What's with these women?
I caught some of this movie Fever Pitch, a romance about a fanatical Boston Red Sox fan and Drew Barrymore. Before these two even go out, Barrymore's character is sitting with all her girlfriends, analyzing everything they know about the guy, who is a schoolteacher.
"What's wrong with being a schoolteacher?" says one friend.
"It means he has a small ... [and here she holds up two fingers a few inches apart] ... income," says another.
Later, during their first date, after all these girlfriends have actually met the guy, they're sitting there analyzing him. They claim their must be "some reason" he's never been married, they tell Barrymore she has to go through his apartment and closets to see what he's really like, etc.
What bothers me about this is that I think women really DO talk about men like this when we're not around. It depresses me not just because I am going to be a teacher, but because it perfectly illustrates the mercenary attitude I've seen in women ever since I moved East.
But worse than that, maybe it bothers me because I'm beginning to feel inadequate in ways I never used to feel. I don't like the thought of people looking at me and judging me, but I know it's going to happen regardless. I used to feel just fine being myself in all circumstances, but now I really care what people think, and the people whose opinions I care about? They're materialistic, superficial assholes like these.
"What's wrong with being a schoolteacher?" says one friend.
"It means he has a small ... [and here she holds up two fingers a few inches apart] ... income," says another.
Later, during their first date, after all these girlfriends have actually met the guy, they're sitting there analyzing him. They claim their must be "some reason" he's never been married, they tell Barrymore she has to go through his apartment and closets to see what he's really like, etc.
What bothers me about this is that I think women really DO talk about men like this when we're not around. It depresses me not just because I am going to be a teacher, but because it perfectly illustrates the mercenary attitude I've seen in women ever since I moved East.
But worse than that, maybe it bothers me because I'm beginning to feel inadequate in ways I never used to feel. I don't like the thought of people looking at me and judging me, but I know it's going to happen regardless. I used to feel just fine being myself in all circumstances, but now I really care what people think, and the people whose opinions I care about? They're materialistic, superficial assholes like these.