Nice guys finish last,
so why do they stay that way?
They try to put problems in the past
and hope they will go away.
Nice guys really care,
or else they would be bad.
They try always to be fair,
but why are they always sad?
In the end they may give up,
but who'll be the nice guy then?
In the end they may get fed up,
because who is nice to them?
Author notes
Written in November 1998 and inspired by some women who I felt were taking advantage of me...now there's no more mr nice guy!
Written November 1st, 1998
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don't let some low down hoe change who you are. i understand where you're coming from, being the "nice girl" that i am, i've been burned and hurt very deeply in the past by men, or i guess i should say boys, who took for granted that i would always be there for them and love them unconditionaly despite how they treated me. i recently found a nice guy, but he's so nice that he broke up with me to prevent future hurt(to me). the point is, don't change yourself to please other people, you will only end up hurting yourself more that they hurt you, plus you let them win. be yourself, and one day you will find the lucky lady who will know how to treat you right. best of luck!!!
ss04 -
Thanks for the wonderful comments. I guess I'm still a "nice guy" but I've not been in love for a long time. So its easier not to fall into the same trap that led to the above poem. Now I'm just trying to control my emotions better. Always thought I'm logical person but my emotions sometimes get the best of me !-)
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I always go for the nice guy, and still have him 6 years on! I am lucky, don't get too bad!
Lakota x -
This is true.
Nice guys do all they can to be nice
and in the end its the bad boys that win
the girl. (i know personally because i was
very recently the girl who chose bad over good)
We girls still have not figured out why we do this,
I think our ancestors screwed it up for us somewhere
down the line, lol.
Awesome poem, very easy to relate to.
Welcome to Ap, hope you like it here.
~Amy~ -
well, you seem to have it all figured out. Well in that case this nice guy willgive you leave, good day my friend. Write on..
peace be with & blessed be;
shaggy wolf -
I see in your comments that you wrote this several years ago, and hope by now that you have found a NiceGal..
seems like those who love the most always get hurt the most, but if you shut yourself off from those possibilities then the chance to love as its meant to be won't happen.
But, I do understand what you're saying.. I build up those walls of self protection too (they just always seem to melt back down though) so it's a continual process with lessons learned each time
Just stay true to who you really are
I really enjoyed your poem, thank you for sharing
gypsy -
That is so sad why should who we are or are not depend on someone else it is good to be smart and diplomatic but not to change ones inherent traits because of someone else, that means they finally got the upper hand on you because they stripped you bare of that which was the best part of you.
I dont think you are not a nice guy anymore I think that Mr Nice Guy is just in hiding afraid of being burnt again, I doubt if peoples basic natures ever truly changes it just lies dormant,
look within and find your true self. Most of the things we do are a reaction to others so in a way we become puppets, but that is not who we truly are if we only go on reacting how will we ever find our true selves, YOU it is The You the Real You that is important not who you have become because of what somebody else did. look within find your true self and chage that or improve it only because it is what YOU truly would like to do.
Personally I would not let a bunch of no good selfish females destroy something rare and precious a s Mr. Nice Guy
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