10 Reasons Stylish Guys Make Terrible Boyfriends

Being stylish means often taking risks, for better or worse. But every once in a while all those Tumblr reblogs and compliments from strangers get to a guy's head. This is when they end up attempting looks that may be a little too ambitious. The effort is commendable, until you end up in public with a date who looks like they could be on their way to a costume party. Hey, Halloween's right around the corner...

Stylish guys want to look good all the time, and that's totally cool. But sometimes it goes too far—the outfit changes are nonstop and elaborate, as is the compulsion to catalogue who's seen them wear what. They refuse to repeat looks if there's the slightest chance of running into anyone who saw them wear it a couple of weeks ago. Plus there's no leaving the house wearing anything that wouldn't get them onto a street style blog, dinner reservations be damned.

Every time you come across a perfectly lit street or landscape, your partner requests that you take a photo for their Insta. And then another one from a better angle, and then a full-length one to make sure their shoes are in the frame, and then one with their hands in their pocket, and then a serious one, and then one with a smile. Then they stand around wasting time cropping and choosing filters when all you wanted to do was get some brunch.

There are only so many things you can say about a particular colorway or sleeve fit, and yet your stylish guy can talk for hours upon hours about the season's trends in stitching. You may be generous enough to indulge their conversations about seemingly inconsequential things, but only at the expense of your own boredom and sanity.

They might not admit it but chances are your partner is compelled to dress well in part to turn heads on the street and gain the attention of complete strangers. If they're really good at it, you can't walk down the street with a stylish guy without what seems like the entire city wanting to know how they managed to snag that exclusive pair of kicks or that dope tee. And your boo indulges them every damn time. Priorities, man!

"Never judge a book by its cover but always judge a human being by their ability to put together a cool, seasonally appropriate, culturally relevant outfit." Like it or not, that's often the stylish person's modus operandi, and they don't want their friends to judge you 'cause you're wearing a pair of shoes that haven't been 'in' since Kanye was wearing polos. In their mind, your choices reflect on them, too, no matter how fucked up that might seem to normal-thinking people.

It's hard enough to make plans as a couple when everyone's busy with work or school or life, but throwing the time-consuming world of streetwear into the mix makes scheduling infinitely harder. Those plans you made a week ago? They happen to coincide with the next Supreme release, and you know that "v rare" 5-panel always takes precedence over everything. Sorry.

Style may come free, but unless you're North West, clothes sure don't. For a stylish person it can feel like a compulsion to buy new gear every season, and the Internet makes it even harder to resist these instincts. That means significant quantities of paychecks being dumped on expanding their wardrobe and maybe even dipping into the savings account occasionally. A nice dinner is over in just two hours, but a pair of Visvims last forever, goes his reasoning. You know what else lasts forever? Diamonds, but try telling that to him after he peeps Engineered Garments' latest release.