In society being a forgetful or ditzy girl is seen as cute and desired by men. From someone who is scatterbrained, what is the appeal? Just today I spent an hour looking for some money that I had put away. I hadn’t hidden it from myself, I just forgot where I put it.
It’s not just the fact that society romanticizes this, but also that it portrays forgetfulness completely wrong. The ideal ‘forgetful’ girl shrugs her shoulders and says oops. In reality she becomes stressed out and can sometimes be on the verge of tears. Society says that she forgets the small things. But do you really think it’s cute when I forget about the plans we made?
Being forgetful is in no way fun. I even annoy myself when I have to keep asking you what I said on Snapchat! And let’s not mention how I forget about important study sessions or important things what I need to mention to people as part of my job.
I know that this all does sound pretty negative, but it gets really annoying after a while. I’m so happy that I have people that will stick with me through all of this. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve forgotten someone’s birthday when we were talking about it not even an hour earlier. Or how many times I’ve forgotten where I’ve placed something.
Let’s not even start on forgetting the date! Sure, it’s cute when you’re maybe a day off or when you forget that it’s Friday. What’s not cute is when you write the wrong month on everything for a whole month or when you accidentally write 1917 instead of 2017. I still don’t know how I did that one!
But seriously, can someone tell me why this is appealing?
