Aren’t bad boys just deeeeeelicious. James Dean, Colin Farrell and, my current favourite, Sean Slater off Eastenders! They all totally rock.

Back in the real world however, I have identified a current shift in popularity away from traditional bad boys and my spider senses suspect that the reason may be age related.

You see a few of my chums are beginning to reach slightly more mature years – they’re not reaching for the mint imperials just yet, but they have got to the point where they no longer carry pictures of McFly around in their purse. Previously, these girls (like me) had always loved a boy with a hint of trouble in his eye – in fact show ‘em a bloke with an unshaven chin, a motorbike or an ASBO and they’d be up his trouser-leg like a whistle-up-a-chimney! But suddenly, they’re shunning these naughty boys! Now, at the mere sniff of a raucous man, their backs are turned and their noses upturned. Of course they haven’t given up on chaps altogether. Lord no. Instead they’ve done a full on 180degree twist and are falling foul of the eerie charms of the ‘nice boy’! Crikey!

All their new boyfriends are chaps with cashmere sweaters and ‘decent jobs’, they open doors and buy presents, they chat politely to Mums and there’s not a criminal record amongst them! Shocking.

So, being the all-enquiring mind that I am, I sat these women down and gave them a damn good grilling as to the reasons behind their shift in taste. The basic outcome being that bad boys are all well and good when you’re not looking for something serious, but as you grow you begin to think about a man to settle with. You stop wanting someone who doesn’t give a raw prawn about your feelings. Instead you want a man who listens, a man you can trust, a man who’ll happily rub your feet as you sit in your PJ’s shovelling down pickled onions and getting excited over Strictly Come Dancing.

I suspect that the learning from this is perhaps more for boys than girls.

If you’re a man currently trying to woo a lady and that lady still resides on the right side of mini skirts and cheap wine, showing your badass side is deffo the way to go, but, if you heart’s desire is a woman with a few more birthday candles under her belt, ditch the aloof attitude and give up your seat on the bus as you employ all the good manners your Mum tried to teach you as a boy. If my friends are anything to go by you’ll be onto an absolute winner.

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