How to spot a fuckboy in Leeds

The term fuckboy may seem harsh, but when you compare it to the multiple words of the same meaning for women – slut, skank, whore – it seems pretty appropriate. A fuckboy is any woman’s worst nightmare, so we created a handy guide for how to spot them when you’re out and about in Leeds and, more importantly, how to avoid them.

He’s constantly begging for nudes

If you feel like he’s constantly sliding into your DM’s, he’s probably a fuckboy. If he seems addicted to the idea of seeing a picture of you naked, but can’t be bothered to put in the effort and earn the right to see the real thing in person, he’s definitely a fuckboy. He will probably also send you unsolicited dick pics too, obvs.

Space is his home

On a Tuesday, that is. You’ll also find him at Canal Mills, Beaverworks, and definitely at Fruity. Probably at Warehouse too. Basically any club nights. Where else would fuckboys find their latest victim, apart from Tinder?

He’ll keep you in a grey area

The fuckboy will never define what you are to him. You always feel like you’re on the “edge” of the talk, but months go by and he still avoids all talk about relationship progression like the plague. You might not know how many other women he has in his life, but there’s a reason he won’t give you a straight answer about where things are headed. The answer is nowhere. Don’t waste your time.

All he drinks is Red Stripe

It’s cheap, and most girls normally hate the stuff, so he won’t have to bother about offering to buy you a drink. He’ll probably mix it with a bit of weed, bragging about how he’s taking some time off from the “harder” stuff, he just got too wasted this one time. You nod along, knowing full well he’s never done anything stronger than the spliff in his hand, and that he’d probably start crying if his mum ever found out.

All his exes are ‘psychos’

He never says anything nice about any of his exes, they’re all “crazy”. All women are crazy. Duh. Although it seems to be the only thing they all have in common is him.

He’ll be overly branded

There’s two extremes in Leeds; he’ll be fully clad in either Adidas, or Burberry. Stay clear of either of them. You may think that Burberry = class, and gentlemanliness, but it’s all a rouse. Fuckboys dressed like that can sometimes be even more dangerous than the Adidas boys who make it obvious at first glance that they do not like making an effort.

His Tinder profile is fill of mirror ab shots

He has an aesthetically pleasing body and he wants to make sure as many girls as possible know this. In person, he cannot walk past a mirror or reflective surface without checking himself out, and he’s always carrying a protein shake, going on about how a pizza is a “cheat meal”. We get it, you work out. Now shut up about it.

He’ll study Sports Science

The fuckboy always strives to maintain that allusive, bad boy person, and they need a course that accommodates for that. Enter Sports Science, one of the easier subjects to study, with an average of 14 contact hours a week, and “science” in the title to fool the girls into thinking it’s something pretty clever. He’ll skip half his lectures, convince you to do the same, then walk away with a 2:2 anyway because it’s such a doss, leaving you behind as you struggle to catch up on the mountain of work you foolishly decided to put off. He’s not worth it. Dump the boy, and get your 2:1.

He’ll constantly be saying ‘the problem with feminism is…’

If he doesn’t understand why women need feminism, or starts any sentence with ‘yeah, but what about men?’, or sounds anything like this guy then ditch him. He’s a fuckboy. Enough said.

Photos by: CJG Photography