"To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girlfriends."

-Benjamin Franklin

I usually get this particular feeling in the morning. After I've given up trying to make the flyaways on the top of my head lay flat or get the kinks out of my hair. After I had to redo my make up because I completely smudged it while trying to get the "itchy" out of my eye. When I'm standing in front of my closet, mountains of clothes before me, and I'm struggling to pick an outfit out for the day. When everything I try on makes me look fat, or makes my complexion look dull. When I'm stressing out because of a "she-said, he-said" sort of situation that these thoughts arrive.

Sometimes, it absolutely sucks to be a girl. All those crazy emotions. All that time spent on things that really don't matter, or rather, things that shouldn't matter. Money, time, effort, all spent (or wasted, depending on who you're talking to) on grooming ourselves to get a positive opinion from our peers and boys and even, just to please ourselves.

Because that's just how ambitious we are. We're happy with ourselves when we look good.

How could you not be proud?

Anyways, I think of a guy's morning routine. Or what I've heard of most guys's morning routines. How they wake up half an hour before school starts. Hop in the shower for ten minutes (they don't have to worry about shaving or the expensive five minute leave in conditioner). Pick something simple out to wear. And be done.

From who I've talked to, they don't worry about what to eat for breakfast in fear of overconsumption of calories. They don't worry about their make up being too much or not covering up enough, or whether skinny or flared jeans would go with their outfit the best. They're also not as caught up in silly high school problems. They're much more relaxed and able to just shrug things off rather than take everything to heart.

I don't mean to be stereotypical. I realize there are exceptions to every generalization or norm. But the vibe I get from guys as a whole seems to be a pretty appealing one.

Don't get me wrong, I love being a girl, for the most part. Enthusiasm and indulgence seems to be more acceptable in women. We're allowed to be vulnerable and emotionally expressive. We get to hug a lot more, and I feel like girls, in general, are more insightful and less oblivious than guys.

She's already up while he'll probably be sleeping in for a long while longer