boys & girl

It's not unusual to find that I'm the only girl hanging out with a group of friends. There are lots of reasons as to why this is, but that's not the point of today's post. My latest pondering is this: one of the guys, or token girl?

I think it's more fun to think of myself as the former, but I'm probably the latter. But then again, there's always that cop out answer of being a bit of both.

To be honest though, I don't think I'd really enjoy being one of the guys. I mean, sure it can be nice to kick back and indulge in the stupid antics and potty humor, but most of the time I find myself just going along for the ride and listening to boys being boys rather than joining in. Thanks to growing up with 2 older brothers though, I can hold my own fairly well in comic book superhero talk and video games.

I guess objectively, yes I am the token girl, but I don't really feel like it most of the time. My guy friends don't seem to change the way they act when I'm around. They don't try to be any nicer to me because I'm a girl or anything like that. Their manners certainly don't change. No topic of conversation seems to be off limits. But who knows, maybe they just don't know how to act around girls =P

In the end, it boils down to individuals and the dynamics between different people. But I do think I prefer being a girl. A girly girl who happens to enjoy doing stupid boy things with stupid boys. (For example: I'd rather use my energy shopping than playing ball, but there's no questions that I would rather spend my money and time playing rock band than watching seasons of sex and the city.)