Since I never had a biological sister, I missed some things, good or bad. I'll attempt to keep it PG ish, knowing that many of you who read this are very young and tender.
1. They make boxers for girls too apparently
2. Random shopping trips to places no boy would want to go, ever
3. Bags and purses, unless you come from the Bouffard lineage...
4. Girly music: Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, etc.
5. Girly style: animal prints and bright neon colors
6. DO NOT ENTER zones into which you really DO NOT want to enter
7. Spaghetti (not the pasta)
8. Purple ipods
9. Computers with names
10.Rearview mirror hangers
11.Strawberry Shortcake pillows (right, Mariel?)
12.Gonky (Mariel, how do you spell that?)
13.That's all I can think of at the moment.... Feel free to comment on things that I missed.
Now, on to things you brotherless girls missed... (This is a general opinion, so if you didn't miss any of these things, you may comment if you must)
1. Matchboxes
2. Swords, literally everywhere
3. DO NOT ENTER zones into which you REALLY want to enter
4. Trucks, the big loud ones
5. Consistent doses of stability and sanity
6. Jurassic Park pillows
7. Waffles (not the breakfast kind)
8. Sitting in the stands at a baseball game during the hottest, driest days
9. Baseball cards, everywhere
10.Parking lot basketball hoops
11.Skrillex
12.Simple (dull), plain (colorless), and easy-to-understand (impossible) technology
13.That's a good start, I think, feel free to comment
Special thanks to Alexis for her ideas...
Hmm.... I have another dynamic for you: "Sisterless Girls" and "Brotherless Guys". Personally, I have had the advantage of having both male and female siblings, so I suppose there is not much about either that surprises me! But I would imagine much of what you have written is right on! I love how many of the things on the "Brotherless Girls" are actually things I have experience BECAUSE I have three brothers. I had more matchbox cars that any of them. haha :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, then I could add "Only Children", but I have no experience in any of those other dynamics, other than sisterless. I didn't have MORE matchboxes, but I had some of the coolest.
DeleteTis True. Do you still have any of your cars? I used to have over 100 haha. I only have 30-40 something now... but I want to save them in case I have sons some day :)
DeleteYes (I should've said I HAVE some of the coolest). We have a plethora of them, and I don't ever remember counting, but I'd imagine somewhere around 100.
DeleteNext time.....I want to see them!!! And read Stoib and Barkley. haha.
DeleteYoung and tender! Baha! Why did I never see that before?!
ReplyDeleteNow I have to go back and read it myself...
DeleteHaha! "I'll keep it pg ish...." aaaaand I'm pushing the pg limits right off that proverbial bat.
ReplyDeleteTisk tisk! Haha! Young and tender makes me think of chicken. Also, flesh.
DeleteOh my, chicken and flesh... Very interesting.
DeleteYup, it went there.
DeleteI feel like being that one person who comments a year after anyone has read this...(TReNToN my names up there ;) )
ReplyDeletewhat, where's your name? And congrats for being that one person.
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