Opinion: Girls

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Ever since I was younger, I haven't been able to get along with girls very well. I was considered a "tomboy" by everyone in 2nd grade, and I really struggled to keep strong friendships with my own gender. It probably sounds odd, especially to guys that may read this, but for those of you who have experienced it, girls are extremely judging generally. I didn't like to rag on people just for the fun of it, nor did I like skirts or anything "girly". So, really, I just wanted to get my opinion about girls onto this blog. Yes, I'll make one on boys as well. Enjoy!

Without wax,
lonewriter7

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Girls are very complicated, in general. I mean, we listen to our emotions more than reason, and we tend to rag on people for no reason. As a kid, I never got along with girls. They thought I was a boy in a girls body. A traitor of sorts. They judged me for wanting to climb the acacia trees instead of sit and paint my nails. I always thought they were silly, I mean, the tree had nails sticking out of it! What a thrill! Yet, they would rather do something boring. So, obviously, I would climb with the boys, and it never occurred to me that it was "weird".

As I grew older, it was the same thing. "Why don't you wear skirts?" "How do you deal with your hands being so dirty after climbing those trees?" "You play video games? Isn't that for guys?" "Why don't you act like a girl?" Now, I didn't know how to respond. I thought these activities were fun, and I'd rather live my life having fun than to spend it sitting around painting my nails. Girls, I had concluded, were annoying, judgmental, and not adventurous in any way. Well, until my cousin pointed out that I was also a girl. This messed things up a little bit, and for a while I thought that maybe I was the odd one out. Almost like a mutation.

Sure, I had some good friends that were girls, but they were never the first people I would go to for a problem. I had my guy friends for that. If I told a girl that I had a crush on a guy, they would go and blabber it to some other girl, who would tell her ten friends and they would tell theirs... until everyone knew. It was just such a hassle.

When I moved to the US, I mostly kept to myself. I was the quiet girl that got perfect scores on her tests, who sat in the corner of the room. No one noticed me. The girls thought I was some freak nerd that first year, and the guys just paid no attention to me. The second year was a lot better. I met some cool people and this other girl that was more of a tomboy than me. It was interesting and we could talk about anything. I then decided that not all girls were so bad. There were just different types of girls. The girls at my old school just weren't very adventurous girls, and the girls at this school were mostly "girly" girls. My friend and I were just more boyish.

After I moved again, to the Philippines, I went to an international school. There, I really got the full picture. There were so many different personalities. Girls couldn't be generalized. It was just too hard. Yeah, there were some groups of girls that were more snobby, and some that were quiet, but really everyone was different. I made some really good friends that were girls, though my friends were mostly guys. Someone called me "one of the guys", which I was actually pretty proud of. I think people, in general, are complicated. Girls are complicated, and that's my honest opinion.