If You Think Girls are
Bad...
by Jessica Higgins,
from the February 2003 issue of the SHS Saber Scribe (High school newspaper)
Girls, have you ever been going out with a guy who seems absolutely perfect for
you, and then one day he transforms into a totally different person? Have you
ever fallen for your guy friend and used every technique possible to let him
know you care about him? Of course, being a guy, he never catches on to your
secret ploys. I think we can all agree that guys present a truly mind-boggling
case for women. Everything they do is a mystery to us (the way they change when
they're with their friends, the way they freak out over commitment, and most
confusing of all, the way they can get ready in 5 minutes and still look
perfect).
First of all, guys are always complaining about us (the way
we never know what we want, the mixed signals we send, our shoe obsessions, how
long it takes us to get ready to go out, etc.) Ask any guy what confuses him
about women and he'll have a list a mile long. However, just like guys complain
about how confusing we are, we do the same thing.
All men are the same in some aspects. They have the tendency
to think with something other than their brain (and just so you guys know, we
can tell the difference.) Anyway, many guys like to seem macho and tough, traits
that probably stem from some caveman gene. It's been this way for as long as
anyone can remember. When we're with you, and a guy looks at us the "wrong way,"
you threaten to beat him up! Well sorry, hun, but if we really wanted to we
could beat him up ourselves, thankyouverymuch. We're strong, powerful women, and
we refuse to be looked down on because of our gender. Welcome to 2003
boys...we're introducing a whole new attitude.
Another thing, guys never call. It's like they have some
weird phobia of telephones, or maybe of conversations in general. That's why we
analyze things they say sometimes. They barely say anything so we have to drag
whatever we can out of every word that comes out of their mouths.
I'll admit it, a lot of times we don't know what we want.
However, guys are the ones that make us so confused. We'll find a perfect guy
and everything will be going well, but then something always happens. They won't
call for a week, or they'll say something like, "No sweetie, you're not fat;
you're just...big boned!" Big mistake boys, big mistake.
But in the end, what it all comes down to is this: men and
women could not make it without one another. As much as guys complain about us,
they wouldn't know what to do if we all disappeared one day and never came back.
They would miss the way we're always understanding and comforting when they come
to us complaining about things that their friends would tease them about. They
would miss us when they need a hug after a hard day.
Girls are the same way. We would miss the way they like
protecting us, the way we feel safe when we're with them, and definitely the way
they hold us when we cry. The world would be an incredibly unhappy place is
nobody could have relationships.
As much as both sexes complain endlessly about each other,
life would be incredibly boring without love. Maybe we aren't supposed to
understand each other. It works out better that way because that's how girls and
guys bond (by complaining about that relationship that fell apart for no reason,
or that person you saw but didn't have the courage to talk to). We can all
relate to those circumstances.
There are those few moments that make everything (all the
tears, the confusion, the anger) worth it in the end. When the phone finally
does ring, and it's that one person that you have been holding your breath
waiting to talk with, a great feeling fills you; they say everything you hoped
the would say, like "sorry I didn't call, I was out of town for a few days. Want
to go see a movie?" How about the feeling you have the first time you realize
that you're in love with someone and they tell you they feel the same way?
It's really a love/hate situation. Sometimes guys really
drive us insane, but we know we would be lost without them, just like they would
be lost without us. Yes, guys need girls...but girls need guys too.