Independent women are almost always labeled as cold, bitchy, and any number of other pointless, negative names. And when it comes to dating? Please, don’t get me started! There are a plethora of stupid stereotypes that we come across when dating that, as any independent woman would confidently tell you, and far from the truth:
- No, we’re not all in a huge rush to get married and pop out babies: Have a party we can’t afford and then destroy my figure and spend the rest of my life chasing after miniature terrorists while you sit on the couch watching Sports Center? No thanks.
- Contrary to popular belief, not all women who have one-night stands are easy: This one really gets us going (and not in a way you’d like). Why is it that if a woman is comfortable with her sexuality and chooses to bring a guy home after a night of partying, she’s automatically a slut? Because we’ve done it once doesn’t mean it’s a regular thing…and if it is, it’s no one’s business but ours…
- Independent women are just as attainable as everyone else: Just because we have our shit together doesn’t mean we’re any less interested in a relationship.
- We are NOT prudes: If we frown at your crass jokes it doesn’t mean we’re not interested in sex, we just don’t think the boardroom is the appropriate place to discuss it. Also, we’re a little old for guys who are scared off by foreplay.
- Who says we can’t hold our liquor?: While it’s true that, because of our water-to-fat ratio, women will generally get drunk faster than men, this has nothing to do with why we don’t play beer pong. We don’t don’t play beer pong because beer pong is stupid and we’re not in high school anymore.
- Also, we are not constantly on our periods: If that were the case, we would die of blood loss. If we say something “bitchy” to you assume it’s because you’re a jerk and the truth hurts, not because it’s “our time of the month”.
- We don’t always order some fruity, Disney princess crap when we drink: I mean, we might, If the bar is out of whiskey.
- Yes, it is possible for us to be both smart and fun: Shocker right?
- Sorry, we don’t always need a man’s help when it comes to fixing things: Unless of course, the “thing” is that needs fixing is your narrow-minded personality, in which case, us frail, little girls are totally going to need you to handle that for us, okay darlin’?
- And no, we don’t all secretly love rom-coms like The Notebook and want to be princesses so we can be rescued by our prince: Many of us would rather watch The Hangover than The Notebook, and as for being rescued? Please, we’re not holding our breath to be rescued by a group that (generally speaking) has the attention span of a goldfish. The reason we want to be princesses is because princesses wear tiaras, duh.
- We dress how we want, when we want: It has nothing to do with you, so if you don’t have anything nice to say…
- All women with short hair are NOT lesbians: There are many reasons for short hair, sexual orientation not being one of them.
- Not all of us are lonely, emotional shoppers: Shopping is a blast but you know what we like even more? Building a savings account and laughing hysterically when mr.man tells us about his retirement plan consisting of a jar of pennies and investing in flying cars. And we are not lonely! We have a cat…
- We are not ice queens either: Cold? Excuse me, but not bursting into tears because we’re having a bad day or not dropping what we’re doing the second you call to chat does not make us cold, it makes us an adult. And seriously, why are you texting us 100 times a day? How insecure are you that you need to “check in” that often?
- We will only date someone who can keep up with us: If you have a successful career, money in the bank (or at the goal of having money in the bank), and are able to take an occasional vacation (even if it’s only to the next city) are you going to date someone who’s only source of income comes from visiting the pawn shop? Probably not.