Are Jealous Adult Dating Partners the Absolute Turn On?

For most guys, jealousy that is quite extreme can be a deal breaker in their adult dating partners. They would immediately end a relationship if their expensive suit got slashed or their car was torched, but for some, it can be the best aphrodisiac.

A jealous girlfriend is a guaranteed sign that you are in a lifetime of self-justification, surveillance, suspicion or maybe even a torched Bimmer or two. However, there is still a certain appeal to knowing your adult dating partner is psycho-crazy enough for you to check up on you every so often. But before you say “are you fucking nuts,” think back to past celebrity headlines when Lindsay Lohan went after her ex-lover Samantha Ronson all the way to London just a couple of months after Ronson’s family reportedly asked about a restraining order against Lindsay. Samantha caved.

There will come a point where it’s fair to say, “What the fuck, man?” It's hard to imagine why any well-adjusted man with options would stick around for another fireworks display of psychosis. But for some guys, the explanation is simple: He found Kerry's behavior erotic.

“I’m not a ripped California surfer dude,” says Jason who has been with Kathleen, his then extremely jealous girlfriend. “So when you have the most beautiful girl in the world fighting for you? That’s kind of… hot.”

It has been an exceptional year for the jealous female. There was a girlfriend charged with attempted murder by burning a lap dancer alive after dousing her with gasoline. Then there was former NFL quarterback Steve McNair that was found executed next to the body of a woman who shot him and herself. Investigators believed he was seen with another woman. And then there was the mother of all jealous partner horror stories: the Wisconsin philanderer who had his manhood glued to his abdomen. These stories aren’t just enthralling because they’re gruesome; they are enthralling because the peculiarity of the jealous female, as ancient as it is, still astonishes us.

According to Reid Mihalko, a sex and relationship expert, we are supposed to do everything to avoid it, so we have no tools to handle it, but legally it’s still a defense, which tells us our culture still views it as something you can't control." And, Mihalko says, virtually everyone, no matter how rational, has the potential to lose her shit.