I am not a girlie girl. Nor will I ever be, just ask anyone. I like my jeans and sweatpants, matched up with a t-shirt and a hoodie to go along with it. It takes me five minutes maximum to do my hair. I hate wearing a real bra, and it’s a rare occasion if I am wearing a dress. The only benefit of wearing a dress that I see is that I don’t have to wear pants. Me putting on make-up is a rare occasion, which consists of only mascara and possibly blush, and I usually end up looking like a clown. I laugh at the thought of “contouring” and cannot even force myself to go into a make-up store as a joke. Shaving is a pain, but I do it because of hygiene and I don’t always want to feel like a yeti.

But just because I do not fit the typical girlie stereotype in the average mind, does not mean I do not like to do “girlie” things. I like to watch chick flicks, and have a girl’s night with my friends, drink wine, and eat chocolate. I like to talk about boys, and I love shopping. I fangirl over some people and that is okay. For me it’s not Harry Styles, but I cannot say that I don’t have a poster of my favorite male soccer player hanging up in my room. I love to hang out with my sorority sisters, and you might think that some of my Instagram posts are typical. That’s whatever, because that does not define who I am.

I love playing sports and am never afraid to get my hands dirty. I grew up on a farm, and I was taught that working hard was the way of life. I am not going to get a manicure, because I do not see the point of one when I am just going to get callouses back on my hands the next day. I have better things to do than waste my time putting make up on in the morning and trying to look good for other people. Rather, I am hovered over text books or heading to work in the morning. I live in the real world, and while our word is superficial, I am not. I am on a collegiate sport team and have a hate/love relationship with working out. I would rather spend my days in a pair of tennis shoes than in a pair of heels. These things make me seem not girlie to people who barely know me.

Being a girlie girl is up for each individual to decide if they are one or not. I am my Dad’s little girlie girl and that’s fine by me, because a girlie girl in my opinion is anything but being a boy. We all have a little bit of girlie girl within us, but it does not have to be the way we define ourselves. I want people to know that I am strong, caring, independent, helpful, intelligent, athletic, and so many other things. I feel those qualities are a better description of myself than only being considered girlie. So I love not being a girlie girl, but being one at the same time.