This ^^^
To expand a bit on some other nice-guy behaviors:
1. Changing their opinion on things in order to align with the woman's, or to align with what they THINK the woman will want to hear
2. Have no entitlement that a woman should be doing things for him, in-kind to what he does for her. It's not so much tit-for-tat, but most nice-guys are SO focused on pleasing women, they literally expect nothing in return (other than hopefully her permission to have sex with her). If I do things like cook her dinners or give her a ride somewhere, I'm going to expect the same from her. I'm not going to keep track and I'm not going to get butt-hurt if she doesn't do it, but if she doesn't, I'm not going to keep doing things for her like that. I'm going to scale back to whatever level of investment she is providing, even if that means fading away until we are no longer talking/dating.
3. Do not have clear boundaries
4. Do not hold women accountable for anything
5. Are anti-confrontational and afraid to disagree (often related to the above two points)
6. Are afraid to challenge women
7. Agree with everything she says and are over-complimenting. "WOW, you like to ride bicycles? No way! So cool!"
8. Await the woman to give him a lit-up neon sign inviting him to escalate physically with her
Women don't like d-bags. Women like certain good characteristics that D-bags possess from the above list. Sadly, D-bags have a lot of other bad traits that women do NOT like, but they go for the guy anyway because they can almost never find the good traits listed above in nice guys. To me, this is a CORE part of being a good DJ..... because if you can be nice, and also do the opposite of the list above, you are in the top 1-2% of all men and women CRAVE this.
Give me an arrogant douch ebag over a spineless or disingenuous “nice guy” all day.
I can manage the ass hole. There is substance there to push against; edge; bravado. Push over fraidy cat dudes just trying to get by? Can’t do it. If I push they tip over. No challenge, no edge, no polarity to push against. I’m a woman with passions not a porcelain doll. But I’m also a kind person. I do not mince words. I will tell a man I do not feel physical attraction if it needs to be said. And on occasion I’ve said it. It is crystal clear. It breaks a guy texting endlessly trying to negotiate desire in me. No desire? NEXT! But I am always kind at the same time. I do not use men for free stuff and think women who do are abominable.
Current guy? Kind. Transparent (brutally so at times), Respectful. Caring. Sexy AF. Openly a playboy type. Tall. Handsome face. Occasional ass hole. Unapologetically himself. Good at chess (seriously). He’s also able to be vulnerable and emotive. Self assured; secure. No fxcks given.
He’s also not the usual body type I’m generally drawn to (he’s trim) but he is such a rock solid force of personality coupled with bravado and vulnerability that he’s very appealing.
The “nice guy” borders on creepy. He’s too timid to be congruent in what he wants or desires and therefore always seems fake but in a sugary off putting way. But he’s convinced he’s “nice” (aka has drunk his own Kool Aid) so when he fails he’s that much angrier.
“Nice guys”, if they have any characteristics that actually appeal to women (handsome face, fit body, fat wallet) are the ones most likely to suddenly flip places on the spectrum. They become the angry uber jaded d icks who learn to use women because they always felt used. That’s a dark nasty hole to climb out of. A few guys do climb out. Many do not.
But that’s the subset of the “nice guys” who grow a pair and see TRP at some point. Many never do. And they whimper along miserably wondering why they only get scraps...
It’s brutal.
Nothing wrong intrinsically with “nice” so long as it’s akin to kind. I’ll take kind with backbone all day long. But those are men who typically had to be forged in some sort of fire to arrive at such a place...takes time in many instances to evolve to such a place...