After a night of exhausting festivities for my roommate’s 21st birthday, I woke up incapable-okay maybe unwilling-to move from my sanctuary of a bed, and so wound up watching endless hours of How I Met Your Mother on Lifetime. Now this isn’t necessarily an abnormal thing for me to endlessly watch sitcoms like this, but that day HIMYM really pulled on a heart-string. If you have not seen the show, at the end, there is always an excerpt from the rule book “Bro Code”, for example, it might say, “Whether he cares about sports or not, a Bro cares about sports”. These small bits of comical, yet insightful wisdom to the male psych made me think about all the things I’ve learned so far that I think should be known and acknowledged “Girl Code”. Therefore I compiled a list of 10 things that I have learned over the years, and a couple relatively recently, that all girls should hold near and dear to their hearts, some more so than others.
- If you are at the school gym and at pique gym hours and the time limit per elliptical machine is 30 minutes, a Lady will only use her 30 minutes, instead of resetting the time and claiming to have ‘just gotten on’. First of all, half an hour of elliptical paired with half an hour of another machine or weight training will be much more beneficial to sculpting a toned body than an hour on a single exercise. Second of all, your other sisters came to get their sweat on, reward their motivation by letting them do so.
- Recreational drugs that celebrities use are NOT the way to lose those extra five pounds. It’s unsafe, unhealthy and it is a noticeably non-natural thin.
- SISTERS BEFORE MISTERS. If there comes a time when you are getting a little too close with a sister’s significant ex, one must remember that boys come and go, but friends last forever—think through the consequences, and reconsider how important and everything that sister has done for you before you cross that line. Most times, he’s not worth it.
- Being socially buzzed is a nice thing, being a social buzz-KILL with alcohol induced fits of hysteria or sickness is not. Learn your limits.
- You found the love of your life, but before you say bye to your friends, commitments and priorities to live side by side with your new beau, realize the potential heartache that may ensue and how those friends are your support basis. Maybe you shouldn’t be so easy to forget them for him.
- If he says he’s going to call you, and he is interested, HE WILL CALL YOU. If he says he’s going to call you, but is not interested, he probably will not. There is no use being hung up on your phone- the best thing to do is play it cool, so if he does call you have a nice surprise. If he doesn’t, he just lied to you and you haven’t even started a relationship—clearly he’s not worth your time.
- Yes she may be a pain in the butt sometimes, but your mom spent hours of labor bringing you into this world, without that sacrifice you would not exist. Respect her, she deserves it.
- ALWAYS USE PROTECTION, if the person is not your partner, condoms and the like should be mandatory in your mind. His minimized feeling sensation is not worth an unwanted pregnancy or disease, especially if he isn’t even your significant other.
- So what if it is supposedly medically proven that PMS does not make you hungrier or make you irritable? Girlfriend, your body is raging with hormones that time of month, consider it your get out of jail card for your extra snappiness, but that does not mean you have permission to be a complete diva.
- Lastly, my personal favorite, from true events: If a guy at a club or bar is creeping on your sister, and will not take a hint or an oral request to go away and continues to try and grind his junk on her trunk, you have the permission and right to slap him across the face…As hard as you can. Make sure he gets the picture that SHE IS NOT INTERESTED.