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The new “I have a boyfriend.”

Everybody knows that women who don’t want to be bothered by men often use “I have a boyfriend” as a deterrent. The scenario usually goes thusly:

GUY: Yo, we should hang out sometime in a sexual way. (paraphrasing)

UNINTERESTED GIRL: I have a boyfriend. (usually prefaced by “uh” if she doesn’t like you, and “I’m sorry” if she’s trying to let you down gently)

GUY: Oh, my bad. (goes home to chronicle failure in blog)

Whether or not the girl actually has a boyfriend is beside the point. Etiquette dictates that trying to steal someone who is taken (if not legally so) is rude, and so the excuse usually works.

However, thanks to Game, many men now consider “I have a boyfriend” to be a shit test. The logic behind this assumption is that the woman will forget about her boyfriend if a more alpha male comes around, so the man should be that alpha male if he wants to make time. Fair enough. Boyfriends don’t incur any legal obligation of loyalty.

This got me thinking, though…if “I have a boyfriend” no longer commands the same social sway that it once did, then what new excuse can a woman use to politely get rid of unwanted swains? (“I have to wash my hair” is the “Shout to the Lord” of excuses, i.e., just a little too obvious of a go-to.)

Well, recent comments left on this blog indicated that a woman who dated multiple men concurrently was “undeniably slutty” and unable to be satisfied by one man. So, in light of that information, maybe the new “I have a boyfriend” should be “I have three boyfriends.”