7 Reasons Why Being a Woman Sucks

There are plenty of reasons why being a woman is awesome, but let's face it, there are at least seven reasons why being a woman sucks.

Being positive and happy is always a good idea, but every once in a while it's hard because something about your life sucks. What does misery love? Company. Which is why I put this list together, so that when you ladies feel crappy about being a girl, you know you're not alone.

Then when we get through the list we can eat a piece of cake, drink a margarita, read a celebrity filled gossip magazine and just move on to happier things.

Let's get to it, these are seven reasons why being a woman sucks.

1. People judge you based on what you're wearing immediately. While I've never been a dude, I'm sure that men are judged on their clothing as well, but I can't imagine it's with the same intensity that women are. Pants too tight? Inappropriate. Pants too loose? Sloppy. Shirt too low? Sleazy. Shirt too high? Uptight and bitchy. It's hard to find the right look for the right occasion while sending the right message.
2. All the bleeding. Sorry, for the bluntness, but women deal with a lot of blood. And you know what? After year 2 or 3 of the bleeding, we've got it down. It's just something we deal with, for the better part of 40 years. We know there's blood happening about once a month for a few days and we survive. It's not fun, it can be messy, it can make your morning take ten extra minutes, but it's life and we handle it, with most of us trying not to draw any attention to what's going on. Bonus... our pants literally do not fit at least once a month and it's not because we skipped the gym or ate four boxes of girl scout cookies. It's because our bodies were making a house for a baby, then the baby didn't arrive and the house decides to blow up in our uterus. And if the baby does show up. Holy moly! The female body grows another HUMAN. That deserves a round of applause. It's awesome, but has got to be just as sucky as all the bleeding.
3. Being a woman costs more than being a man. Sure we can skip the eyeliner and the bras and the hair products, but... no one really wants that do they? I'm not trying to be superficial or anything, but back to #1, whether you're trying to be a super model or a sophisticated business woman, you probably need some extras to make that happen. Even if you're skipping the make-up, hair products.... and bras... back to #2, you gotta pay for tampons and pads and Midol, being a girl is expensive.
4. Email writing. I bet this one kind of surprised you, but writing an email is completely different when you're a man than when you're a woman. Just last week I was writing an email about a touchy subject and I realized that I rewrote it four times because I didn't want to come across as bitchy. Do men do that? Pretty sure they just re-read for typos, not for accidental bitchiness.
5. Doing your hair is such a time suck. Plus sometimes it's a total waste. Some lucky women out there (Elizabeth, Lori... you know who you are) don't have to spend an hour and a half washing, drying and making their hair presentable. But I do. And I know plenty of women who have the worst hair. We schedule hair washing nights and record TV shows and movies so that those nights aren't a total bore. But then, six rain drops, a wind storm, or high humidity levels and all that time was a waste.
6. People assume you're dumb if you're pretty. This was a friend submitted addition to the list. Whoa, why did I just add that in there? Because I'm a girl and I didn't want you to think that by me writing that, that I was saying I'm pretty. That's totally another reason why being a woman sucks... but back to the dumb pretty thing. When you're fun and pretty, people don't expect or think you're the super star mathematician or attorney. Nope, you probably spend all your time deciding if Justin Timberlake is cuter now than he has a son. Side note, he is, but you can also be an attorney and know that, no matter how pretty you are.
7. No chip manicures never last two weeks. They just don't. Don't pay for it, it won't last.