Good Good

I know this may be a bit of a nitpick, but something that’s always bothered me is why everyone, man and woman, says that they are looking for a GOOD (wo)man. This would imply that there are some people who are ADVERTISING wanting the dregs of our genders. Who out there is saying “I want to deal wit a gutter tripe, worthless piece of person. Y’all can have the good ones!” Not a soul I know of, past or present. Everybody wants quality, so why the need to specify?

Conversely, what horrid piece of person would realistically stay away when people say they want a good person in their life? Nobody. Of course, everybody is the best thing since sliced bread when they are on the hunt for their better half. Words are AWESOME!

-B

One Response to “Good Good”

  1. Melony says:

    SOme people do advertise themselves as being bad. You’ve seen it and you have heard you friends talk abotu it. The “bad girl” the “Bad boy”. Those people you know are no good for you (either due to past expeirence or thier rap sheet of relationships) SOme people do seek out the bad for one of two reasons, to change them or because if/when that person does something wrong they can blame it ont he person and not on thier own inability to maintain a good solid relationship ( both of these reasons can be subconsious). WHen peopel say they want a Good (wo)man what they are really saying is “I want someone with whom i can have a healthy, loving relationship with, who comes with no baggage and no issues and will fit neatly into the image of what i want out of a significant other”. That should be what your issue is, not the use of the word bad or good.

    Good can have a negative conotation jsut as bad can have a positive one, its all contexts… and i CAN see the joy in that. But i think you emphisis is off in you analysis

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