Dating at an all-girls' school is quite a bit different from dating at co-ed schools. Aside from the lesbian stigma, it really is much harder to get a date. Ok, so we wear uniforms all day- kink, anyone? But how many guys do we interact with on a regular basis? Males are really a strange sort to those of us who don't spend all day, every day with them.

3 different attitudes exist at my school towards guys:

1) The first type of girl is easy to pick out on the métro (subway) or bus. Her kilt is about the same width as her tie, her face is covered in eye shadow and poorly-applied concealer, and she is busily trying to attract as much attention to herself as possible. This, however, is obviously not the way to go. This girl gets attention from the kind of guys who aren't the type of guys anyone should be going for--i.e. someone who would use anyone for sex.

2) The next type of girl is the exact opposite. Guys?? What are those?? They seem to be deliberately going out of their way to make themselves invisible to the opposite sex. And believe me, it works. Hair brush, anyone?

3)The third girl is the one who is definitely the easiest type of person to go to a party with. She has guy friends, and maybe even a boyfriend, but she does not go crazy in the presence of more testosterone than usual. She enjoys spending time with guys, but does not jeopardize school or her girlfriends to be with them. This girl is most likely to have the least amount of trouble re-adjusting when it comes to getting back to life in a co-ed environment.

Even with the lack of normal interaction, just about every girl has had a relationship to one degree or another. Yet, we tend to behave differently about relationships than our co-ed peers because we do not spend as much time with guys. All of those hormones can be confusing, I guess.

We definitely over-analyze things. I mean, really. Who knew that one little comment could be dissected into a week's worth of lunch time conversations? We also tend to overreact to a thousand little insults and slights. Maybe his mom really did need to use the phone, you know, there is no need to explode about it. This is just a reaction to the fact that we are not with our boyfriends most of the time. It is so much more work just keeping in touch (and up to speed with what's going on in their lives) that everything just gets much more serious. We turn everything into commitments because it takes a big effort from both people to make things work.