Judy McGuire over at The Frisky has listed the four types of TV guys to avoid and while the list is pretty spot-on (Chuck Bass, Don Draper), I think the list is rather obvious…and woefully incomplete. Sure, ladies should avoid the guys with sex and alcohol addictions…and in general women should steer clear of 17-year old boys. What about the types that fly a little more under the radar, though? Where’s the lack of love for them?
Alan Harper (Two and a Half Men): Forget the chronically drunk, virus-hosting Charlie Harper, it’s his brother I think women need to worry about more. He’s marginally unemployed, and is still pussy-whipped by his ex even though the alimony has stopped. He also has far too many matching pajama-and-robe sets.
Roman Grant (Big Love): Roman tends to traffic more in quantity and not necessarily quality. Plus, he has way too many family obligations to ever make you feel like you’re #1…or #32, for that matter.
Ryan Howard (The Office): From temp to Corporate to receptionist in just a few short years. While I admire his Behind the Music-esque rise to stardom and subsequent attempt to rebuild after shamelessly falling from grace, he still hasn’t fully processed 9/11. Besides, he prefers women who look like Survivor contestants.
Elliot Stabler (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit): In love with a colleague for the past ten years. Enough said. Give it up…you’ll never be able to compete with his Workplace Wife. Just ask his actual wife.
Alan Shore (Boston Legal): I never thought I’d say this about a man, but Alan is in love with being in love. He’s not what I would consider old, yet he has deeply fallen in love with…and shared a rather special connection with…literally half of the female attorneys in Boston. And all Andrews Sisters jokes aside, he holds too big of a torch (that’s what she said?) for Denny. See “Elliot Stabler” above.
