In Defence of Girl Logic

Serena was in Hermes.

This is not a sentence to be taken lightly.

She saw a silk scarf.

She did not need the silk scarf.

Dan immediately points out that she did not need the silk scarf. 

And, Serena standing in between the store in quite material spiritual alignment with the accessories sections, knew something deeper.

This was not about the scarf.

It was about the future. The future she wants for herself. 

In Serena's mind, buying this useless scarf from Hermes is not just a purchase. It’s one step forward to THE Birkin. It’s telling the sales associate she is serious, she is not here to window shopping, she belongs hereeee.

But, Dan. A “Financially responsible and emotionally unavailable to fantasy” man said, ahem…. Very reasonably “You are never gonna use it, it's a waste of money”. 

Serena stared at him like he said gravity is optional. 

This is just the back story, let me start with my occasional bimbo lecture now. Today’s topic is ‘Girl Logic’.

Obviously she wont use the scarf.

That’s not the point. 

The point is, you do not buy Hermes for utility, you buy it for proximity, for future possibilities. And, what men don’t understand is that some purchases are not about the present, it’s about the version of her that might exist one day, a version that casually holds a Birkin because she bought a silk scarf and stayed loyal to her sales associate. 

To him the scarf was a random object with a price tag.

But for her? It was chapter one. 

This is what men don't understand, a purchase is just not spending money, it’s investing in your fantasy world to have a better mental health. We girls dress for people who don’t exist, we buy bags for the lives we don’t live (I carried my jacquemus to go eat pani puri), we get attached to accessories like they are building a cinematic universe for us.

And honestly? It works, not practically, but spiritually. 

To all the male species out there, if you are incapable of understanding us, do not interfere in our decisions, like we don’t when you buy a fancy car just to keep it in the garage and let it rot. 

Conclusion? As usual the boy logic won, and the credit card remained untouched.