Everyone knows the stereotypical sleepover portrayed in movies of all sorts. It’s always the same thing: girls in slinky pajamas playfully hitting each other with down pillows, leaving soft white feathers floating effortlessly through the air. I hate to shatter the illusion for everyone, but girls just don’t do that when they spend the night together. Here are a few staples of the sleepovers I’ve been to that are much more realistic than what I’ve seen come out of Hollywood.
1. We talk about gross things.
"HA, I just farted, guys!"
2. We talk about boys.
3. We talk about other girls.
No one is safe from our judgement.
4. We eat copious amounts of junk food
Seriously, you've never seen one human consume so much pizza, cookies, popcorn, you name it at one time.
5. Then we talk about how we’ll work off the calories in the morning.
We'll talk about it, but when morning comes, there's no way we're actually going to the gym.
6. We make ridiculous Snapchat stories.
Anyone who isn't at the sleepover will hate us by the end of the night for the endless Snapchat stories with ridiculous filters and stupid inside jokes.
At the end of the night, we don’t lie down in our cute little pajama sets all in one bed together with perfect faces of makeup and smiles. We wash our faces and brush our teeth and hair like every other normal human does before bed. We get into our comfiest giant t-shirt and ratty old boxers or pajama shorts, and we crash in bed, on the couch, on the floor, or anywhere, really. While the girls in the movies get up early and make an elaborate breakfast spread, you can find us rolling out of bed around 2 p.m. to finish off the last few pieces of pizza from the night before.
