Boys always complain about the untimeliness of women. They say things like "I told her that I was gonna pick her up at 6:30 and I had to wait for her for like, 30 minutes, man!" or wait patiently in their cars until we stumble out of our front door, violently swinging our purses and tripping over our shoe laces as we put on our jackets. While boys have been led to believe that this tardiness is due to putting on makeup, doing hair, or deciding on an outfit, here is what we're

actually doing:

1. Trying to finish an hour long episode in 30 minutes. Ladies, let's be honest. I mean sure, he said he's going to come at 7:00, but if you check the time and it's anywhere near 6:30, you will sit back down and attempt to cram in another episode. 

2. Deciding to take a shower 10 minutes before departure time. So what, we made a minor miscalculation. Sue us. 

3. Being distracted post-shower. We sometimes saunter over to the fridge, flip on the TV to see if there's a rerun episode of Law and Order: SVU, paint our nails, etc. There are a lot of options.

4. Eating all the things. We don't necessarily have to be hungry. If the urge exists, we decide that the right thing to do at the moment is eat. 

5. Getting a sudden burst of wild productivity. We are fully aware that there's only 20 minutes left for us to get ready but suddenly, the wiring in our brain demands that it's time to do all the things. This ranges from cleaning the room, sorting clothes based on color, calling back that guy you never called back from three years ago, writing a new bill to send to Congress, pursuing a dream, etc.

6. Staring at yourself in the mirror for a long period of time.

7. Laying on your bed wrapped in a towel. Self explanatory.

8. Scrolling through Facebook or Tumblr.  Even and refresh the page every 10 seconds even though nothing new is popping up.

9. Youtube happened. Remembering that one video you wanted to watch on YouTube and spiraling into a dark, vast, time consuming video-watching binge. 

10. Doing nothing. That's right, gentlemen. We know that we should be getting ready, but the truth is this: we just don't feel like it, so we'll do absolutely nothing instead.