Girl stuff - Educational material

10 reasons why it sucks to be a girl

1. You cant even plan anything on ur own without mentally addressng questions from family, or worse, boyfriend.

2. There is curfew time for anything n everything. If you are an unmarried girl from a middle class family, not even a single "sanctioned" glimpse of nightlife to you.

3. You cant be alone. You should not be alone. If you are, you are "modern" and you "dont know ur limits".

4. If you say you are not interested in marriage, you are definitely in love with some loafer, who belongs to another caste.

5. If you eat out alone, you have lost ur femininity bcos a) u din attempt cooking (or) b) u are not economic.

6. If you politely refuse a trip to the temple or blurt out that you do not chant slokas at home everyday, even though people know that not all girls chant everyday, admitting to it is acknowledging your sacrilege.

7. You cant repeat a dress within a timeframe of 2 weeks. Even guys notice dat and worse, ask you about it(yes, some obnoxious types do that).

8. You cant wake up in the middle of the night and go out for a walk even in your own garden. not safe. Not safe - you also have to answer a dozen questions.

9. When you are at school, you cant sit, resting your elbows on the table. Wrinkled elbows are looked down upon.

10. You cant go and play after 10th standard. If u r 25, no way, you are mentally ill if you show an interest in casual outdoor games, unless you pay a hefty amount to a sports club(that is investing in your health).

The Commandments of the girl kingdom

1. Thou shall keep in mind that any outting plan with another girl is bound to not happen, 98%. If its an all girls gang thing, 99.5%, its not gonna happen - atleast one of them will drop out.

2. Thou shall keep in mind that if thou art talking to a girl, and she gets a call from a guy(not stalker types), she will cut thy call, 90%. If thy call is waiting, she will ignore the waiting call, if she is talking to a guy.

3. Thou shall keep in mind that thou cant borrow even a safety pin from another girl, if thou does not intend to let her borrow your senti stuff.

4. Thou shall keep in mind that thou cant ever take sides with the person who is right, if both are girls. Thou shall keep in mind that thou can never be frank. Thou shall have an all time ally and stick to her else thou shall b left alone and bitched about by the above-mentioned 2 participants.

5. Thou shall keep in mind that thou must put up with stories about "the" guy even if thou art sick of him as a topic of conversation. Thou just has to. With a smile, with atleast feigned interest. Else, thou shall have no one to talk to.

6. Thou shall keep in mind that "the" guy is thy brother. always. Thou shall put up with the "safe" way of removing thou from the competitors list, even if "he" is not someone thou would even think of saying hello

7. Thou shall keep in mind that thy friend(the girl) can never be wrong. neither can her boyfriend.

8. Thou shall accept the fact that if there is a gang of 3 girls, one will be the apparently reserved but actually kadalai type, one will be the giggly type and the third, thou - will be the silent sufferer type.

9. Thou shall keep in mind that thou can never have more than one girl as thy close friend. if thou cross that limit, thou art doomed to face an "am-possessive-about-you-dont-talk-to-her" melodrama every week.

10. Thou shall keep in mind that if thy friend has a boyfriend or worse, a husband, thou, the "best" friend is the last person on earth she will think abt. But of course, thou art her twin soul and thou shall understand even if she forgot thy existence for a year and calls when she is bored and hangs up the moment her husband is back. She is thy best friend.

11. Thou shall keep in mind that if thou snaps at thy "close" friend for being giggly, thou shall camouflage it with, "I know about you...but those guys might mistake you...I just didn't know how to put it...am sorry". Then she shall give the perfect finishing- "awwww".

12. Thou shall keep in mind that wherever there are girls, there are gangs. Thou shall remember this and stick to thy gang. Thou shall not try to cross over, that is a stupid risk and thou shall be left out of every available gang. Even guys cant talk to thou in such a case.

13. Thou shall keep in mind that thou art out shopping, thou shall read faces. If thy friend likes a dress, thou shall shut thy opinion that it does not suit her, in an iron case in the deepest recesses of thy mind, even if thou does not want to walk with her in that outfit.

14. Thou shall keep in mind that thou has to listen to everything, literally, happening in thy friend's life. Thou shall give the opinion that she wants to hear. detect her state of mind n frame sentence accordingly.

15. Thou shall keep in mind that thou art also expected to share everything, however personal it is and thou shall listen to opinions albeit uncalled for and thou has to suffer follow ups on the supplied free advice.

16. Thou shall keep in mind that thou cant expect much critical help from girls, not unless there is a sudden pang of conscience or she happens to be thy best friend, but thou shall be criticised for not "asking".

17. Thou shall keep in mind that thou shall give "company" for saree wearing days. if thou does not, thou art a traitor.

18. Thou shall keep in mind that thou cant try somebody's hairstyle or dress pattern or slippers or basically anything. If thou does, thou shall endure the comment "that was my style" everytime thou art seen.

19. Thou shall keep in mind that thou can never be just friends with a guy, ever. Thy friends will always speculate a brewing romance.

20. Thou shall keep in mind that thou cant simply talk 2 sentences about a guy suddenly. Thou has a crush on him.

21. Thou shall keep in mind that thou cant be "jus happy". Thou art in love.

Most importantly - Thou shall keep in mind that thou shall never believe a guy. - This commandment is dedicated to Balakumaran, who devilishly slashed off one zero from the amount he promised to pay me per line, if I wrote these commandments.

Disclaimer: The characters and events depicted in this post are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.