Chicago Girls are as Moody as the Weather

To live in Chicago, or anywhere in the Midwest, you need to have a large closet. Even more of a necessity is for that closet to be filled with clothes, ranging from skirts/shorts, tanktops, short dresses to hoodies, down jackets, dress pants, and turtlenecks. I've lived in the Midwest pretty much my whole life, so I'm not gonna say that you never know what the weather may bring. We know exactly what it's going to bring, we just don't know when.

Just last week I was wearing jeans, a short sleeve v-neck, and a thin short cut jacket. Today, sweatpants, a hoodie, jacket, beanie, and gloves. Ridiculous. Don't get me wrong, I love Chicago and I love the fact that I have a good reason to own a lot of clothes, but I'm just never comfortable or ever ready for the weather, especially when it gets cold. It makes getting out of bed that much harder. This morning, I was still awake at 7, but everyone else was asleep, so I decided to wait for everyone to wake up for work before I started moving around and making noise, thanks to wood floors. Next thing I know, its 6pm. Apparently, to those who've been keeping in touch with me, my insomnia comes in waves. I only sleep when I don't need to, and I'm dead awake the days and nights I have work.

So why are Chicago girls just as moody as the weather? I don't know why, but when the weather changes so does everyone else. Girls live up the night-life during the warmer days, out with their girlfriends, out on the prowl, whatever you wanna call it. Once the cold weather hits, they wanna settle down, be homebodies and relive the hidious dreams of cuddling up next to someone by a fireplace. Guys? Sure, some get lonely and once in a blue moon think the same, but once we're into the fall/winter season it's their hayday! MLB is coming to a close, not that it matters because neither team made it into postseason, Blackhawks are starting, and the Bulls are in preseason. And the Bears, even with our depleted linebacker core, are playing. Who needs QT and PDA when you've got sports! So girls, good luck. You are no longer #1 on his top interests when a game is on, especially if he's a fantasy league player. Nope, sorry girls, don't argue it, and if a guy says that's not true, he's lying. Unless he's not into sports, and then I'd have to automatically assume he's not from Chicago. And guys that are dating, sorry for the upcoming mood swings and sudden increase of neediness.

To make matters worse, if your a girl who's got some sense of pride, your mood swings are even harder to read. Instead of begging, crying, complaining, or whatever you do to get your guy's attention, you just get plain nasty. You give snide remarks, the evil eye, and some even get really vindictive and spiteful. Guys, where did you go wrong? In all honesty, you probably didn't do anything wrong, but you'll never get the answer out of the girl. Most times the answers you'll get are, "nothing's wrong," "whatever, do what you wanna do," and then there's the silence followed by the walk off. Just a little secret, when the girl walks away, chase after her. She says she wants you to leave her alone, but you know she wants just the opposite. If this is a repetitive thing, then you may consider putting her in her place and let her walk the walk of shame until she cracks and finally admits to being a girl demanding time and attention.

The upside to all this? There's a good chance that your Chicago girl is a sports fanatic. So just take her along every once in a while. And hey, dating a girl from Chicago, despite the weather, never gets boring.

Obviously this doesn't apply to every girl or every guy. . .but it definitely applies to many. I may have outted us girls pretty badly, but there's 31 days in October for a rebuttal. So sit tight, there's more to come.