Girls
talk about relationships, boys talk
Del Taco
Molly Stewart
There’s a game I play with my girlfriends in which we list what plastic
surgery we would get if we were millionaires. From boob jobs to butt implants,
the list of things we want to change on our bodies goes on for miles.
But I have the sneaking suspicion guys don’t discuss how their lips are
too thin and how they need liposuction on their “thunder thighs.” However,
girls don’t come to blows over stupid things like who’s better at
pool or who can hock the biggest loogie.
Something men may not know is that girls talk about sex too, almost as much as
men do. Things can get pretty graphic. We share tips and tricks and bond over
shared experiences. Hey, it’s nice to know that you’re not the only
one who likes a little hair pulling.
However, women don’t just talk about sex. We discuss relationships. Girls
spend more time analyzing men’s behavior than actually doing anything else
with them. We could analyze a 10-second phone message for 10 hours.
Women are complex creatures who tend to see way too much into things. Men are
a lot simpler. They say what they mean and they mean what they say.
That said, they can also be extremely blunt. While girls spare each other’s
feelings, men will flat out tell you your hair looks bad or you’re wearing
too much makeup. Girls say, “You look cute,” even if their friend
is wearing booty shorts displaying a not-too-flattering shot of their cottage
cheese butt.
The talks I’ve recently had with my girlfriends have revolved around topics
such as getting a Brazilian bikini wax to everything we had to eat that day.
These topics are strictly for girls. Anything involving dares to do incredibly
stupid and gross things for money is guys-only territory. Girls don’t bet
each other five bucks to see who will light their farts on fire.
I’d like to say I discuss important, meaningful topics such as the war
in Iraq or Hurricane Katrina with my girlfriends. Maybe it’s just my friends,
but we spend at least 75 percent of every conversation talking about
guys. It’s really sad.
When I’m with my guy friends, their conversations about girls are much
shorter and proceed as follows: “I could nail her. Want to get Del Taco?” That’s
it.
There’s no intricate, hour-long discussion on the next move. It’s
as if girls create a game in their heads in which they’re the only players
and the guys don’t know the rules.
Maybe men don’t chat for hours about their bodily hang-ups or their most
recent date. But while they don’t bond over a shared diet of lettuce and
fat-free yogurt to fit into their new jeans, they share experiences women just
can’t relate to.
From the latest hot rod or Xbox game to getting turned on at the wrong moment,
they relate to each other with men-dominated interests like women do over girls-only
ones. As a girl, I would rather not talk about cars, college football or Carmen
Electra.
I’m too busy having a pillow fight with my girlfriends in our underwear.
Just kidding. We’ll do that after our discussion of the Patriot Act.
Molly Stewart is a freshman journalism major.
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