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Let me be very clear that this isn't mine
This is one of my favorite parts in the book Tiger's Curse and a amazing pic I goggled
I think it explains the whole a 5 can't date a 10 blah blah blah and it shows a 5's side of the thinking

~!~!~!~!~!~SPOILER ALERT~!~!~!~!~!~!~
pages 378-381

"Okay, Ren, there really is something that we need to discuss."
"Alright. Go ahead."
I blew out a breath. " You see, I can't... reciprocate yur feelings. Or your, umm, affections."
He laughed. "What are you talking about?"
"Well, what I mean is---"
He leaned forward and spoke in a low voice, full of meaning, "Kelsey, I KNOW you reciprocate my feelings. Don't pretend anymore that you don't have them."
I'd hoped that I'd fooled him, but he could see right through me. I decided to play dumb and pretend I didn't know what he was talking about.
I waved my hand in the air. "Okay! Yes! I admit that I'm attracted to you."

"But it won't work out," I finished.
Ren looked confused. "Why not?"
"Because I'm too attracted to you."
"I don't understand what you're saying. How can your being attracted to me be a problem? I would think that's a good thing."
"For NORMAL people... it is," I stated.
"So I'm not normal?"
"No. Let me explain it this way. It's like this... a starving man would gladly eat a radish, right? In fact, a radish would be a feast if that's all he had. But if he had a buffet in front of him, the radish would never be chosen."
Ren paused a moment. "I don't get it. What are you saying?
"I'm saying.... I'm the radish."
"And what am I? The buffet?"
I tried to explain it further. "No... you're the man. Now... I don't really want to be the radish. I mean, who does? But I'm grounded enough to know what I am, and I am NOT a buffet. I mean, your could be having chocolate éclairs, for heaven's sake."
"But not radishes."
"No."
"What..." Ren paused thoughtfully, "if I like radishes?"
"You don't. You don't know any better. I'm also really sorry that I've been so rude to you. I'm not normally. I don't know where all the sarcasm comes from."
Ren raised an eyebrow.
"Okay. I have a cynical, evil side that is normally hidden. But when I'm under great stress or extremely desperate, it comes out."
He set down my foot, picked up the other one, and began massaging it with his thumbs. He didn't say anything, so I continued, "Being cold-hearted and nasty was the only thing I could do to push you away. It was kind of a defense mechanism."
"So you admit you were trying to push me away."
"Yes. Of course."
"And it's because you're a radish."
Frustrated, I said, "YES! Now that you're a man again, you'll find someone better for you, someone who complements you. It's not your fault. I mean, you've been a tiger so long that you just don't know how the world works."
"Right. And how DOES the world work, Kelsey??"
I could hear frustration in his voice but pressed on. "Well, not to put too fine a point on it, but you could be going out with some supermodel-turned-actress. Haven't you been paying attention?"
Angrily, he shouted, "Oh, yes, indeed I AM paying attention! What you are saying is that I should be a stuck-up, rich, shallow, LIBERTINE who cares only about wealth, power, and bettering my status. That I should date superficial, fickle, pretentious, brainless women who care more about my connections then they do about me. AND that I am not wise enough, or up-to-date enough, to know WHO I want or WHAT I want in life! Does that about sum it up?"
I squeaked out a small, "Yes."
"You truly feel this way?"
I flinched. "Yes."
Ren leaned forward. "Well, you're wrong. Kelsey. Wrong about yourself and wrong about me!

Tiger's Curse (c) Colleen Houck

Description
Let me be very clear that this isn't mine
This is one of my favorite parts in the book Tiger's Curse and a amazing pic I goggled
I think it explains the whole a 5 can't date a 10 blah blah blah and it shows a 5's side of the thinking

~!~!~!~!~!~SPOILER ALERT~!~!~!~!~!~!~
pages 378-381

"Okay, Ren, there really is something that we need to discuss."
"Alright. Go ahead."
I blew out a breath. " You see, I can't... reciprocate yur feelings. Or your, umm, affections."
He laughed. "What are you talking about?"
"Well, what I mean is---"
He leaned forward and spoke in a low voice, full of meaning, "Kelsey, I KNOW you reciprocate my feelings. Don't pretend anymore that you don't have them."
I'd hoped that I'd fooled him, but he could see right through me. I decided to play dumb and pretend I didn't know what he was talking about.
I waved my hand in the air. "Okay! Yes! I admit that I'm attracted to you."

"But it won't work out," I finished.
Ren looked confused. "Why not?"
"Because I'm too attracted to you."
"I don't understand what you're saying. How can your being attracted to me be a problem? I would think that's a good thing."
"For NORMAL people... it is," I stated.
"So I'm not normal?"
"No. Let me explain it this way. It's like this... a starving man would gladly eat a radish, right? In fact, a radish would be a feast if that's all he had. But if he had a buffet in front of him, the radish would never be chosen."
Ren paused a moment. "I don't get it. What are you saying?
"I'm saying.... I'm the radish."
"And what am I? The buffet?"
I tried to explain it further. "No... you're the man. Now... I don't really want to be the radish. I mean, who does? But I'm grounded enough to know what I am, and I am NOT a buffet. I mean, your could be having chocolate éclairs, for heaven's sake."
"But not radishes."
"No."
"What..." Ren paused thoughtfully, "if I like radishes?"
"You don't. You don't know any better. I'm also really sorry that I've been so rude to you. I'm not normally. I don't know where all the sarcasm comes from."
Ren raised an eyebrow.
"Okay. I have a cynical, evil side that is normally hidden. But when I'm under great stress or extremely desperate, it comes out."
He set down my foot, picked up the other one, and began massaging it with his thumbs. He didn't say anything, so I continued, "Being cold-hearted and nasty was the only thing I could do to push you away. It was kind of a defense mechanism."
"So you admit you were trying to push me away."
"Yes. Of course."
"And it's because you're a radish."
Frustrated, I said, "YES! Now that you're a man again, you'll find someone better for you, someone who complements you. It's not your fault. I mean, you've been a tiger so long that you just don't know how the world works."
"Right. And how DOES the world work, Kelsey??"
I could hear frustration in his voice but pressed on. "Well, not to put too fine a point on it, but you could be going out with some supermodel-turned-actress. Haven't you been paying attention?"
Angrily, he shouted, "Oh, yes, indeed I AM paying attention! What you are saying is that I should be a stuck-up, rich, shallow, LIBERTINE who cares only about wealth, power, and bettering my status. That I should date superficial, fickle, pretentious, brainless women who care more about my connections then they do about me. AND that I am not wise enough, or up-to-date enough, to know WHO I want or WHAT I want in life! Does that about sum it up?"
I squeaked out a small, "Yes."
"You truly feel this way?"
I flinched. "Yes."
Ren leaned forward. "Well, you're wrong. Kelsey. Wrong about yourself and wrong about me!

Tiger's Curse (c) Colleen Houck