This season of The Real World is an educational one. We have learned the concept of the “girl code,” which means, apparently, that if one girl has already marked a man as a potential love interest, he is hands-off to any female acquaintances. This rule would see, to be in effect regardless of an extenuating circumstances.

For example, in the case of the Trisha Cummings-Parisa Montazaran-Aussie Alex triangle, Trisha's flirtation with Aussie Alex, despite her “commitment” to her boyfriend back home, makes him clearly off-limits to Parisa.

Once again on the new episode of The Real World airing this Wednesday, Parisa, however, would appear to be missing the “girl code” page from her girl manual.

Parisa thinks that since Trisha has a boyfriend at home whom she claims to love, Parisa shouldn't have to take her feelings into account when it comes to Alex. Parisa also doesn't mind too much that Alex has kissed them both, since he also told her that one of the kisses was a surprise in the good way and one was good in a bad one. Guess which one Alex told Parisa she was.

The triangle is creating division in the house, and seems to threaten to cut Parisa out of the female group entirely in the house. Trisha and Shauvon are livid at Parisa's flagrant flaunting of female-to-male property laws. Shauvon becomes nearly apoplectic whe she learns that Parisa has told what appears to be a thoroughly-disinterested Dunbar Flinn about Trisha's kiss.

The other big lesson of the episode will no doubt be: how to kiss two girls and have them mad at each other instead of you. Seriously, whatever Alex is doing, it's like the next level of learning for the guys on The Pick-up Artist. It's like “Macking 201: Now That You Have Picked-up the Girls, How to Keep Them Off-Kilter So You Can Do Whatever You Want.”

It's unfathomable to me why hasn't occurred to the girls that it's Alex, not each other, who might be most to blame for the awkward situation, and any guy who would pull such a stunt isn't maybe one to be fought over. But, this is a story as old as the hills; you can still tune in to The Real World this Wednesday to see how it all plays out.


- Leslie Seaton, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
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