Does it pay to be the good guy?

There's a saying that goes something like this: "Every woman likes their man to have a little bit of bad boy in them"  On some rudimentary level I think that's true.  If it wasn't, why do so many movies made throughout time have the good girl falling head over heels for the bad boy?  This poses another question:  Does it pay to be a good guy...especially in this day in age?  Does the good guy always get the girl?


I guess the answer is contingent upon whom you ask.  Most women (in my opinion) want the good guy.  The good guy is the provider, leader, comforter and breadwinner of the family.  He is dependable, loyal and most times, puts his woman and his family first.  But some women don't find this quality attractive in a man initially.  Instead, they go for the man that has that hint of danger around him.  He's the wild beast that needs to be tamed, and after the woman meets him, she hopes that she can change him into the good guy...the good guy, that is while still having him keep a bit of that bad boy image.  Is it realistic?  Probably not.  Just ask any woman who fell for the bad boy only to find out that he's always going to be the bad boy.  There is no evolving into a good guy, or even a good man.  He is what he is.  Most men don't change until they're ready to change, and no amount of good loving from a woman is going to change that.  It's how he's hard-wired.  The bad boy does things on his own terms.  And sometimes, these bad boys grow up to be bad men if they ever grow up at all.


Still, when I wrote the character of Jai, I made him the good man.  I made him strong, intelligent...the one that truly puts his woman and child first.  He's all about family and for the most part tries to do the right thing.  He makes mistakes, but they are never deliberate.  He believes in God and his faith runs deep.


I thought that it was necessary to write a character like him because like I said earlier, he seems to be the type of man that most women would like to wind up with.  I mean, if a woman had to choose between Nate and Jai to marry, who do you think she'll pick?  You tell me as you read: "Jai"