Girls Only (No Boys Allowed!!!)

***SERIOUSLY, IF YOU'RE MALE, STOP READING NOW!!! SECRET GIRLS' MEETING IN PROGRESS!!!***

In which we shall see: Current adaptations of an iconic superhero catchphrase, three types of (straight) guys, the (other) TALK, the 2-step plan, and the test phase.

***LAST CHANCE, GUYS - CLICK AWAY FROM THE PAGE, AND NO ONE GETS HURT. GIRLS RULE!!!***

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Last night I was reading a book by one of my favorite authors, and I came across an interesting passage. The main character is talking to a friend, and the friend gives her a lecture that turns out to be the female-specific version of "With great power comes great responsibility." Evidently, there are only three kinds of (straight) guys - ones who fall in love with you, write a song for you, ask you out, etc... and all is well; ones who fall in love with you, but are so frightened by the strength of their passion and your total awesomeness that they suppress their feelings and ignore you or make fun of you, like wimpy little babies; and ones who have something fundamentally wrong with them who start out nice and loving and fun, but who then turn around and do something mean and stupid, like cheat on you. We will never figure out exactly what is wrong with the third kind, and neither will they, so they aren't worth thinking about.

Apparently, (and this was the talk that all mothers should have with their daughters) all straight boys fall at least a little in love with every girl they meet. It's not always enough to cause some kind of action, and it doesn't always last for long, but it always happens. This is the "great power" - the "great responsibility" part for us females is to make sure we don't go around breaking all those fragile male hearts that are constantly (though invisibly) being thrown our way.

Interesting theory, huh? I gotta say, I find it academically intriguing. But wait, there's more!

In order to ACTIVATE this female power to, say, get a guy you like to step up and ask you out, all a girl has to do (according to the book) is follow a few very simple steps. They are to 1) be kind and friendly, and 2) exude confidence and charm. That's it. It supposedly doesn't matter how you look or what you're wearing - just use those steps.

My response: "OK, I have really GOT to try this." And: "Kind of a cool thing to be telling the YA audience - be kind and friendly to people, have confidence in yourself and fun in your interactions with others, and you'll be fine!" I like it. I decided to try it.

- There's someone I interact with regularly that I don't particularly like, and those interactions have been very stiff and cold. I don't want this guy to ask me out, but I do wonder if I can get him to change the tenor of our work together by testing out those steps on him. I decided to start today – just a little bit, old habits and all that – and he’s already looking me in the eye again, for the first time in about a month. There might really be something to this whole “power” concept! And also, that men are relatively simple creatures. Whatever works.

So, are you with me? Who’s going to try it and report back? I bet it totally works on husbands, too! (Your own, I mean – don’t go testing this on anyone else’s… unless it’s clearly platonic and/or work related. As it were.) Have you found these principles to be true? Testify, my sistas!

Watch out for falling turtles,

Cyd

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