I have hit the point in my life when I honestly can say "it's good to be a girl!"
Since the begining {starting from when I realized the phyiscal "difference" between boys and girls} I have had conflicting opinions about whether being a girl was where its at or if life was much better for boys. Before you hit your pre-teen years it seems that if you are the girl the world is at your command. you shrut around in your little outfits, with your hair in the wind as onlookers want to touch and love you. all you have to do is give that innocent little girl look and any adult {especially dads} will buckle under pressure and you can get away with anything. while on the other side of the fence, the little boy cries and he is told to toughen up {usually by the dads}. if its between the boy and the girl, adults take the girls side, because usually there was some sort of bug involved and all arrows point to the boy {even if it wasn't the boy, most girls are pretty good at manipulation starting from a young age}. and let's face it a little boy is adorable in a polo and khakis but still doesn't that just translate into a shirt and pants. nothing special. no ribbons, no bows, no nothing, nadda.
however there are a few things boys can ALWAYS do, whether its appropriate at any age is up for debate and that is pee anywhere, take off their shirts, and not shave their arm pits. and as you get older life seems to get even easier for the boy. he only needs 5-10 minutes to get ready vs. 20 min to 2 hours depending on the girl. he doesn't ever have to deal with maxi pads/tampons/cramps. he doesn't have to be pregnant, deliver, or nurse a baby. or even go through menopause.
now all of that is completely unavoidable, the girl can/has to do that and the boy simply can not.
but really what evens it all out for me are the social details. the unspoken guidelines that we naturally follow which deviate into specific roles. these are the reasons I fancy being a girl. I love that boys want to take care of us, protect us, cuddle us. I cherish the thought that I can raise the children and my boy will bring home the bacon, if you will.
with all that said, there is just one more thing that makes me oh-so-happy to be a girl and that is what got me thinking about this in the first place...the boy is suppose to court the girl. the boy is suppose to ask the girl out. not the other way around. and let me just say I am so grateful for that because right now I know what it feels like to be that boy. for some reason I have got myself into this mess, where I have to call the boy {one that is devilishly handsome and thus equally intimidating and furthermore doesn't know how cool I really am because he has never actually met me, not to mention I haven't actually been part of the dating scene for 4 years}.
anyway, the point is I feel ill and I don't want to be the boy. I just want to be the girl.
wish me luck.
ps. I picked the above pic. of actor jesse bradford b.cause the boy I am going to call kinda looks like him. so that's the visual. now really wish me luck.
Since the begining {starting from when I realized the phyiscal "difference" between boys and girls} I have had conflicting opinions about whether being a girl was where its at or if life was much better for boys. Before you hit your pre-teen years it seems that if you are the girl the world is at your command. you shrut around in your little outfits, with your hair in the wind as onlookers want to touch and love you. all you have to do is give that innocent little girl look and any adult {especially dads} will buckle under pressure and you can get away with anything. while on the other side of the fence, the little boy cries and he is told to toughen up {usually by the dads}. if its between the boy and the girl, adults take the girls side, because usually there was some sort of bug involved and all arrows point to the boy {even if it wasn't the boy, most girls are pretty good at manipulation starting from a young age}. and let's face it a little boy is adorable in a polo and khakis but still doesn't that just translate into a shirt and pants. nothing special. no ribbons, no bows, no nothing, nadda.
however there are a few things boys can ALWAYS do, whether its appropriate at any age is up for debate and that is pee anywhere, take off their shirts, and not shave their arm pits. and as you get older life seems to get even easier for the boy. he only needs 5-10 minutes to get ready vs. 20 min to 2 hours depending on the girl. he doesn't ever have to deal with maxi pads/tampons/cramps. he doesn't have to be pregnant, deliver, or nurse a baby. or even go through menopause.
now all of that is completely unavoidable, the girl can/has to do that and the boy simply can not.
but really what evens it all out for me are the social details. the unspoken guidelines that we naturally follow which deviate into specific roles. these are the reasons I fancy being a girl. I love that boys want to take care of us, protect us, cuddle us. I cherish the thought that I can raise the children and my boy will bring home the bacon, if you will.
with all that said, there is just one more thing that makes me oh-so-happy to be a girl and that is what got me thinking about this in the first place...the boy is suppose to court the girl. the boy is suppose to ask the girl out. not the other way around. and let me just say I am so grateful for that because right now I know what it feels like to be that boy. for some reason I have got myself into this mess, where I have to call the boy {one that is devilishly handsome and thus equally intimidating and furthermore doesn't know how cool I really am because he has never actually met me, not to mention I haven't actually been part of the dating scene for 4 years}.
anyway, the point is I feel ill and I don't want to be the boy. I just want to be the girl.
wish me luck.
ps. I picked the above pic. of actor jesse bradford b.cause the boy I am going to call kinda looks like him. so that's the visual. now really wish me luck.
