This past Saturday my good friend and roommate turned 21. The process she and our friends took to get ready was ridiculous. I of course was not drinking because I needed to be sober since I was the designated driver since I am the only one under 21. I was fine with this so. While all the girls were getting ready in the bathroom together, I sat in the living room and watched TV just wearing some sweats. The guys who were also going out with the girls just had on jeans and a nice shirt. They took maybe 10 minutes to get ready to go out. The guys and I were discussing why women NEED to get ready together in ONE tiny bathroom. There is no need for 6 girls to be in a bathroom all trying to get ready. This post is basically about why women take so long to get ready than men and why do women need to use the bathroom together.
Being a girl, I do not fit the stereotype where I NEED somebody to go to the bathroom with me. I am an adult and can use the bathroom by myself. A conversation with my friend can wait less then 5 minutes. With my roommates though, they have to be in the bathroom with somebody else. It is not just about using the bathroom to take care of business but even showering. When I am in the shower, I cannot tell you how many times my roommates just open the door and sit on the toilet to talk to me. Showering is my alone time and does not need to be interrupted by other girls. Plus the door was closed!!!
When I am going out, I have never taken over 30 minutes to get ready. Within my 30 minutes I curl my hair, get dressed, and put makeup on. My roommates this past Saturday took almost 2 hours!!! What can you possibly be doing for 2 hours!?!? Like I said before, the guys and I were watching TV waiting for my friends to get ready so I could drive them downtown. Everybody in the living room was complaining as to taking too much time and waiting for too long. I just don't understand what could possibly take so long!
Consider my perspective: I consider myself to be a pretty "high-maintenance male." It will often take me over an hour to get ready to go out. I think I understand how the girls can take more than two hours - they possibly do the same thing I do when I'm getting ready. I procrastinate and draw things out... It may only take me two minutes to put gel in my hair, but then I will take a swig of beer, walk out of the bathroom, talk to my roommates, go into my bedroom and decide what I might wear for the night. Then the whole process starts over again when I decide to shave my face = an hour for me to get ready.
ReplyDeleteI TOTALLY agree when you say that it's annoying when girls go to the bathroom together. Thank you for being an independent person and not conforming to that stereotype. From my understanding and from what I've gathered from other girls I've spoken to, women do it because they "want to talk about [other people in the bar]" and the bathroom gives them a more private (quiet) setting to do so." But if you can't say anything nice, why say anything at all, right?
Yes! Finally somebody sees where I am coming from with the whole bathroom idea.
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