Monday, 23 November 2009
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5 Times When Being a Girl Sucks
I love being a girl, Lovelies! We live longer, we get fun makeup and clothes, and we can cry in front of our friends and get hugs and chocolate, not ridicule.
But sometimes being of the fairer sex is kind of a bummer. Like these times:
1. Neverending lines for the restroom. (above) Without fail, the line to get into the ladies' room at a crowded restaurant or bar is longer than Speidi's to-do list of publicity gimmicks. And without fail, the guys are able to just barge right in without waiting at all. Exception: when you're at a gay bar. Revenge is sweet.
2. That time of the month. Bloating, crankiness, heavy flow, cramps, leaks: ugh! There's no way men would be able to handle everything we put up with every time Aunt Flo comes to town. Hey, ladies, at least it's an excuse to eat chocolate and veg in front of reality TV, right?
3. Childbirth. Men get us into this mess, and then leave us to deal with the MIND-NUMBING PAIN. All kidding aside, though, Lovelies, having kids is something I'm looking forward to one day, but I'm not so eager to experience labor and delivery.
4. Being called a "spinster.". I was talking recently to a friend who's 30, and we were discussing how 30-year-old men who are single are merely considered "bachelors" and "playboys" who are having too much fun to settle down, whereas single women of that age are often viewed like there's something wrong with them. Wow, she made it to 30 without finding a husband? She must have some huge, hidden flaw that's scaring them off! *cue dramatic violins*
5. Getting older. Society dictates that when men get older, they just become "distinguished." Look at Tom Brokaw, for instance. For men, wrinkles add character and grey hair is just a sophisticated hint of maturity.
But when we women start to get up in years, we're expected to inject poison into our faces to paralyze our muscles and shell out for plastic surgery to resculpt everything against the force of gravity. To give just one instance, everyone picks on Madonna for looking old, and the woman is over FIFTY! She's not supposed to resemble Britney or Miley. The double standard for aging gracefully basically means that women can't.
So that's my short list of frustrations with girlhood, Lovelies! Do you agree? What are yours?
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agreed
Definitely agree about the bathrooms thing.
Totally agree.
2, 3, and 5 have to be the worst. I think I have it bad with cramps. I am dreading childbirth just because there are going to be bright lights and my area exposed. I don't have sex with the lights on for that reason. oh, yeah and the pain. And farting and possibly pooping in front of Docs and nurses.
vagina issues in general really suck.
all of the above. i might just kill myself next week.
Good thing about being a girl: People care when you start crying, instead of telling you to man up.
(actually that's a lie, my wrestling team told me to man up when got thrown on an illegal neck throw and started to tear up)
@WhenHateIsTheOnlyOption@xanga - glad you clarified all that for me
oh and Maddona looks like shit these days
Well said. Agreed:)
TT__TT now i feel bad again, im so happy to be a girl but when my periot comes i course my mother for making me a girl
@bukeshow@xanga - i know its scary, women can age with grace too, but sadly most of them are focus on keep looking "young" insted or working their best parts and all
I agree wholeheartedly on all items!
I always thought women could age gracefully as long as they would LET it happen instead of treating every wrinkle like a crisis
My wife would be proud of your list! :)
I think you could add about 100 more though. My favorite is the hormone swings. I always thought it was a cliche. Until my wife was pregnant with our first child. The conversation went something like this:
Her: I feel like the walls are closing in on me I gotta get out of here!! Me: Ok what do you wanna do?
Her: (higher pitched voice) Why do I ALWAYS have to decide??? Me: (trying to be calm) Well ok, how bout we go to a movie?
Her: (even higher pitch, verge of tears) NO! I don't want to sit through an 2 hour movie with a baby on my bladder!! Me: (frightened but not letting on). Well we could go get something to eat so we won't be gone as long.
Her: (tears of exasperation) Aren't You LISTENING?? I SAID I want to get out of the house!! Me: (paralyzed with fear) Ok.. Uh I don't exactly know what to say then.
Her: (screaming) OH SURE.. CLAM UP like you always DO!! (running to bedroom, slamming door)
Me: (sitting in stunned silence for 2 minutes, then thinking out loud) Good lord! uhhh cuddle? uh no..to close to the claws.. uh talk through door? no.. door could be used as weapon. (walking toward bedroom door)
Her: (as I reach the door, door flies open, I cover my head expecting a blow from a baseball bat, instead? a big hug) I'm sorry honey, (crying) It's just these hormones, I don't mean to yell at you!.. Wanna just stay home and rent a movie?
Me: (eye twitching, voice cracking).. Yes??
the aging thing.. ive seen so many older women refusing to walk around with wrinkles on their face and injecting left and right after a few years when they are truly old and wrinkly they will look a hot mess instead of that cute grandma everyone loves and adores.
and line thing is no problem.. u seriously run into the guys bathroom and use their stalls they have the same amount and they are never used
periods suck. no guy will truly understand what its like
Agreed.
I agree with all of them, but don't really "worry" about any of them...Aging is natural, screw getting married (I don't care what anyone says), I'm getting my tubes tied once I turn 21 thus eliminating cramps and kids, so I don't have to worry about childbirth either. And I don't cry a whole lot. I'm still very much a woman, but this list just reminds me why I choose to be very much...free.
@Abrilsuka@xanga - looks like she smokes meth or something
Whoever says Madonna looks like shit needs to look again. She's in GREAT shape and I will be surprised if you're in such good shape when you're her age. Give me a break.
@SirDoc@xanga - Hahaha!
Oh my gosh that's so comical! It's like a scene right out of a film!
*sigh* All the fun things guys are missing out on...
@SirDoc@xanga - O____O OH MY GOODNESS THAT'S REALLLY SCARY. Gosh, I hope I don't do that. How frightening!
@Lil_Dude433@xanga - It's something men need to learn is very real before they get blindsided. I think instead of them teaching me how to cook in the required Home Economics in Jr. High we should have done role playing!! :)
@snapeful@xanga - Ah.. you will.. you will, but it's like being a werewolf.. you'll wake up naked see all the blood and wonder what happened! :).. just kidding!