Why are girls so *CATTY*?

[Royal_Princess112]

i'm a tomboy, so i'm not all catty like the other girls are. i can't stand it when i see girls at school who will be your best friend one minute, & then back-stab you the next minute. so why are girls so catty? anyone know??

[x n0ise]

I have yet to figure that one out.  I'm not a tomboy, but I'm not catty either.  Some of my friends are....it's just like 'DUDE, chill out!  It'll be alright.'  Yeesh.

[Ms.Thang_Has-It-All]

^^yup.

I dunno, i prefer to hang out with guys !!

[LisaRocksYourWorld, yo]

I hate girls.  Well, I strongly dislike them.  I try not to hang out with the "DuDe, sHe, lIk, sToLe mAh b/F dAt bEeyAtCH! *hiss, scratch, growl*" crowd.  Most of my friends aren't like that.  

However, guys can be bad, too.  Not always to the extent of girls, but pretty bad.  While most guys would rather talk about cars than the latest gossip, there's a lot of girlfriend-swapping going on where I'm from.

[x n0ise]

What the heck is girlfriend-swapping?  Heh.  Doesn't sound very good.

[LisaRocksYourWorld, yo]

Girlfriend swapping... There's about 4 guys, and 3 girls who combine into different pairs at least a couple of times a week.  "Hey, Kim was going out with Mike last week, but now she's with Robbie... and Erica was with Robby last week but now she's with Mike, and she's about to be with Jason tomorrow because he asked her to the dance, even though Kristen is going out with him, though she likes Mike..." Etc, etc.

[Royal_Princess112]

^^Girlfriend/Boyfriend-swapping is something that the "populars" do at my school...it's also one of the BIGGEST ways to get the cattiness started...sadly, i've seen a lot of friendships end b/c of things like this.

[dizzyupthegirl]

Good thread btw....

I dunno why gurls can be "Catty". I mean... jeesh... sumtimes they just cant stop, and realize that they are making a complete idiot out of themselves, by fighting with a nother girl in the middle of a crowded high school hallway.
Sadly.. i mite be losing my best gurl friend soon because of her "cattyness". She has been a real bitch these couple of weeks, and I'm just sick and tired of her going from one guy to antoehr. She usually is calmed and cud control her anger, but now she wud jsut swear at older gurls who *she thinks* are flirty or being a real bitch. I mean seh thinks that these gurls ( whoare actually nice) are bitches. She has been flirting also with a lot of guys and do the valley talk.
I cud be "catty" sumtimes, but thank god that my guys friends always remind me to chill. Guys can be great sumtimes, and yea i know sum guys who swooped gf and stuff. But i try to not hang aroudn them too much.

[Toxic-Avenger]

I guess guys do have it easier.  All we have to do is beat the crap out of each other and it's done.  We might even be good friends after that.

"Remember when ah beat the crap outta yew in highschool?  Ooh, my back."
"Yeaaap, them sho' good times wa'n they?"

I heard about a book called, Odd Girl Out.  It's about the secret wars you guys carry out amongst each other.  Sheesh, ya gotta be tough to be a girl, huh?

[x n0ise]

^^^Hey!  I've seen that book...on uh...Oprah!  That'd be an interesting one.

[GabiGirl23]

I still haven't figured out why girls are so catty but it's STUPID. I mean, it's just lame how friendships end because "Kristen told me that Brittany said that Laura told her that you said you wanted to steal my boyfriend" when in reality you just said something like, "Oh yeah, Dave's cool to hang out with". It makes me want to scream sometimes. Luckily, most of my friends aren't like that (thank God, I don't know if I could deal with it), but I find it so incredibly dumb.

[psychobillydoll]

Girls at my school are so catty, and fake. One minute they're up in your face hugging you and inviting you to thier house and then the next minute they're talking trash about you. I can't stand it. I'll admit, I do talk crap about people but I don't go after and hug them.  I hate it when girls don't like you because they may not like one of your friends so they just hate you all. Girls just make me mad sometimes.

[Annie]

I hate how girls can be such blatant whores. Gossiping and bitching behind backs, constant cat fights...guys have it much easier, they simply settle matters with a fist fight, like Toxic-Avenger said, and most of them don't bother to hold grudges.

I can't stand the up-and-down glance some girls give, or when they whisper. It's often a harder situation to have girls pissed off at you than guys. Guys come around eventually, but girls are hair-pulling, scratching bitches.

I'd prefer to hang out with guys. They're a lot more laid-back and aren't concerned with matters girls are, and sometimes make better friends. Although it's a rare occasion to find a member of the opposite sex whilst attending an all-girls' high school.

[dubiety]

^^^ oh god, i HATE that up and down look that girls do. i hate it hate it hate it. its so judgemental, and so rude. i get it all the time from most of the girls at school. whenever they do it, i just want to go up to them and yell, "what the hell is wrong with my outfit/hair/makeup/shoes/face this time??".  or the whispers they tell each other, and they're looking at you and smriking.   it pisses me off.

sorry, i got a little ranty there....

[horsesalltheway]

One word.

PMS.

One more word.

Low self esteem.

(waaait... that was three words)

Anyways, the girls are "Catty" because they have low self esteem and need to take it out some other way. They use their looks to their advantage and leave other peoples feelings in the gutter. I mean who cares about everyone else if you're pretty and popular? *sarcasm*

Nic