Do You Have An Emotional Tampon, Ladies?

I love The Loveawake blog. They have some of the most interesting articles. One particular article caught my attention about emotional tampons. The hilarity of the statement alone made read. Oh, what is an emotional tampon, you ask? Well according to this article, "10 Signs You May Be An Emotional Tampon" an "emotional tampon" is a man who will always be there to provide a woman with the proverbial shoulder to cry on and be available for her anytime of the day or night to vent her emotional frustration, problems, and mental instabilities.

Oh, he's basically a "d*ck in a glass case" for women who need some attention. Or put another way, a guy in the friend zone who is caught up in a woman who doesn't want him...ya know, until she does. This is the cruz of platonic relationships. Women who aren't interested in men who are always there for them because they want them.

I can't lie, I've always wondered what a plausible term for these fellas was. I mean, a dude in the friend zone doesn't really pop enough. Nor does a punk arse dude. Both of those sell the guy short. Well, lo and behold there is a term. Now, ladies, can we talk for a moment?

Thank you.

You are dead wrong if you have a guy that you use as your emotional tampon. You know that sad sap wants you and yet you allow him to shower you with the affections you need and want all without giving him anything in return, except you know, access to you...when you want him to have access to you.

Interestingly enough, women who do this are the first ones to become jealous when her ET (shorthand) gets himself a girlfriend and is no longer available. THAT'S when women like that come around. In fact, I'd encourage any guy who is being used in such a capacity to just ignore the chick who uses him as such for like a week or two. She'll either ramp up the contact or she'll fall off the face of the earth. It's either/or with no inbetween. Women like that hate to lose out on affections.

Here's a story. I'm sure I was an ET for a chick a long time ago. And I knew it. I let it happen until one day I just got tired of asking her why she wasn't interested in me and her giving me some BS answer. So I stopped taking her calls and calling her. I moved on. Then she came around. We dated for a year and a half before I realized I only liked who I thought she was. Who she actually was sucked. (Fret not, I'm sure she'd say the same of me.)

1. You receive most of your phone calls from your girlfriend post 2 a.m. when she is wasted and needs a ride home or has an emergency. 4. You hear phrases like "you are such a good listener" or "I can tell you anything" and think it signifies romantic interest. 9. Your girlfriend gives you a list of "chores" and "errands" like cleaning the cat litter or buying her feminine hygiene products.

Of the list of ten, those three are the most poignant to me. Basically, the women are treating some guys like a boyfriend without having to commit to him while blowing some other guys back out. I guess I can't blame women, if you can get some random guy that you do care about to do things for you that the guy you actually like won't do (since he doesn't want anything more than the poon), then hey, I guess it's no harm no foul.

But fellas, any of you out there, I behoove you to take back the reigns. Don't be a tampon, be a beacon. What does that mean? I don't know. But it sounds better than being a tampon.

So I ask you, ladies, do you have an emotional tampon? Is he just a placeholder until you get a boyfriend? Has your emotional tampon ever made the leap to boyfriend?