No, I meant stereotypically. I have a mental image, likely from a movie 60 years ago, of a bunch of women in dresses and aprons talking about things they wouldn't want their husbands to hear. Of course this isn't real, but honestly the expression "girl talk" surely must come from that time. Because when I talk to my friends I simply call it talking. Not girl-talking. lol
Reine
Originally Posted by Julie Denier
So many of us seem to love trains!
I love trains too. I love the way they shake the ground as their raw power is put down at full throttle.
You mean the Tim Allen grunt?
Unless of course he is a truck driver then he will talk himself silly. Alot of truckers are like that, me included.
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Mary Lee, it seems odd that you don't know what girl talk is. Some of it is a bit secretive I guess.
it's those conversations that: A) men aren't really interested in, B) the girls don't want their men in on. Try being the only guy going out to dinner with 5 GGs sometime. They may avoid some normal girl talk with you there, but you'll probably find the topics of conversation boring.
Mary Lee, you opened up a can of worms, lol.
girl talk can be ANYTHING from female issues, dating, sex, clothing, makeup, hair, really anything. girl talk should also be known as, the complain hotline, or the bitch fest, lol.
This is just so darn condescenting. It reeks of male privilege!
You forgot to add, politics, current events, her job, her friend's job, the pressures and politics on the job, the kids, co-ordinating car-pooling efforts for all these moms who are juggling 5 hats, getting the car fixed, the latest remodeling project they're working on, (I just finished refinishing my SO's hardwood floors), the latest movies they saw, a great book they're reading, and oh yeah, we talk about guys the same way that guys talk about girls.
I'm sorry people, but please get it from the horse's mouth. Don't be imagining things about which you know nothing. :p
Makeup? Clothing? Hair?
Last edited by ReineD; 09-04-2013 at 12:16 AM.
Reine
geeez, calm down. i said it could be ANYTHING. sorry, i didn't make the list long enough.
it wasn't meant to be condescending.
this was a fun thread, don't need to jump all over me, damn.
Sigh. Do not confuse what 12-13 young women sometimes talk about among themselves to what adult women talk about. Also, shows on the CW network are not a good source of accurate information. :-)
I work in a non-profit organization that is predominantly women. The conversations are exactly as outlined by Reine. The only consistent difference I have noticed is the women will occasionally compliment each other on an article of clothing or related item where men rarely do something like that. It is not a long discussion, but a passing comment. Everything else topic wise is the essentially same; however, as a group, the women may express themselves slightly differently than the men. Lunch conversations are the same. I have also gone out with co-workers (all women) and the conversation topics do not change even after a few (or more) drinks. Sometimes the word choices or comments become more NFSW, but the topics do not change or become more "girl" specific. I have worked in this office for 10 months, and I am treated no different than any other woman in the place so I do not believe the conversations change when I am not around. While men and women may sometimes express themselves differently, neither gender owns more of the lighter weight topics.
Sorry Nicole. I guess yours was just one post too many.
There are sooo many threads in this place about what we talk about, what we think about, whether or not we are jealous of our husbands' great legs, blah blah blah ... and everyone who is not a GG has an opinion that more often than not is wrong. And when we do tell the truth about ourselves, it is either ignored or no one believes us! It's like many of you are so busy painting this imaginary picture of what being a woman must be like, that you don't want to pay attention to reality.
You ladies can give all sorts of opinions about yourselves and your own thought processes, but when it comes to painting GGs as vacuous, or petty, or little-girlish, or masculine (if we wear pants), then yeah ... it does get to me sometimes.
Sorry that you were the brunt of it. I extend an olive branch.
Last edited by ReineD; 09-04-2013 at 01:13 AM.
Reine
It’s the voice (or language) of the subjugated, maligned, and perpetually abused gender…
PS - Mary, I've been to Medina, OH many times!
EVERYONE will have their OWN opinion to define what "girl talk" is.
from my experience, it's something i would NOT feel comfortable talking about in front of other men, which is why i quickly posted those topics.
if there is mixed company, TYPICALLY women won't feel UNCOMFORTABLE discussing a remodel, car repair or kids around other men.
AND i have many male friends who could "out-girl/guy-talk" me any day of the week. i have known these ppl for years, so they feel comfortable discussing anything.
i have one friend in particular, when i see his number come up, i answer, "Hello, complaint hotline."
ok, Reine, olive branch taken.
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I just looked at your profile and see that you are a GG. My apologies, I thought you were another CDer telling us what we talk about.
You also are a cosmetologist and so of course the focus of many of your conversations with your clients is hair and makeup. It's your job. But the majority of us don't spend time in cosmetology shops and we certainly aren't focused on hair and makeup when we spend a few hours together having coffee. A young woman getting ready for the prom, maybe. Or when she is getting married, maybe. But the balance of us that juggle jobs and kids, no. And after the kids are gone, by that time we know our style, we know what suits us and what looks good (less as we age), and there really is nothing to talk about when it comes to that stuff.
Further, when I have coffee with my girlfriends, there is NOTHING that I say that I could not say in front of a man. The men who live in my world are rather enlightened. (And they're not necessarily CDers.)
The only time that I would not want someone to hear what I'm saying, is when I'm talking about them. This applies to both men and women, so even that doesn't fall under "girl-talk".
As to olive branch, thanks, Nicole. I'm glad that you're up for a good discussion!
Last edited by ReineD; 09-04-2013 at 01:40 AM.
Reine
Girl talk that I have been involved in has included talk about boy friends, fashion and what we are going to do on the weekend.
Work on your elegance,
and beauty will follow.
Seeing as people can't follow the damn rules and there has been so much editing in this thread, it is now closed.
And some people really should know better!!
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