There are two types of girls in this world: The ones who love to watch chick flicks, talk about their feelings and cry over to their friends about boys, and the ones who just don’t.
You’re the second one.
You would rather watch “Napoleon Dynamite” than “The Notebook” any day of the week, you get severely uncomfortable in situations where you’re expected to talk about your feelings and your natural defense mechanism when someone cries in front of you is to make a joke and hope it stops.
For the first type of girl, life is a giant kumbaya session where every mall trip, coffee date or run to the grocery store is an opportunity to for a deep conversation and a quick cry. Meanwhile, anytime you hear a girl saying she’s “guarding her heart,” you have to actually stop yourself from vomiting.
You take pride in that you’re different from the rest of the girls. I bet you complain about how girls cry too much or how annoying it is when they squeal out of excitement over a video of an otter, but let’s be honest, sometimes you wish you were more like them.
Don’t get me wrong, I know you love who you are (and you should, I mean, you clearly have the superior taste in movies), but sometimes it seems like the first type of girls have it the easiest. The first kind of girls can bond with each other in an instant. All they have to do open up about their boy drama and all of a sudden their BFFs.
It’s a little harder for you, though.
When you aren’t quick to show your emotions or when it takes you a little longer to open up about your personal life, people can be quick to assume it’s personal, or that you aren’t worth the time.
Sometimes it feels like just because you find it mildly annoying to listen to stories that include, “OMG,” “Like, I can’t even,” or “Yaaassss,” that you don’t fit in with the first type of girl.
But, honestly, fitting in is overrated.
Yeah, there are a lot of girls who like to talk about their perfect future husband while they cry over the bachelor and eat ice cream, but you don’t have to feel bad for not being one of them.
Because the good news is, there are also a lot of girls who are just like you, the second type of girls. The one’s who will watch “The Bachelor” purely for the purpose of making fun of the cast members. The one’s who will go to a coffee shop with you and actually let you do homework instead of turning into your therapist. The ones who will let you vent in front of them without expecting you to burst into tears or share your deepest secrets.
You were made the way you are for a reason. We are not meant to pretend to be people we are not because that strips us of what God believed would make us beautifully unique.
The next time you find yourself in a group of girls who are about to have a “deep feelings” talk, don’t feel bad for not wanting to join in (but maybe be a little nicer to the ones that do). Just go to your room, watch your favorite episode of “The Office,” and remember, you’re exactly who you’re supposed to be.