For my ladies (I do discriminate...)

--nuraido keeps trying to help (even when I don't let her).
--rhonda always has an awesome story to tell when she stops by.
--smed writes hilarious blog posts, and is fundamentally adorable.
--Data Nerdette wished me luck of of the blue.
--Emily complimented me out of the blue.
--Ressa reminds me of life when I was in theatre.
--April showed up once when I needed someone to show up.
--Roommate Sarah points out girls that think I'm hot.
--New York Sarah is just as competitive about SkeeBall as I am.
--Ani, Tori, Regina, Bjork, Ingrid, etc. are awesome.

Now updated with more rambling!




Here's what I wrote originally:
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The problem isn't girls. Or boys. Relationships are the problem. Noncommited relationships don't make anyone act crazy, unless they're crazy to start with (the guy who said rhonda looks like the grinch, for example).

Committed relationships make everyone go crazy, which is why everyone's bitter. Everyone does stuff they wouldn't normally do in a relationship, and everyone's an asshole eventually. Boys and girls. They're all nuts.

Especially girls, who are normally crazy. Pwned!

PS: If you're a girl, and I didn't mention you, it doesn't mean I hate you.
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So, I think I need to clarify my point, based off of the comments. Rhonda's previous post mentioned how intelligent people are saying "boys are stupid" and "girls are lame." My point is that:

a) No one actually thinks that all girls are lame, or all boys are stupid (except, apparently, for joey in the comments...). People who say that mean "boys are stupid when I date them" and "girls are stupid when I date them."

b) The reason why people say that sort of thing is because they get burned in relationships. If I get into a fight with a female friend, I rarely use that as evidence for the general statement "girls are lame. It just means that particular girl is wrong (as she must be, because I was obviously right). Unpleasantness in relationships give rise to a general bitterness that unpleasantness in friendships don't.

c) The reason I bring up the difference between committed and non-comm. is because I've seen lots of non-comm. relationships cause no crazy whatsoever. I can honestly not think of a single comm. relationship that hasn't involved nice, smart, reasonable boys and girls turning into mean, irrational boys and girls at some point or another. This statement does not imply that the good times are negated by the crazy. Only that the crazy does indeed exist eventually. What happens then is up to them.

Anyway, my major point is not to be mister bitter guy about relationships (although I think that came across a bit more than I intended). My point is that bitter guys may actually think girls are great (as I do; see above), but scary in relationships. Bitter girls (I assume) feel similarly.

This isn't intended to be a "relationships = bad" post. It's a "girls are lame !=female friends are lame" post.