Brerah

I don't envy them at all

In my life I have realized a few things, and one of the significant things that I have realized is that being a boy is so much easier/less stressful/less complicated than being a girl. Think about it. We don't have to mess with our hair if we don't want. We don't have to do makeup stuff. We don't really worry too much about which pair of jeans make our butt look fat or tall or smushed in or whatever. We surely don't have this once-a-month-for-a-week phenomenon. ALthough, Sarah would probably argue that my mood swings could rival even the most intense PMS. And there is more.

But what I am really absolutely struck by is how much it costs to be a girl. Think about it. Haircuts $50, minimum. With color, at least a cool $hundy or so. Makeup isn't cheap. And as I am finding out as Sarah has been shopping for some clothes to wear to a wedding party this weekend, girls clothing is freaking outrageous. There are little lace tops that can't have more than $6.75 in material, that cost $180, and dresses that in your wildest dreams couldn't cost $200. They don't, they actually cost $480. And jeans are this whole mind boggling thing too, although I am a bit more sympathetic with the pricey jeans since they can be worn all the time, but jeans can cost up to $250, and heck, probably more.

I once spent $78 on a pair of jeans. I felt like I was getting ripped off majorly, but I think I've gotten my use out of them. I wear them about twice a week, and have for the last 6 years. No holes, nothing.

$480, wow.

posted by corbs @ 9:48 AM