I will never understand boys!

Boy vs. Girls.

Hmmmmmmm.

Why is it that it is almost impossible for the male species to understand the females, and vice versa?

There seems to be something embedded in the genes of males and females that makes them so different! Boys, for instance, are much happier (when they're younger generally) to have a bigger group of friends without a singular 'best friend', whilst little girls normally prefer to have the security of a 'best friend' and are more easily upset by friendship rows.

Some of it must be nature. Boys are often told, from an early age, that it is not manly to cry or show emotion. And certainly as they get older, boys seems to be much better at hiding emotion than girls. Whether this is simply because of these message, or there is something in their genes that makes them less emotionless. You certainly wouldn't see many guys posting statuses like "Why I am always left behind? :/ <3". They are (almost always) less comfortable with emotion than girls are.

In general, guys are expected to 'make the first move' with a relationship. Frequently, I have had a conversation with one of girl friends about how annoying it is that whatshisname hasn't asked her out yet. I can't help wondering why this is, but for some reason it seems weird to us to have a girl asking a guy out. Maybe it relates to the dominance thing. I suppose guys are supposed to be more powerful or strong than girls, and perhaps emotion is a sign of weakness however.

Of course, emotion sometimes reveals itself in men in the form of flirtiness. Again, I have, many a time, had to comfort a friend after she discovers a guy is, in fact, going out with someone else "after texting all the time for ages!". Guys are flirts, but then again so are a lot of girls. I suppose it's just easier for a guy to hurt a girl by flirting than it is the other way around. I am also yet to understand the obsession with wearing low trousers. It doesn't make you a badman, and you just look like you might be getting a chilly bum. Similar applies with untied shoelaces - it makes no difference and untied you'll probably just fall over and look like an absolute poose...

I am also yet to comprehend the reasoning behind excessive hair gel. Why fabricate dandruff?!

I'm not saying girls are blameless! I admit that our fluctuating emotions can be very difficult for guys to fathom. The truth is that none of us actually know what we want from you, men, sorry. (Except that it's gross when you spit on the road. We're sure about that.) I have before been on the recieving end of a phonecall featuring a very confused male ranting about how she said she liked him and now she's not sure and it's so frustrating!

Girls often too quickly get caught up in the emotion of a relationship. Most girls have lots of insecurities, which they cover up by clinging to a guy. When this guy disappears, it makes them feel rubbish because their security blanket is gone. This is my experience anyway. My advice for anyone (and I speak from experience) is that you have to be secure about yourself before getting into a relationship...otherwise all your security comes from that person and if they disappear you end up feeling pooey about yourself.

I could probably talk about my confusion about males for another 628 paragraphs, but I won't.

God bless,
Love, Anna :)