Why The World Can't Stop Loving Don Draper

The time in the television schedule has come to say goodbye to Mad Men's Don Draper (for now). Our relationship with the brooding ad man has been on the rocks -- just like his whiskey -- for the past few months. And as much as it pains us to say it, perhaps it's best that we take a break until next season.

We know he's wrong for us. He's a terrible, narcissistic male chauvinist with some seriously bad habits -- but something about him keeps us coming back. Okay, a big part of that something is that he's practically perfect looking. But we're not that shallow.

No, there's something more.

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Sometimes he's just plain rude:

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But then you remember that he loves puppies:

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He can be a total hypocrite:

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But when you least expect it, he's right there with some backup:

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He can be really bossy. Which is cool because it's his thing, until he starts acting like this:

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Then someone knocks him down to size:

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But then he does another thing that is SO BAD:

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Then other times he does it and you're kind of cheering him on:

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So he lets his confidence get the best of him:

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But then he lets his ego down for just one, precious moment:

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And when you think he's getting it together, he passes out drunk in his child's bed:

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He won't even eat his dinner:

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And sometimes he does this and you're like "Don, GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF!"

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But then he acts like a good, normal human being:

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Bit by bit, he lets his guard down and we think he's making a change for the better:

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And before we know it, we're taking him back because we know things are going to be different this time:

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And we're bending over backwards to keep him happy:

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You got us again, Don.

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