I was talking to a woman today and she accidently let drop a derogatory term that women use privately to refer to certain men . . .
In woman's code the word is:
Cuddle-buddy 
Cuddle-buddy is the term some women use to refer to what we usually call "that guy".
The guy in a ladies life that is providing all the emotional comfort and support that a boy-friend is supposed to without getting any of those fringe benefits.
They go hang out, confide in each other, everyone swears he likes her, he treats her like gold, and she may or may not have a boyfriend . . .
We have all been "that guy" at least once, and ladies its the reason why we are not as nice anymore . . . niceness was a well that dried up after overuse by some other woman . . . that was not our girl friend . . .
But when I heard the term
Cuddle-buddy it just gave me bad chills . . . she was very nonchalant when she said all women need ******, ick I can't even write the term anymore it makes me ill!
You might as well call us care-bears or smurfs.
But guys if some of your friends have fallen into this role, and you have tried to reason with them, I imagine that judicious uses of that term like, "Your nothing but her little
Cuddle-buddy" will probably bring him around.
Sorry ladies, I had to spill your secret and warn the brotherhood of men. . .
[This message has been edited by James (edited May 24, 2001).]