Real men can't hold a match to Jake Ryan

As much as I love 80’s movies I feel that the depictions of romance have actually misconstrued the meaning of the word, ultimately causing a skewed perception of males. Case in point: Jake Ryan. He was the quintessential figure of the school: handsome, popular, and rich. But, most importantly he was actually a cool guy. For example, Jake Ryan was the guy who got Samantha’s panties back and didn’t make a big deal of it. He also found the ‘sex test’ she dropped on the floor and just kept the information to himself. He didn’t tell his friends, he didn’t e-mail or text everyone the evidence. So maybe they didn’t have the possibilities of networking that we have today, but even if there was that temptation Jake Ryan wouldn’t have nudged. Why? Because Jake Ryan was and still is the perfect guy. He will forever cloud our minds with possibilities; that the most popular and attractive guy in school will dump his supermodel girlfriend and actually notice the quiet not-so attractive girl.

But the truth is Jake Ryan is fictional, he does not exist, and no he is not going to pick you up at church in his red Porsche 944. It simply will not happen. The only solace remains within the perceptions we have built in our minds during our adolescent days. Every girl had her own Jake Ryan in High School and the world was a better place because of him. On the outside he was perfection and you had this hope he would notice you…. because of Jake Ryan you believed that a nice guy could be inside a flawless exterior, but that is not the case. He is not going to smile at you at the school dance, nor will he take the time to look up your number to call you, and he definitely isn’t going to bake you a cake for your birthday. I’m sorry to this again, but it will not happen.

There is no perfect guy; however, that doesn’t mean that the RIGHT guy doesn’t exist. I think you just have to find someone that you can be yourself around and will accept you for you, vice versa. As I learned in High School you can’t put people on pedestals because they have no where to go but down. Thus, you shouldn’t expect a Jake Ryan, nor should you want one. There are plenty of great guys out there and you just have to look in the RIGHT place to find them.

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