Top 12 Women’s Guiltiest Pleasures
Posted by: Wendy Atterberry
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1:30PM, Monday April 6th 2009
There are your garden variety guilty pleasures — like reality TV shows, Doritos, and the other ones listed in our poll last week — that most women have no trouble copping to, and then there are really guilty pleasures — things that feel so satisfying, we overlook their gross factor or lack social acceptance. After the jump, the top twelve guiltiest of all pleasures.
1. Twittering on the toilet
2. Google stalking an ex
3. Complaining about our cramps
4. Popping blisters and pimples
5. Taking countless Mac Photobooth pictures of ourselves
6. Buying cute crap for our future babies…before we even have a boyfriend
7. Making “vision boards” and practicing The Secret
8. Peeling off our manicures
9. Pulling off a successful re-gift
10. Facebook friend-ing former nemeses just to see if they got fat
11. Using our womanly wiles to get things for free
12. Practicing the perfect pose in front of the mirror
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shelleatualive
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 01:46 pm: [report]
I do like to get things for free, but I think buying things for “future babies” is pretty crazy…
EastCoastMale
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 01:55 pm: [report]
This is why if I ever become a police officer, I am making sure not flutter of the eyes, pout of the lips or instant crying will get someone out of a ticket. Things for free due to being a woman are consolation enough. I wouldn’t do this to be a jerk, just to be fair. =)
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 01:55 pm: [report]
#13: Taking kissy face pictures in the mirror.
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 01:56 pm: [report]
@EastCoastMale: Thats why I have a PBA card AKA “Get Out of Jail Free Card”, woo for family member cops.
EastCoastMale
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 01:56 pm: [report]
oh and PS
I was surprised to see 11
EastCoastMale
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 02:00 pm: [report]
oh yea I have seen those stickers all over where I live. Still not anywhere near fake crying to get out of a ticket, lucky for those lady speed demons that Im not one, Id be heartless. >=)
Sofjna
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 02:01 pm: [report]
@EastCoastMale- who doesn’t love #11? And I have never used crying or pouty lips when I’ve been pulled over. But I’ve also never gotten a ticket.
lalaland
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 02:02 pm: [report]
hey now, sometimes getting pulled over does induce tears! (unfortunately I speak from experience…)
Cherubina
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 02:09 pm: [report]
Nos. 10 and 13: guilty on all counts
In addition to complaining about cramps, I’d add complaining constantly about bloating and how closely you feel you resemble a filled balloon during PMS ... at least I do.
jadeycakes
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 02:11 pm: [report]
I’m guilty of 3, 4 and 12…I don’t know about the rest.
Sofjna
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 02:20 pm: [report]
I never have to complain about cramps- it’s why I still take The Pill even though I haven’t had sex in… too long. But then again I never really got PMS so I could never sympathize with girls who do whine. Take a midol and deal with it. No offense though.
Lynn
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 02:51 pm: [report]
@Sofjna - I never got PMS either until I started on the Pill. Not having babies is definitely worth those couple crappy days, and personally I feel a little weird complaining of PMS (I mean, does the whole world really need to know that my ‘giner is about to start bleeding?), but I definitely understand why some girls do. I had a roommate in college who could barely even get out of bed those days, much less be cheerful!
chloe
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 02:58 pm: [report]
yeah i’m guilty of all of these…
PinkRanger
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 03:55 pm: [report]
this is missing the biggie. talking smack about everyone we know. I’m not gonna lie….I love it.
MissJennLynn
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 04:24 pm: [report]
3, 5, & 8 are dead on. I’m still up in the air about hoppin on the Twitter bus though…
retro chic
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 06:02 pm: [report]
Chocolate. I’d mainline it if I didn’t need the taste and feel of it in my mouth, and subs for just about every other quirky temptation on that list! The problem is, I’m not feelin’ the guilt so much anymore and it doesn’t have to be good chocolate. Did I mention bloggin’ alot lately?
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 06:09 pm: [report]
@Retro Chic: I am addicted to Twizzlers, pfft chocolate is for girls.
Michael
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 06:39 pm: [report]
#‘s 5 and 13 are what makes internet dating so #&@$%. Girls always have awesome photos that paint them in the best light and guys…well guys don’t.
Hell I don’t know the last photo taken of me where I wasn’t drunk
retro chic
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 06:57 pm: [report]
@CheeeeEEEEse, so is 1/2 the stuff on that list entitled “Top 12 WOMEN’s Guiltiest Pleasures”... what’s YOUR story? No hiding behind your other “disclosures,” either, darlin. xxx
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 07:07 pm: [report]
@Retro Chic: So I can’t be “One of the girls”? you know, help you pick out lingerie.
Sofjna
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 07:39 pm: [report]
CheeeeEEEEse- you know you just to help pick out lingere so that you can prance around in it.
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 07:40 pm: [report]
@Sofjna: Hahaha, you got me.
retro chic
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 08:29 pm: [report]
^^ ohh, CheeeeEEEEse… ‘coouurse you can.
Chelle
wrote on April 7 2009 @ 12:34 am: [report]
Speaking of crying (some of us) when we get pulled over, I only had it happen once. That’s because I was already crying. I was driving and listening to music trying feel better after a break-up with a boyfriend in high school. I was crying my eyes out and went to make a u-turn. I got pulled over and you should have seen the look on that cop’s face! In retrospect it’s hilarious because the cop was just being an #&@$% in the first place. The u-turn wasn’t illegal because there was no “no u-turn” sign. It was just late at night and he saw a teenager driving (there were no curfews back then but my car made me look like trouble-old car with bumper stickers and a personalized plate). Needless to say I didn’t get a ticket
miriamele
wrote on April 9 2009 @ 08:44 pm: [report]
Wow… these are so frightfully spot on.
Penthesilea
wrote on April 13 2009 @ 04:13 pm: [report]
I’m so happy #4 and 8 are on here… my ex told me my “picky” habits were an obsessive-compulsive disorder and that I should go on meds. This from a man who chain-smokes and drank 24 beers a day.
And as for #12, while I’ve gotten nothing for free, I have found a smile, fishnets, and cute heels got me the VIP security scanners (no line) at the airport once. Totally fabulous!
Frankie Jane
wrote on May 1 2009 @ 07:52 am: [report]
Um. What? Guilty PLEASURES are supposed to be FUN. Like reading trashy vampire novels. These are just weird habits/neuroses.