That is true sazbomb, but the nice boy is more than likely thinking about someone else while doing it, whereas the badboy will be soleley concentrating on whats in front of him, so to speak !

of course

what is it that attracts you though? Help me understand!

Bump back onto the first page, cos I'm still curious

I'm guessing it's the confident air about them.

Yeah possibly, Gordon Ramsay was mentioned earlier, and he has confidence in spades

Maybe it's because the thrill of unprecedented, uncertainty is an added attraction to the adventure of relating to a bad boy. The unpredictableness is much like a roller coaster ride's thrill. Remember when you embarked on a roller coaster for the first time? Lack of not knowing what to expect adds to the excitement. Women are "fixers" by nature. The challenge of taming a "bad boy's" roar to a big cat's purr will validate the bad boy's love for the attracted woman. Relationship with a real man, who seemingly breaks all the love rules or makes them appear more exciting, will attract women who are looking for adventure. Living life on the edge is attractive for some….especially the rescue part. There is a thin line between danger and passion. Instinctively, women desire to be pursued by a strong, sexy man of their fantasies and dreams. The “forbidden fruit” syndrome dates back to the garden. When something has a forbidden and dangerous aura, it tends to translate into thrills of excitement. The truth of the matter is, everyone desires to be loved…even the bad boy. It is important to mention that the previous information is not speaking in terms of physical, mental, or emotional abusive men, but rather, the animalistic instinct of attraction to “rugged” men who are self-indulged and dripping with a confidence that makes some risk-taking women stand up and take notice.

You get nice, confident men, though.

I suspect these women may have had fathers who treated women badly.
I can't see why they would think it was acceptable, otherwise.

Oh absolutely!

I don't know if it's as black and white as someone is a  'bad boy'. Sure, you get guys who will treat all women the same, I think that's more to do with deep rooted issues stemming back to childhood and how they were raised or experiences they have had.

But then you get some guys who are not 'bad' through and through, they are just not compatible with the person they are with, and it would take a certain kind of woman to understand them (and it's the same the other way round too).

I think alot of it comes to down to compatibility, and based on each other's experiences, as to whether a relationship where either or both of the partners have 'issues' or a certain way of doing things, will last the distance.

I believe in kismet and all that malarky anyway so dont know what I'm banging on for