"...First, your return to shore was not part of our negotiations nor our agreement, so I must do nothing, and secondly you must be a pirate for the Pirate's Code to apply and you're not, and thirdly the code is more of what you call guidelines than actual rules..."
Once again, if you don't know where this quote is from, you need to sprint over to the closest movie-rental and fix it.
Today, we talk about THE CODE. Boys have this thing they call the "Bro Code," which is actually kinda funny and just about every male follows it, whether they're aware that's what they're doing or not. It's the regular sort of 'do not date your bro's ex-girlfriend without permission' and 'driver gets to decide rule for shot gun' stuff along with 'men do not go to the bathroom together' jazz. Most of it is common sense, at least to the majority of semi-nice people. Well, girls have this code too. Although some girls are complete
Thursday (when this was supposed to be posted) brought an interesting time when THE CODE actually had to be examined. Allow me to start with that there was not a fight- so no worries.
As I explained last week, Thirsty Thursday have become a part of our group's lives these days. I, like I've stated before, cannot take part in such events due to having actual classes on Fridays. This week, my 8 am was cancelled, so I suppose I could have participated, but chose not to.
Sara, however, decided that she could afford to go out. Early in the afternoon, we were both done with our classes and sat around to discuss the night. You see, she had a strong inclination that she would not be returning alone from the party...
No, my roommate isn't one those girls. It was a particular boy- keep the judgement to a minimum!
Either way, it was not going to be that great if she and I were both occupying the room that night. So exactly what was the protocol for this sort of situation? For many girls, this would have resulted in a very tense conversation filled with uneasy looks and uncomfortable silences. However, Sara and I have already been through our share of weird phases and can talk about things like this rather openly. We even have some fun talking about such things these days!
THE CODE states that no girl can be kicked out of her own room, no matter how hot the guy is. THE CODE does also state, though, that once a boy becomes a big enough deal, room occupancy does need to become at least a discussion. The conclusion Sara and I came to (that we were both happy with) was that it wouldn't be so bad if I had a sleepover with one of our friends, such as Erin or Daphne, since none of us had anything too early or important to do the next day, and it was the last day before Spring Break anyway. But the deal went like this: we were baby-proofing and cleaning the room together, and this wouldn't be a regular thing but would be discussed each time and the result would depend on the individual circumstances of our schedules.
I could go on and on and on about THE CODE and the way you need to follow it and the consequences of not following it, but I thought this little example of my roomie and I chatting one of the rules out would remind you to always keep in mind that we, whether ladies or bros, do have some guidelines set down for us no matter your religion or beliefs. Talking about it with your besties will always keep fights and disagreements from occurring, so today we take our lesson from Mr. Gibbs:
"What do we do??"
...
"We keep to the code."
Curl Girl, out!
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