ESL Blogs

"Why, oh, why, can't you create a single, central location for your hair ties and bobby pins?!? And why is there one on the handle of the microwave?"

"Why are women so afraid of bugs but can regularly pour hot wax on their bodies and rip hair out by its roots?"

"Girls and drama! My God, it's like an old episode of Dawson's Creek! He said, she said … it goes on and on for years. Do you ever get over an argument?"

"I am confused enough about why the onslaught of hormones every month, like clockwork, still takes me by surprise (the next day when she gets her period, I'm like, 'Oh! We got into a fight because she was hormonal!'), but why does that fact take her by surprise? Shouldn't she kind of realize it and be like, 'Don't listen to me — I'm hormonal'?"

"I don't get why getting married so soon is so important to most women. Is love not enough?"

"Why all the shoes? Really, my sister has suitcases full of shoes that I've thrown aside more often than she's even seen them. It boggles the mind!"

"I don't understand their attitudes! Everything is good for, like, the first three months, but after that, it's a whole different ball game!"

"I don't get why girls say one thing and mean something different. Like when they say, 'You can watch the game,' and then when you do, you get in trouble."

"What I don't understand is why girls really, really, really want that nice guy, but once they find one, they can't date him because now they need a jerk."

"Why do girls not like other girls when they first meet them? It's as if they have to prove themselves to each other before they'll consider them acceptable to hang out with."

"I don't understand why women can't just speak more directly. They always want you to do something, but they don't put it in words. Instead, they talk around the issue. I wish they were more up front and just said it!"