by hunky good looks, oozing sex appeal and boyish charm. You�re smarter than that. But for some reason our male judgment has been impaired. Or was there a lapse somewhere in between his look and yours? So why haven�t we learned our lesson yet? Why do we fall for all the wrong ones all the time? We may not have a foolproof solution to finding the perfect guy but we can help make the search a whole lot easier. We�ve put together 12 ImperfeX-- boys to study? change to �spot� and ultimately avoid. He has the x mark in imperfection (do we need to explain more? Baka di nila magets combination of imperfect & x?). Then who knows? Maybe after getting to know these guys, you�ll be a bit closer to finding the perfect one for you. 1. The Bad Boy Line: It�s not me. It�s you. Relationship Status: It�s always complicated. This guy is bad news. He�s the guy your mom warned you about. Still, you seem drawn to his rebellious, living-on-the-edge, devil-may-care attitude. You daydream about riding with him in his motorcycle (even if he doesn�t own one!) against the back of his soft leather jacket. He can get away with being a complete ##%$%^$%^ and you�ll still fall in love with him. Piece of advice? Listen to your mom. 2. The Player Line: Hey Joanne� este, Janelle. Relationship Status: In a relationship with�??? This effortlessly good-looking boy with his disheveled yet put-together fa�ade attracts women like bees to honey. All the chicks want him. And so do you. Thing is, he wants all of you too! He�s actually not that bad�if you don�t mind sharing with other women. Do you? 3. The User Line: Hon, may barya ka? Relationship Status: In relationship with your wallet. The perpetual leech�he thinks he can charm you into anything. It starts with the small thing like picking fries off your plate, asking if he can call or text using your phone and before you know it, you�re picking up the tab on everything. Sure, it makes you feel like he needs you but are the freebies getting a little too far? Reality check: You aren�t his honey, darling. You�re his sugar momma. 4. The Gamer Line: Hmm? Ha? Oh! Hon, paabot naman ng tubig. Relationship Status: In a relationship with you and any gadget with lots of buttons. Hello?! Hellooooo??!! You swear he has A.D.D. or at least a selective version of it. The world could end and he wouldn�t even notice because he�s playing his stupid game. His eyes never leave the screen and his mouth is agape, it drives you crazy that nothing ever exits from his mouth except for a yelp or screech and when he occasionally asks you to get something. If it�s that bad, it�s either you pull the plug on his game or on your relationship. 5. The Ditcher Line: Hon, sorry pero tumatawag yung barkada ko eh. Relationship Status: In a relationship ka ba talaga?! Consideration. That�s not a lot to ask, is it? He seems so eager to make plans with you one minute and the moment something better comes along, he makes a beeline for it. And you don�t have a say in the matter whatsoever. Ito lang. If he ditches you, ditch him. 6. The Mama�s Boy Line: Uwi tayo ng maaga ah. Walang kasama mommy ko sa bahay. Relationship Status: In a relationship�with his mother You know what they say, a guy who respects his mother, respects women too! So aren�t you glad you landed a mama�s boy? NOT. So every time she calls at even the most inopportune of times (you know what I mean!), he takes it, every time he she calls him to come home, he has to come home. Family values? Cool. But does he value you and your relationship? 7. The Workaholic Line: Next week nalang tayo magkita. Overtime ako eh. Relationship Status: In a relationship with his desk. Every time you ask him a question, ang sagot: �work eh� or �overtime eh�. You can say he�s driven, hardworking and at least he�s not cheating on you. But does that make him a good boyfriend? If he were half as dedicated to you as he is to his job then maybe, his picture may be posted on your wall with the note: �Promoted to the best boyfriend ever!� 8. The Whiner/The Complainer Line: (emphatically!) Bakit ganito yung food?! We�re not getting our money�s worth. Nasaan yung manager? Relationship Status: In a bad relationship with�anyone and anything. He�s going to nitpick on everything, from why you did this and that to why to why his job sucks. It�s as if the whole world is out to get him and he deserves so much more. Please, woman, do not be his emotional punching bag. You are not some noise-absorbing board that can handle all his blabbering pollution. Why put up with his whines? Why, oh, why? 9. The White Liar/ Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire Line: May family dinner ako eh. Ay, highschool reunion pala. Relationship Status: Who really knows? The dangerous thing is that he�s so used to lying he became good at it. So even if your gut feel says he�s lying, your tendency is to let him off the hook because you love him. Can�t you feel that very long nose of him poking at your face?! If you are better than this guy and you actually catch him lying, then be true to yourself. Do you really want to be in a relationship with someone you constantly want to attach to a lie detector? 10. The Boss Line: Ayoko yung suot mo. Magpalit ka nga. Relationship Status: In a relationship with people he can boss around. Only people he can boss around�including you. He tells you what to do. Siya and batas. What he says, goes. You�re like his personal play dough he can mold according to his unreasonable demands. Cut the strings, puppet girl. Let yourself be unattached to that wicked master and be finally free. 11. Mr. Emo/Clingy Line: Hindi ka naman nagte-text eh. Galit ka ba? May ginawa ba ako? Relationship Status: Verrrrry much in a relationship with you. He puts every drama queen to shame. Kaunting kibot and he thinks he did something wrong. He craves emotional confrontations and clings to you like saran wrap. You can�t meet you family or friends because he interprets it as not wanting to spend quality time with him. He has absolutely no concept of personal space or �me� time. He�s like that bubble gum you can�t remove from your hair and which you can only get rid of by cutting. Snip him out of your life, will 'ya? 12. Mr. Late-a-lot Line: Sorry! Akala ko 11:00 tayo magkikita� �di ko na-set yung alarm� Relationship Status: In a relationship with you, except he isn�t there yet. Rolled out of bed kasi kakagising lang. Laging late. You already gave him a watch for his birthday hoping he�ll get the hint but he never wears it. Figures. He hardly prepares for anything. He rolls out of bed like he just woke up. He has no sense of time and space, he just floats around like a bum. You try to synchronize your time with him but you know you�ll never be in sync. So why wait? When you can date! They say finding the perfect guy is like finding a needle in a haystack. It�s a major struggle. So you settle and date the wrong ones in hopes that the right one will come along. In the meantime, find comfort in other things that are easier to find- like a great pair of shoes, the best little black dress or the perfect pasta for you. With Greenwich Pasta Supreme, you get nothing less than the best � the finest ingredients, delectable taste at an affordable price. Now, that�s a perfect catch.