I'm sitting here in my pink plaid pajama bottoms, pink tank top with a tiny pink bow on it, and pink glitter painted toenails. Growing up pink was my favorite color. Lately I have been super into it again. There's just something so fun and whimsical about pink. And girly. I think that's why it's recaptured my attention so. It's become very important to me lately to reclaim my girlhood. I like pink and ruffles and bows and lace and princessy things. For so long I've wanted to be seen as the low maintenance girl, the girl who's just as comfortable in heels as a baseball hat, the girl who likes to play pool and poker. I'm still all those things, but I'm also a girl. And so as much as I love poker night and other "guy" things, for now I need to pull myself out of situations where I'm just "one of the guys." I'm not and I don't want to be seen as such. Now I think it's time for a tea party. ;)
I hope your rambles have been sweet and your reveries spacious. - Emily Dickinson
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At least that is my motto. Why do something when boys like doing it better.
Maybe I am like that because I look better in skirts than in a baseball hat.
Amber, I'd agree. And I'm sure it confuses boys, they don't need much help sometimes. ;) Seriously though, I think guys sometimes like the girl who can be a cute & frilly but also willing to jump in on a basketball game. And sometimes I think this has us running around trying to do all sorts of "girl" things and "boy" things, which is really just far too much work. Maybe it just comes down to do what you like to do & if the boys have a problem with it, tough cookies. Which may actually happen if we're too busy assembling Ikea furniture to check the oven. ;)
Guys trying to be like girls...
We are such a confused society :)
I think it's great that you have made this choice. Men need to step up and be confident in themselves and women need to um...well I dont know what women need to do...I doubt I'll ever understand them :)
Kidding aside, what you wrote put a smile on my face!
Jodi, you bring up a good point. I love being the girl guys call for cooking related things or to sew a button on or various other domestic needs. So is it okay to call guys when I need something fixed, even if I could probably do it myself? If it makes them feel good, is it okay? I think sometimes relying too much on a guy whom I'm not dating & him on me causes my heart a lot of trouble.
Spread the help love around. Besides, honestly those boys love helping out... just like we love helping them with the ladies and sewing (clearly that would be you) and stuff.
I had to carry 2 HUGE boxes of donated clothes down to my car today. I nearly passed out. As my arms were burning afterward I thought to myself, self... why the heck did you just do that? The answer was... because I needed to prove to myself I could.
I know if they had really been too heavy I could have called a guy friend to help, but it still made me feel awesome to do it on my own.
See... it's all about balance.
Jodi