Anna Shimonovitc: Week 8 - Girl Math


     What is girl math? Ingenuity. Budgeting. Simply living in this capitalistic economy successfully. How does one apply GirlMath practically, you ask? I'll answer that with everyday GirlMath examples.  I'll give examples of what I like to call individual GirlMath. I define this as GirlMath applying to one person, the buyer. The reason I make this distinction is because I will give examples of Inter-mathematical GirlMath later. But first is the most common definition of GirlMath...

    Let's say, hypothetically, Bath & Bodyworks is having a sale. They are usually running some kind of sale, today it's buy 3 get 1 free on all full-size body care products. You are already planning on buying both a body spray and body wash, so you might as well get a body lotion so that you can get a free body scrub. And then when you total up the price, yes it does end up being more than 50 dollars, but it's body care. And since this is all going to be used practically for hygiene purposes, it's justified even more. So this entire purchase is basically a necessity and you are not only saving money, but you're saving money on something that you have to buy anyway. So that is practically applied GirlMath.

    Moving on to Inter-mathematical GirlMath (a term technically coined by me). I consider this any 2 or more Girls applying GirlMath. Now this might seem like just two people discussing the mathematical properties of GirlMath equation, but I disagree. This is what I think GirlMath is: You and a friend are going out to eat. You both decide to split something to eat and instead of splitting the cost one of you "owes" the other. I say "owe" because you don't really pay them back the amount your part of the meal cost, you just buy them something of equal value.  Today, for example, me and my friend bought ice cream to share and I paid for it, so tomorrow she'll buy me Starbucks. Trading. Just back and forth. Inter-Girl GirlMath.

    How do you apply GirlMath, if you do at all? I think this idea is way more common than we think and isn't literally exclusive to girls. I think it's just delusional people justifying stupid purchases, but what do you think?

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  1. AnonymousNovember 14, 2023 at 7:53 PM

    I use girlmath to justify all my purchases. Everything is an investment so I am technically being smart with my money!

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