I've got the kavorka

kavorka: lure of the animal

Cosmo Kramer once consulted with a Latvian Orthodox priest regarding his troubles of attracting women he shouldn't. He was advised to cease bathing and wear garlic around his neck, as the odors would have adverse effects on women's perceptions of him. Kramer was suffering from his naturally gifted kavorka, "lure of the animal."

This experience can be translated to the attractive woman and her daily encounters with men she is not attracted to (read: this in reference to guys who do not normally receive such attention). A nice woman will look such a man in the eye, ask how they are, and on occasion have a brief conversation. The attention being given is out of kindness, and perhaps pity. Yet this man quite often takes it for flattery and believes that the attractive woman in question must really like them. It is an uncomfortable experience, to realize that a guy has taken it the wrong way, because they must be set right. The woman's manners have made more of an impact than regular social interaction should ever mean. Passive women will continue on as before, avoiding a confrontation, although the conversations are now down to one word. Women like myself, however, give these men a cold shoulder once the realization has occurred. Most of these guys are nice, and simply unsure of how to act except openly excited. It's like Jim Carrey chasing after Mary in Dumber and Dumber, out of an incorrect assumption. Did he get the girl? Conclusion: a polite, well-mannered, attractive woman may indeed suffer from the kavorka. Here it means "lure of the socially-inept." Sigh...