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Time & Perspective Quote by Cher

"A girl can wait for the right man to come along but in the meantime that still doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones"

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It lands like a wink with a cigarette holder: half self-help aphorism, half dare. Cher takes the most overpoliced story in straight culture - the patient girl waiting to be chosen - and flips it into a schedule she controls. The “right man” still exists in the sentence, almost as a concession to romantic destiny, but he’s demoted to a future appointment. The present tense belongs to her.

The subtext is less about promiscuity than about refusing the moral math women are taught: that time spent with “wrong ones” is wasted, that desire must be justified by permanence, that dating is a job interview for marriage. Cher’s line insists pleasure is not a down payment on commitment; it’s allowed to be the point. The cheeky phrasing (“wonderful time,” “all the wrong ones”) keeps it from sounding like a manifesto. It’s playful enough to dodge the purity police while still poking them in the eye.

Context matters because Cher’s whole public persona is survival plus spectacle. She built a career on reinvention, on refusing to age quietly, on broadcasting autonomy in sequins. Coming from her, the quote reads as performance philosophy: life is long, men are optional, and joy is not something you postpone until the universe delivers a soulmate. It’s also a subtle critique of scarcity thinking in romance. If the “right man” is rare, Cher’s answer isn’t to sit politely on a shelf; it’s to live like you’re the prize.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Cher. (2026, January 17). A girl can wait for the right man to come along but in the meantime that still doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-girl-can-wait-for-the-right-man-to-come-along-44679/

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Cher. "A girl can wait for the right man to come along but in the meantime that still doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-girl-can-wait-for-the-right-man-to-come-along-44679/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"A girl can wait for the right man to come along but in the meantime that still doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-girl-can-wait-for-the-right-man-to-come-along-44679/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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