This was taken from an article in Seventeen Magazine written by Gayle Forman
1 Because you can lock yourself in your room, blast Fiona Apple, scream to your heart's content and
fully appreciate the angry, angsty lyrics.
2 No carpooling Boyfriend around 'cause you have
wheels and he doesn't.
3 You don't have to inflict your parents on anyone
else.
4 You can flirt with the guy next door, your homeroom buddy and the manager at the surf shop without ever feeling like you have to (ugh!) explain yourself.
5 You won't be known as so-and-so's girlfriend.
6 Computer solitaire
7 You get to spend Wednesday nights with Bailey and
Charlie.
8 You'll catch fewer colds.
9 If you want to wear a bindi, you needn't worry
about your guy asking, "Is that a zit?"
10 You get to eat raw onions on your hamburger.
11 You can go on a tirade about the lameness of
student-council meetings without being accused of PMS-ing.
12 Because the pursuit is the funnest part, anyway.
13 Your journal will be filled with far more
exciting fare than the status of the relationship.
14 Shopping with your buds or on your own is way
better than shopping with a boy.
15 School, homework, SATs, football games, Ani
DiFranco concerts, flea markets . . . who has time
for a guy?
16 You'll never again worry about sending
poor-loser boy into a funk after you've beaten him
at Super Mario Brothers for the millionth time.
17 More space in your locker.
18 You get to play the field, and your coupled-up
friends don't.
19 Sweaty palms? Big deal!
20 You don't have to explain why you haven't read a
single issue from the Hot Rod magazine subscription
he gave you for Christmas.
21 There's more time to hit the gym.
22 You never need to worry that your platforms make
you too tall.
23 You can go from hippie chick to body-pierced
punk girl without worrying about what he thinks.
24 You never suffer from stubble burn.
25 When you have a long-term boy, you just don't
have the same kind of high-intensity crushes -- on
him or on other guys.
26 Spring break was made for single girls.
27 Couples are boring to the rest of the world:
Weren't Ross and Rachel totally dullsville as a
twosome?
28 Romantic bliss is bad for your inner artist: How
many great poems/song lyrics are about happy
couples?
29 You don't have to have "the talk" about where
the relationship is going.
30 Friday movie night with your best friend.
31 No need to explain why chocolate-chocolate-chip
ice cream with hot fudge, chocolate sprinkles and
whipped cream topped by a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup-- is a really great dinner.
32 It's way cool to be able to change a tire on your own.
33 You can watch an entire Tom Cruise movie without
your guy yelling, "Show me the money!"
34 That eight-week summer trek through Italy,
France and Spain will be a lot more fun if you're
not constantly looking for a post office to mail
your miss-you letters.
35 Jealousy, an all too typical by-product of
couplehood, is such a waste of energy.
36 You don't have to shave your legs if you don't
want to.
37 If you're really honest, an afternoon at the
skateboard park just isn't all that fun.
38 Spending time unattached and liking it gives you
the power to have high standards when it comes to
guys.
39 Because studies have found that gum disease can
be contagious!
40 You don't have to worry about him not getting
into the same college as you.
41 You're more willing to try new things (skydiving, guitar) when you're single.
42 Because girlfriends don't complain if you take
forever getting ready to go out.
43 Is anything more torturous than spending an
evening with loverboy, his bickering parents and
his weird sister?
44 It's one less thing for Mom and Dad to nag you
about.
45 You can have a hip haircut. (Guys seem to like
long, plain hair.)
46 You don't have to wait for -- or worry that you
missed -- his call.
47 Saturday night, you and a copy of She's Come
Undone is a mighty pleasurable trio.
48 It's much easier to get into the hippest club
without an XY-chromosomed person in tow.
49 You have nothing to lose!
50 When you kiss another guy, it isn't called
cheating.
51 Guys always want to drink from your Snapple --
and they backwash more than girls do.
52 You don't have to train him for someone else
later in life.
53 Sayonara to long, awkward silences.
54 You get to control the remote.
55 You will feel like an independent stud-muffin.
56 Because your friends get sick of hearing about
him all the time.
57 That cute boy at Starbucks will stop giving you
free mochas if he sees you have a guy.
58 Sometimes, boys have smelly feet.
59 You don't have to obsess about whether his
friends like you.
60 You don't have to obsess about whether your
friends like him.
61 No one will torture your cat.
62 You will have lots of time for the guy
counselors at camp this summer.
63 When you're attached, you always wonder what
you're missing.
64 As you listen sympathetically to your best
friend's latest coupledom disaster, you can be
happy in the knowledge that you don't have to deal
with that junk.
65 Janeane Garofalo, Courteney Cox -- all
superpowered single gals.
66 The money you would've dished out for some
spendy Valentine's present for him can go toward
those suede boots you've been eyeing.
67 If you belch in front of your pals, no big deal;
if you belch in front of a guy, it's majorly
mortifying.
68 Because you won't have to dump someone -- or get
dumped.
69 No ex-girlfriends.
70 Life is stressful enough without some guy
pressuring you to go further than you want to.
71 Because, let's face it, unrequited love can be
sooo delicious.
72 Instead of going to see his band, you can start
your own.
73 You'll have more bonding time with your little
sis (or mom or friend), who really needs you.
74 One set of problems to deal with (i.e., your
own) is plenty.
75 There's nothing more mysterious and alluring
than a single woman who's into being that way.
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