Sunday, March 13, 2005

once in awhile i get this idea in my head that i dont have enough close friendships with women, and that i need to do something about it. nevermind that history has proven that this is almost always an absolutely terrible idea. i have virtually no female friends, with the exception of lauren, and i am tempted to say that she doesnt count because she occupies a space in the world that defies easy description, and it is almost certainly why we are as close as we are.

we have been friends for so long that communication between us has evolved into a system of spare words, body language, and telepathy. a 3000 word conversation can be contained in an exchange of glances. i never feel like i can't trust her, i never feel like we are in a subversive competition, and i never feel like i have to hold back anything i want to say for fear she will have a hissy fit, or worse, file it away for some vindictive later use. i can say with certainty that as far as female friendships go for me she is the exception to the rule.

so what is it about other chicks that gets me so twisted? i have no idea, but i feel like with women there is a whole set of unwritten laws of intereaction we are just supposed to inherently know...and i dont know them. i never have either, i still think really obtuse things like when someone asks you what your opinion is you are supposed to tell them. not in girly world though...in girly world apparently you are supposed to figure out what the girl wants to hear and tell them that instead.

i notice this rules has it's sharpest edge when discussing the merits/demerits of said female friends boyfriend. when they love them, you have to love them, and when they hate them, you have to hate them, except when they love them again, in which case you are left holding the bag for ever saying anything negative about him in the first place. how did i not know that i was supposed to vigilantly keep the faith even when her own confidence is flagging? nevermind the fact that it would be obvious to anyone with two eyes and half a brain that he is a total shit, i guess i just don't understand true love.

until someone sees fit to draw up a contract for the rules of engament between female friends i am sticking to what i know best, straght men, trannies, and androgynous girls.
posted by Ms_Bunnie 11:39 AM
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