Serving as permanent counsel, adviser, and general know-it-all to her friends for as long as anyone can remember, Jess has a gift for telling what’s what.

Ask Jess: Orianthi Shows Us Why You Shouldn’t Juggle Multiple Men

Posted by Jess - 06/07/10 at 10:07 am

You might think that Orianthi is singing about moving on in “According to You” but I don’t buy it.

Good guys everywhere might be tempted to rejoice when they hear Orianthi sing about finding a guy that appreciates her so much more than the lousy guy she’s with (and was it just me or did you think that song was by Kelly Clarkson too?). You see, she tells us, her current guy thinks she’s stupid. He complains about putting up with her poor attention span. But “according to” this new guy, she’s “beautiful and incredible.” He can’t get her “out of his head.”

And chances are, he can’t get her in any other way either.

Funny thing about those “I’m So Over You” songs…, the authors spend a lot of time, effort, and detail writing about someone they profess to no longer care for. And while the artistic process is surely cathartic, the loudest message I hear in an “over you” song is “I am so heartbreakingly still in love with you.”

The “good” guy in this case is not her Knight in Shining Armor. More likely, he’s the poor schmuck she’s using to threaten the guy she’s with, to demonstrate her “market value” and make him jealous. And by holding the nice guy at arm’s length, she gets him to jump through hoop after hoop after hoop. Were that same guy to enter her life under normal circumstances, he’d be able to come in on even footing. Not so when a girl’s heart is already tied up in a dysfunctional relationship.

For those of us thinking we can rescue a person out of the arms of their unappreciative lover, a word to the wise, they don’t always want to be saved… Spend your time wooing someone with an unoccupied heart.

Guys, have you ever tried to win a nice girl away from a bad boy?

Girls, did you ever leapfrog from a no-good boyfriend to the “nice” guy (without a break in between)?

P.S. I think Orianthi is channeling Debbie Gibson in the photo above. Am I right? Stay tuned for a Debbie Gibson fashion tribute later this week. I’ve been inspired.

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