She's had bad boyfriends, drug problems and been bankrupted.

Her bad boyfriend wants a younger, better-looking prostitute than the one the woman writer eventually chooses.

"I suppose I owe at least a word of thanks to my last bad boyfriend."

"I've had my last bad boyfriend, if that's what you mean," Ruth replied.

But Hannah was increasingly defensive on the matter of her bad boyfriends.

I'm much better at spotting a bad boyfriend once somebody's gotten hold of one.

Like a bad boyfriend who won't commit, the apartment has no lease.

She has had a series of bad boyfriends, and is ambivalent about marriage and children.