Where does a girl begin? I guess with a disclaimer. I tend to think there are a total of probably two or three people who actually read this blog but what do I know? If there are others reading it who know where and from whom the proof originated, I'd like to state that my response to it has nothing at all to do with him as a person. Quite honestly, I think he's fantastic. But this is about the sucktastic math. Could he truly believe girls are evil? I suppose it's possible. Is the math proof nothing more than proof of his sarcastic, hilarious nature? I suppose it's possible. Either way, it got me thinking. The fruits of that labor is what follows.
1. Girls require time and money.
This is the part I take the most issue with. If you want to talk in terms of majority, sure, I'd probably be willing to bet that within the context of intimate relationships between people (of the opposite sex), more money may be spent on the woman than on the man. But I think that may be the case because society is constantly reminding us what the expectations are. The guy courts the girl (I fucking hate the word court but it seems most appropriate) by wooing her with gifts of some sort. He buys her flowers, he takes her out to dinner, he gives her jewelry in the middle of February. Sure, people defy these expectations but again, if we're talking about majority here, I'd be willing to bet the majority of people still operate under that dating mentality. If a woman offers to pay for dinner, it's often thought of as emasculating the guy. When was the last time a woman came to her date's door with a bouquet of flowers? Are both of those instances acceptable? Absolutely. Are either of them encouraged? Nope. Should they be encouraged? Hell yes. Not because you should never split a dinner bill between you and not because flowers are the greatest gift of all but because if there are going to be expectations, they shouldn't be based on who has the tits.
I believe relationships are about give and take and I believe they're about helping the person you're with live a happier life than if he or she was living it without you. If that means giving someone flowers, candy, and jewelry...great. If that means giving someone a first edition of their favourite book while growing up, drawing them a picture, or spending Valentine's Day listening to your favourite album rather than going to a concert...great. But having to spend money on your significant other should never be an expectation.
People are raised differently and grow up in different environments. I don't remember wanting for a lot as a kid but my parents never spoiled me or my brother. When they could, they gave us the things we wanted. When they couldn't, they explained why and that was that. We never had brand new cars, I had a job in high school, they never encouraged me to go into a profession in which I could make a million dollars a year. My best memories from childhood aren't anything that money was responsible for. They're the times we spent at my aunt and uncle's house having dinner together. They're of my dad always offering to drive me around with my friends. They're of my brother and I playing Scrabble (I'll take a "B," Chuck!) after it was time for lights out and we were both in our respective bedrooms. There was never much importance placed on money in our family because it was just never was something anyone in my immediate family cared much about.
And as an adult, that's stayed with me, as it has with the rest of my family. Life would easier if we didn't have to worry about it but we do and I accept that. The simple truth is that I'm responsible for getting the money I need to put a roof over my head, clothes on my body, and food in my tummy. And that's really it the extent of it. Anything above and beyond that is a bonus and should I want to share it with someone, I absolutely will. Not because I think I need to but because I want to.
2. Time is money.
Whatevs. I hate most quotes that revolve around the importance of money. Things are what they are. And the time I spend doing Act A is nothing more than the time I spend doing Act A. For most people, their time is spent doing something solely for the monetary pay-off; that's an unfortunate (I think) fact of life. But there are plenty of things one can do to fill one's time that do not need money to happen. And that doesn't necessarily mean what you're doing is preventing you from making more money. Stupidly untrue phrase.
3. Money is the root of all evil
I don't have it in me to get into this one because it's going to wind up being a whole philosophical bit about evil and I'm just not feelin' that. But to sum up, I do not believe the most evil, heinous things that have happened throughout history had much to do with a desire for money or a lack of money. Or much to do with money at all, really.
So.
I believe what we have here is a fallacious mathematical proof. Girls are not evil.
But math? Math is still evil. That will always be a truth.
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