Today my brother said something so profound, I had to share. He is a 19-year-old freshman at a prestigious state university (also my alma mater), and having an older sister has certainly prepared him better for understanding girls than those boys without sisters- which is often the case.
Anyway, his future roommate (also male) has his first real girlfriend. (Like I said, it’s a prestigious state university. These kids all had 4.0s , AP and college credits, and were members of every club imaginable in high school but talking to the opposite sex makes them want to hurl. Like I also said, it’s my alma mater. I know.) Anywho, Roommate's first girlfriend is a regular 18-year-old girl- She talks a lot. She takes pictures of everything. She’ll run off with her girlfriend and giggle even when her boyfriend is around. So, Brother and Roommate went on a whirlwind Spring Break road trip . . . with Girlfriend and her friend. By Day 6 of togetherness, Girlfriend was on Roommate’s last nerve.
As my brother regaled me with the tale, he said so plainly:
Brother: “And I feel bad for Roommate. This is his first girlfriend so he doesn’t know that girls are crazy.”
Girl J: “Excuse me?”
Brother: “You know, girls are crazy. Not like crazy crazy, but as in they’re crazy. You become used to it, and then you appreciate how endearing it is. Girl J, we're different and to the other person that makes you "crazy". Otherwise we’d all be like the Human Being.” (Reference to NBC’s sleeper hit “Community” and the school’s mascot, the Greendale Human Beings. See photo above.)
The thing is, besides being called “crazy,” I think his point is quite wise. Boys and girls are different and only when you recognize these differences can you truly appreciate what the opposite sex has to offer. (i.e. Explain to me again, why can't you wash those socks during football season?) I’m 25 and think I just realized this within the last year or so. Maybe he is the smarter sibling.
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