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"text": "1999, The 'Nice Guy' Syndrome, Self-Help Informational Resources, The Counseling Center for Human Development, The University of South Florida https://web.archive.org/web/19991013184527/http://usfweb.usf.edu/counsel/self-hlp/niceguy.htm\nThe nice guy, they say, finishes last. But in romantic relationships, the nice guy often isn't even in the running. […] The nice guy may have expressed an interest in dating you…. The nice guy is the person who you trust and feel comfortable with, but don't see as \"fun\" or \"challenging\" or really all that \"interesting,\" other than as a friend, of course."
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"text": "2005 September 18, \"Dirty D.\", Lost Romanticism and the Manwhore, DiaryLand, at uberfrau.diaryland.com\nNice guys are historically the grail of dating. […] As both Nora and I reminisced and compared how we were treated by the manwhore and by the nice guy, the manwhore always won out."
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"text": "2005 September 18, \"Dirty D.\", Lost Romanticism and the Manwhore, DiaryLand, at uberfrau.diaryland.com\nNice guys are historically the grail of dating. […] As both Nora and I reminisced and compared how we were treated by the manwhore and by the nice guy, the manwhore always won out."
}
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