A Girls Guide To...

After writing my blog yesterday I did some research and actually found another interesting blog that almost proved my point. The blog title was "A Girls Guide To Watching Football." I was almost hoping that this was a joke but in fact it was an article that gave girls types on how to basically 'fake' liking football in order to impress guys. I should have known that there would have been an article out there like this one but I was hoping that the female race would actually prove me wrong.

Maybe I was built differently and it is possible that being fake is just not in my nature but it absolutely boggles my mind that girls try so hard to impress guys. Why would we do that for them when they don't give us that luxury? Guys have no problem burping, farting, picking their nose, or discussing publicly the last time they embraced the porcelain thrown. Guys are hardly ever fake, what you see is what you get. But with girls, it gets a little more complicated. The coverup she lathers on in the morning could be hiding scars from her acne days, her Victoria Secret PINK hoodie could be covering some extra belly fat she is trying to get rid of and the wonders of the world that are hiding in her Michael Khors purse are never to be exposed to the male race. We hide almost everything! And for the things we don't hide, we make-up! Would we much rather be watching the newest episode of Teen Mom instead of pretending to cheer for some sweating guys wearing football gear in colors we don't like covered in bulky helmets so we can't even see how cute they are?!? For most girls the answer is no! But society has trained woman to adapt to the male culture and transform ourselves into something that is more desirable for them, someone who is more accommodating to their lifestyle. We need to be pretty but not wear too much make-up, we need to be smart but not smarter then our boyfriend, successful but not make more money than our significant other, we need to be independent but be there for them when they call, we have to work hard but also find time to cook dinner at the end of the day, we need to be athletic and work out and be somewhat knowledgable in whatever sport they like but don't talk too much when the game is on!

Fact: Being a female today is not as easy as it looks. Yeah sure we might catch some breaks here and there and hopefully our good looks DO give us an advantage! And if that is what we were blessed with in order to off set all of the other hurdles we have to overcome than so be it! We should not have to go out and buy cute football attire or spend the entire day making finger foods for our boyfriends friends so they are content when they are watching the football game, unless of course there is an exception for the very few of us out there that do enjoy watching football. Would you ever catch a guy cutting cheese for our crackers and wine while we gossip over Miranda's heart-aches during Sex and The City? Would he ever spend his limited spare time researching the relationship history of Carrie so that he could be updated and knowledgable for the next time the girls are watching the series together? Granted, us girls would probably never date a guy who did this but why are we being taught 'guides' on how to learn and be more interested in his interests?

Girls, we spend way too much time as it is trying to be the perfect woman that our guy desires. At the end of a long week or a long day if all you want to do is sit down, have a glass of wine, and read the escapades of Chelsea Handler in her new book "Lies Chelsea Handler Told Me" instead of watching the LSU Alabama championship game with a bunch of drunk guys then go right ahead! You have earned it! It takes way too much time to try and impress a guy when at the end of the day he is going to find out who you really are so pretending to be interested in football and know the offense from the defensive is just a waste of time. If you don't like football, give him his time with the guys and spend time doing whatever it is you really want to do!  And for the girls out there who have grown up watching football with their dads since they were 4, continue to enjoy watching the games with your boyfriends but hopefully he likes the same team as your father or Sunday won't be such a fun day!

If my rants and raves have not changed your mind, here is the article on how to pretend to be a football fan for your man!

Phony, Fake, Bogus!

Biggest Pet Peeve #2: Fake people!

I never understood why or how people could be so fake? I guess I just don't understand the purpose. I am not talking about bleach hair, acrylic nails, spray tan kind of fake but those girls who will be nice to your face and the minute you walk away talk about how much they really hate your outfit or think your skirt is out dated (infamous Mean Girls scene). I have always been one to say exactly how I feel and I have never put on a show just to impress anyone so maybe I just don't understand why people feel they have to 'fake' it. I have 2 great examples of this I experienced this weekend:

1. At the restaurant I fill in sometimes on the weekends I was catching up with an old friend and of course getting all the scoop that I had missed. She blatantly described her feelings towards another employee and why she felt the way she did. To me, she seemed unhappy with this other person but when she showed up to work they greeted one another with a fake smile and an even faker hello. They proceeded into conversation and throughout the night were very friendly towards one another. This is a normal occurrence in the restaurant business, especially when we have to slap on a phony grin to our customers who are really getting on our nerves. But it also happens amongst employees, as I am sure this goes for every job! But is it because we are afraid of confrontation at our place of employment or is it just our natural instinct to cover up how we really feel about someone? Next time someone is nice to your face, think twice about what they might be saying behind your back because chances are it's not the same thing they are saying straight to your face!

2. Another type of fake-ness that girls tend to exercise is their passion for sports!! You will rarely find a guy who admits that he was watching the season finale of Desperate Housewives last night but I guarantee that every girl is pretending they watching the Giants crush the Falcons in an attempt to impress the men around them. As I watch my girlfriends jump from boyfriend to boyfriend I notice how their hobbies and activities change according to who they date. I have observed as girls change from Buffalo Bills fans to Cowboy fans and switch from going to the salon to going to the gym according to what their new found love is more in to. I have also noticed lately that there seems to be more women now interested in watching football than ever before, are they (we, since I guess I have to include myself in this) doing it to please our men or have our personalities really evolved to be more athletically inclined? It is not my place to say which way is true or not because I do not know everyone's angle on the situation and I am not one to speak of something I am not sure about. But I can at least say for myself, 1 woman out of 157.2 million women living in the U.S. that I have and will always remain a Giants fan. I suppose it all began by pleasing a man, my father, and I had no other choice but to be a NY Giants fan. Regardless, the Giants will never lose my loyalty no matter what man I date . But for the rest of you out there, how many of you can honestly say you would enjoy watching football even if your boyfriend/husband was not around? How many of you can say that even if the new episode of the Jersey Shore was on at the same time as your football team you would only flip on commercials to see what drama the Situation has stirring up?