A hot guy with a guitar is always sure to attract single ladies. What’s not to like? Most singer songwriters are sensitive, passionate lovers and have bucket loads of charisma. Look at all the movie stars that marry musicians, it must be for a reason, right?
Sadly the reality of dating your average guitar playing Joe, is a lot less fun. Lets take a look at the full deal, of dating musicians.
You’ve met a guy. He’s cute, sensitive and plays the guitar. Here’s what you need to know before you get too involved with him.
1. Musicians are always broke. If he is like the massive majority of performers out there today, he is playing for pennies and free beers at the local pubs. Fingers crossed he has another job. If he doesn’t, expect to pick up all of the tabs and DO NOT let him move in. There is a very sad joke: What do you call a musician without a girlfriend? Homeless.
2.Musicians are moody. It’s sexy when he’s all quiet and pensive right now, think about how that will feel about five months from now though. Will that sweet song he wrote for you be worth it when you have to tip toe on broken glass every time he’s feeling depressed?
3. Musicians are man whores. You know what’s frustrating? Paying for all the groceries, the gas, his equipment and new clothes, then catching him making out with a waitress in the bathroom after his gig. Because of how appealing guys in music can be at the beginning, they have a lot of girls coming onto them. Add into the mix a few free beers and the high of performing and you get a recipe for cheating. Is it worth it?
4. Musicians aren’t morning people. If you have a normal job and you’re boyfriend is trying to pull you back in bed, or yelling at you to keep it down while you make your breakfast, you can end up feeling pretty resentful.
5. Musicians are lazy. Do you know any other job where you’re allowed to drink, show up late and you only have to work for two hours? Have you ever seen a musician live in a place that didn’t look like a pig pen, unless he had a girlfriend? Most of these guys can’t even remember to put the toilet seat down. Is the hot sex worth it if afterwards you fall into the toilet?
I’m not saying that ALL musicians are like this but if you look at the celebrity marriages and subsequent divorces, your friends dating disasters with musicians and the heartbreak it causes most of them, these type of guys are the majority.
Your mother was right, there a plenty of fish in the sea, toss the guitar playing jerks back in the water and try dating a nice computer programmer.
