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May 30, 2023 56 mins

What You'll Hear In This Episode:

  • Nice guys are the opposite of love bombers, but they still may not be great - why is that? 
  • Why are nice guys constantly walking on eggshells? 
  • How nice guys are different from other guys. 
  • The ways nice guys can be calculating and manipulative. 
  • How do you know if a man is truly compassionate and kind, or if it's an act? 
  • Spending time with secure and grounded men can often feel boring because there isn't that surge of hormones that you feel with love bombers and men who play games. 
  • Benjamin talks about his experience as a recovering nice guy. 
  • Underneath the nice guy syndrome, there can be a lot of victimization and manipulation. 

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Quotes: 

  • "It's good to give nicer men a chance, but not every nice man is a good potential candidate for a relationship." - Lisa 2:52 
  • "Either just because he's nice, doesn't mean that he's a great guy, or that he's a good fit." - Lisa 3:01 
  • "Very often, nice guys turn out to be anything but nice. They can swing back and forth from being giving to being angry an resentful, like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." - Benjamin 4:26 
  • "The hallmark of these nice guys is that they're giving to get. And when they don't get what they want, they're a completely different person underneath. - Lisa 11:14 
  • "A healthy woman wants a real man who can kindly ask for what he wants, and he needs to communicate that in a way that is loving and clear, and in the present time." - Benjamin 26:55 
  • Nurturing is healthy, but caretaking in the relationship becomes unequal." - Benjamin 32:13 

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