25 best TV boyfriends that will put your actual boyfriend to shame

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Philip ‘Lip’ Gallagher – Shameless

You wanna talk about bad boys? Lip Gallagher was the guy you went to when you needed to score dope, buy the answers to a test, or knock over a liquor store. He was a man of many nefarious talents, and he could probably give you the best sex of your life. He knows his way around, for sure.

He would make a good boyfriend because all these many talents would ensure you that he wouldn’t ever smother you. Of course, once he fell in love, he was all in, but he was always going to play it cooler than you.

Lip isn’t the kind of boyfriend who would show up outside your window with a boombox in the middle of the night, but he would drive you to the clinic, save you from an abusive father, or protect you from the corner gang.

Because he grew up in the Southside of Chicago, there isn’t much that can shock or surprise him. His family situation is most definitely worse than yours, so he gets it. He’ll never judge or act surprised when you confess your skeletons, and above all else, he’s a problem solver. Afterall, he had to be to survive.