{"id":56565,"date":"2025-03-24T11:11:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T11:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=56565"},"modified":"2025-03-24T11:11:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T11:11:37","slug":"its-not-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=56565","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Not You: &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1071-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1071-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1071-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1071-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1071.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dating in your twenties as a woman feels like trying to catch a fish without a rod\u2014sitting in a boat, hoping a clueless bass jumps into your net. But why is it so hard? Why does dating feel like a string of almost-boyfriends and guys who say anything to get us into bed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to research, it&#8217;s not you\u2014it\u2019s the men you\u2019re choosing. More men than women exhibit the Dark Triad personality traits: narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism. These traits fuel short-term relationships, manipulation, and a lack of empathy, making bad boys so alluring yet destructive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So why do we fall for them? The thrill, the fantasy, and the challenge of being &#8220;the one&#8221; who changes him. We crave excitement over stability, mistaking toxicity for passion. Often, we\u2019re not even ready for real relationships, so we unconsciously pick the wrong guys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The truth? The bad boy never changes\u2014only the women he dates do. Instead of chasing danger, maybe it&#8217;s time we choose someone who won\u2019t leave us bleeding emotionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=56522\">also read&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dating in your twenties as a woman feels like trying to catch a fish without a rod\u2014sitting in a boat, hoping a clueless bass jumps into your&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56567,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56565\/revisions\/56567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}