The problem with sweet.

Being called sweet or cute by a girl means game over. You have failed spectacularly in your attempt to seduce her. It means that somewhere along the way, you have (again) crossed that infuriatingly fine line that separates friend from lover. In fact, you are now closer to a brother, and you will likely receive more romantic overtures from your family dog than you will from this girl. The same goes for "cute", as in "you are so cute" which roughly translates in girl-speak to "you are so not getting any tonight".

Expect to be invited over to watch the O.C or The Hills. Expect to be subjected to stories of the sex-filled weekend she just had with your friend, the one with the tattoos who dropped out of school and subsists purely on adrenaline and good karma. Because after all, you're just so G-d damned adorable.

If you are pondering whether I recently was the unwilling recipient of this dooming adjective, well I think that's pretty obvious. The saying "nice guys finish last" has never been more applicable.