Okay, the first thing I’m going to admit is that I can’t hear the word ‘creep’ without having Radiohead’s lyrics to “Creep” ring through my head:
“But I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I don’t belong here.”
The truth is I know a lot of creeps.
And I’m okay with that.
I used to get the willies from creeps but that was only until I met creepier creeps.
SUCH AS:
A 50+ year old man who admitted to me that he finds teenage girls sexy.
Super creepy!
I can’t even LOOK at 20 something year old young men without thinking about my own sons.
It’s. So. Not. Sexy.
OR:
Another man who told me he steals ladies panties from the laundromat.
Uber creepy!
So I’m not talking about super creeps and uber creeps – the ones you want to take out restraining orders against.
I’m talking about your garden variety, run-of-the-mill creep.
- The guy who gives off that funny vibe that makes you feel like you’re standing naked in front of him.
- The guy who has “horny” written all over his face and you can just tell he’s imagining doing naughty things with you.
- The guy who you know would get down with you in a millisecond, regardless of where you are and who you are with.
Dare I say it?
I find those guys kinda charming.
Some of my closest friends would probably classify themselves as creeps, in one way or another.
I find something transparent in creeps – as if their deepest desires are barely veiled from the world, ready to be let loose at a moment’s notice.
And it occurs to me that perhaps my fondness for creeps is because I TOO AM A CREEP.
- Awkward.
- Giving off a weird vibe.
- Sexual frustration just brewing beneath the surface.
Yes friends, I’m a creep.
I’m a weirdo.
But don’t you find me the teensiest bit charming?
You do now, don’t you?
I think the “creep” vibe of which you speak is a bit of someone willing to wear their vulnerabilities on their sleeve. At least as far as those vulnerabilities pertain to their sexual desires – I agree this type of vulnerability…this particular “creepy vibe”… can be attractive. As for the uber creepy, yes, there is a point where it results in repulsion vs attraction.