White Knight Sydrome

Good Morning. Today we at the breakfast would like to discuss a problem that has been affecting men for thousands of years. Its called White Knight Syndrome. Most people don't know the name of it but apparently many men surfer from this problem. It's a condition where the man wants to be the hero and save someone, particularly a significant other who they love. Basically it’s a dude that likes really f'ed up chicks so he can be the hero and save them. For a more substantial/correct meaning, I turned to the leader in Dictionaries online.....Urban Dictionary. It hits it right on the head.

	n. A personality characteristic found in most males that lead them to: 1. rush to the aid of any female they see who appears in any form of distress. 2. Become attracted to said damsel in distress. 3. Follow the dying code of chivalry and generally act like a nice guy.

If you are still reading at this point.... you might be asking "why good morning breakfast are you telling us about some random syndrome?" Simple.... because here at Good Morning Breakfast, we care about your knowledge and we think one of the most important things to avoid in relationships is being a white knight or looking for a white knight. Everything.com agrees:

It is well known (for various definitions of 'well') that there is an attraction between women and 'assholes’. There is, however, a just as popularized (if not more so - it has been in the media for several hundred years) but not as acknowledged. It is the White Knight Syndrome.

By the very nature of the nice guy, there is a romantic notion of saving the damsel in distress. This notion is deeply rooted in the minds of guys - from Dudley Do-Right to almost every work of fantasy. We see the good guy rescue the damsel in distress from the evil warlord, the dragon, and later the iron dragon of the train. To many, this is the image of what love means - it can be just as disabling in finding what actually constitutes love as someone who believes that being hit is the proof of love

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Somehow, something triggers the damsel in distress. It may be real, or imagined by the white knight. Given that the majority of these males are single, it is quite likely that the modern day white knight shall become enamored with the woman and it makes the 'quest' all the more important to the white knight.

Unfortunately, it is difficult to get rid of a white knight. The most effective method is to demonstrate that that the damsel is not in any distress at all. This can be difficult at times without hurting the feelings of the white knight (often the nice guys are also the sensitive ones too). Still, the enamoring will continue for some time (be it infatuation or love - the terms are left to those who wish to argue over them).

Okay... time to digest this breakfast friends. It seems that everything.com is saying this is the male version of “Women falling for Asshole” The Breakfast has heard many stories about a man or a woman trying to do whatever they can to make their significant other happy and in the end it ends as a train wreak. How does someone who clearly surfers this terrible disease find a way to love someone for who they are and not about the status of their mental state (i.e a damsel)? How does anyone... male/female, gay or straight find the right person and not some one who is always in a chaotic state?

Well lets look at the definitions first, clearly those definitions are a little different so let’s rule out the third. Honestly, chivalry is died and if you’re dying for it..... Then by that logic you are already dead. Perhaps, we are wrong but that logic seems flawless.

The first definition is not so easily removed (just because we decided to not really discuss the third definition doesn’t mean we think its okay to do that twice). This one says "rush to the aid of any female they see who appears in any form of distress." Honestly.... it’s kind of sweet. You just want to save the day... but unfortunately some times the female in distress doesn’t want your help or worse you can’t save her. We know that’s kind of harsh and pretty unromantic but well.... in practice (oh in practice) it makes sense.

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Back to the definition... the second definition makes the most sense and is the biggest problem. "Become attracted to said damsel in distress." Honestly, the bottom line here is that damsel in distress are all really hot. Here's some examples from Urban Dictionary (your leader in online knowledge):

Snow White (Show White and the seven Dwarfs), Sleeping Beauty (Sleeping Beauty), Princess Zelda (The Legend of Zelda, The Adventures of Link, A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, the Oracle Series, Four Swords), Princess Peach Toadstool (some of the Mario games) and etc.


Our favorite part about reading that is that they include where you might know them from. Like, for example.... did you know Snow White is from Snow White in the Seven Dwarfs? Also... Its interesting that none of these are real women. However, if they were we think hands down Sleeping Beauty would be the hottest.

Yet, we digress. This part of the definition is tough, honestly their is no cure for this one. Trust us, we know. So maybe you’re saying

"I love someone I shouldn't. I love people that I shouldn’t and know that I am doing it. I am almost as dumb as the people at Urban Dictionary".

It’s okay. Lots of us have this problem and you can overcome it. Oh how, you say? Well we don’t know... but that’s not really what we do here on our little breakfast site.... we only raise the questions and let you think about the answers. Eat your breakfast, we are glad we raised your IQ on this issue, and if you want.. Tell us what you think?