I knew she looked familiar!
Larisa Oleynik=Bianca in 10 Things I Hate About You=Cynthia Cosgrove in Mad Men=Maggie in Pretty Little Liars
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perpetual haphazardness (and frequent girliness) from a bored teen.
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but here’s the thing (and i concede this might be particular to my circle, but i have a suspicion that’s it’s slightly more universal), unless the girl i’m speaking to is in a solid, steady, long-term, not-on-the-rocks-relationship, it is not to be discussed. I REPEAT, NOT TO BE DISCUSSED. because those girls in the solid, steady, long-term, not-on-the-rocks relationships listen and actually hear what you’re saying and can offer counsel.
otherwise, the girlfriend listening is dissecting her own tumultuous this-week-tryst as she listens. she then attempts to speak to you through her own distorted lens about her own situation, all the while saying its not about her. but it is about her.
i’ve also learned the hard way that when i’m pretty nuts about a guy my girlfriends will have none of him and when i’m absolutely-out-of-my-mind-bored-by-someone they think he’s the cat’s pajamas.
Tom says this all happens because as woman we’re expected to play certain roles. and that gossip and all this girl chat provides a certain purpose and there is science for all this and yada, yada, yada.
which is to say, Tom agreed. discussing fledgling romantic relationships with my girlfriends is not good. it encourages the girl crazy. and then accelerates it.
and finally,
3. i have to go just as far as i need to go in pursuit of a man (which is to say i always end up texting long after some of my friends are like, meg, it is his turn). i can’t follow anyone else’s rules or guidelines—i have to honor what i think is best. and then i have to sort of throw up my hands and trust that the winds of change and fate and a little bit of luck will either come out in favor of the thing or not. and if not, it is not a reflection on me or my worth. (IN OTHER WORDS, I CAN’T TAKE IT ALL SO SERIOUSLY, OR PERSONALLY—which is—yes, you guessed it—sort of, quite a bit, hard for me).
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~ words of wisdom by Meg Fee
"Don’t you get it? She’s the
house! She’s the plain white
shutters, the sparkling glass
windows, and the perfect white
picket fence. She’s the ordinary
stuff. But you…you’re the red
door. And when people come
by, yeah, sure they see the
house. But for some reason, they
always end up looking at the
door. It’s always in the corner of
their eye. You can’t ignore a red
door. And the house is nice, hell,
the house is perfect. But then
there’s that door. It’s almost
painful to look at. You’re the
door."
~ Chuck Palahniuk via Meg Fee
