A woman pushes back on the "cool girl" myth that expects her to tolerate immoral behavior. When an old acquaintance tested her by bragging about something mean and possibly illegal, she realized her easygoing reputation doesn't mean she has no boundaries.
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Let's talk about the cool girl. I don't know if you remember the speech from Gone Girl where the main character is talking about what it means to be the cool girl, the girl that's hot, that is really laid back, that's dirty, up for anything, just lets men do whatever they want, you know, just take advantage of me, I don't care because I'm so cool, eats hot dogs, you know, just loves being amongst the boys, chilling, and you know, is just up for anything, right? Especially in bed. And guys, you know what, it doesn't matter if you're 22 or if you're 62, I think every guy still thinks that that cool girl is just like, is just, she's got no boundaries, right? She's got, she's, she'll just do whatever you say. And recently I was with somebody and somebody that I knew years ago and he revealed something to me that frankly was really kind of mean, not to me, but to somebody else, sort of illegal, I suspect, and just like horrid. And as he's telling me this, I'm thinking like, have you told anybody else this story? Or are you telling me this story because you think like I am so cool that I'm gonna think that this is actually funny, that I've got no boundaries, that there's nothing that you can do to kind of fluster me, which is mainly true until you get to the point where you do. I do have really strong core values. I do have very strong beliefs about certain things, and if you cross those lines, I'm just I just cut you out. And also, I like people that aren't wishy-washy about stuff. It's like, take a stand, you know, but don't push me around and don't tell me shit that really is just mean and horrible because frankly, I just won't want to see you again.
