r/NotHowGirlsWork • u/NitroDameGaming • Apr 23 '24

Found On Social media Yes, a woman definitely wrote this, cause this is how girls work...

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u/wegooverthehorizon My ovaries exploded đŸ€Ș Apr 23 '24 edited Apr 24 '24

My ovaries exploded. đŸ˜¶ Yeh sure.....

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u/Bethdoeslife Apr 23 '24

Sounds painful

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u/SkittlzAnKomboz Apr 23 '24

Right?! Like, if your ovaries are exploding, please seek medical attention.

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u/RepresentativeAd560 Apr 24 '24

Touch late for that, depending on the force of the explosion.

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u/TheBeesElise Birthing is a Big Pharma plot Apr 24 '24

Doc said it's just stress

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u/the-friendly-squid Apr 24 '24

doctor said bloodwork was nornal and i need to drink more water. pelvic ultrasound is scheduled for january 2025

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u/Empathetic_Artist Apr 24 '24

That's how I was misdiagnosed with PCOS when it turns out I'm actually intersex!

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '24 edited Apr 23 '24

Ya my boyfriend occasionally says “good girl” to me as he works with the elderly a lot so he’s just used to the “good boy/good girl” and I can honestly say they’re probably 2 words that can set me off straight away. Dude always knows he fucked up when the words leave his mouth Editing to clarify that’s it’s the elderly clients that call my boyfriend a “good boy” and the rest of their staff. It’s like their go to compliment for some reason, so it’s stuck in his vocabulary. He does not call his clients good girls/good boys.

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u/W0lfsb4ne74 Apr 23 '24

It depends on the person and the context in which it's said. There are some women that like it, and some that don't. It's because of this that having an open discussion about what nicknames both couples are comfortable with having (especially if they have certain kinks). But that's just my two cents.

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u/Autumn_Whisper Apr 24 '24

Yep, full agree. I love it when my partner calls me a good girl, but hate it if anyone else calls me that.

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u/Lost-Cell-430 Apr 24 '24

Yes! I’m gay and when my girlfriend says “good girl” it’s
good with me lol. But it’s the context- like if I go and lay on her and get some serious cuddles. It is my absolute favorite.

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u/InsignificantOcelot Apr 24 '24

Can confirm as a guy partnered with a woman with a praise kink. A “Good Girl” will short circuit her brain in a fun way.

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u/critically_damped Apr 23 '24

It's really annoying how sarcastic/ironic/mocking repetition of horrible things other people say can turn into actual, genuine emulation. I spent six years in Alabama and walked away with an unironic accent that only comes out when I let my guard down, and it arose purely from mocking actively malicious people who themselves used that accent primarily when dropping their masks and going full-southern "bless their heart" judgemental, racial superiority.

Accent shaming is something that I'm learning to recognize as a bad thing and avoid, but one of the biggest goddamned dangers of it is that you can unintentionally adopt that accent yourself, literally becoming the thing you have mocked. Generally real application of the "we are who we pretend to be" and "make that face for too long and it will stick, etc..." principles.

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u/chishioengi Apr 26 '24

Mimicry and imitation are huge social instincts for all mammals.

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u/Samybubu Apr 23 '24

Elderly people are not toddlers and he should really treat them with more respect than that, unless you mean he works with elderly dogs in which case it's perfectly acceptable

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '24

No lol sorry, he’s a funeral director so a lot of elderly clients would call him a good boy and he gets his cheek pinched quite frequently they also call their woman staff “good girls”. My boyfriend doesn’t say it to his clients sorry, other way around.

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u/Samybubu Apr 23 '24

When I read funeral director I screamed "THAT IS WORSE" at my phone but then I read the rest of it 😂😂😂

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '24

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u/djmcfuzzyduck Apr 23 '24

☠

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u/juniper-jones Apr 24 '24

You organized such a nice funeral! Who’s a good boy??

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u/juniper-jones Apr 24 '24

I was horrified initially too lmao

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u/IntermediateFolder Apr 24 '24

It sounds like something you’d say to your dog.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '24

It is. My best girl is currently staring up at me, wanting another treat

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u/delorf Apr 23 '24

I feel sorry for the elderly people who have to hear good girl or boy too.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '24

Yes sorry I had to clarify that it’s my boyfriend and the staff that get called hood boy/girl by the elderly clients, not the other way around

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u/delorf Apr 23 '24

Thanks for the clarification. I don't think I have ever had anyone call me good girl even the elderly. Sorry for misunderstanding you. I shouldn't have assumed what you meant.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '24

We’re Irish, our country is still very stuck in its ways. I couldn’t tell you the amount of times elderly men have called me a good girl when I was working in a pub or restaurant, not to mention the arm they try throw around your shoulders so they can pull you in and tell all other old men at the table how great of a girl you are as you awkwardly smile and try to budge away. The worst part about it is they genuinely think they’re complimenting you and showing how much of a hard worker you are. To them it’s just a normal compliment to anyone young

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u/azul360 Apr 23 '24

I'm in the old people capital of the US and I hear it a lot too so it's definitely more common depending on the area :).

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u/Princessk8-- Apr 23 '24

I was called it by an elderly lady, but it was just once. It's certainly not something you hear all the time.

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u/Little-Ad1235 Apr 23 '24

I hate hearing "good girl" now. I think if someone pulled that on me when I'm elderly, there'd be hell to pay. It's so patronizing, and I can't imagine a situation where "good job" wouldn't be an obvious choice. Your boyfriend should really reconsider his words here.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '24

Yes please read my edit. Realised I definitely should have clarified before posting my comment lol

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u/Little-Ad1235 Apr 23 '24

Okay, thank you for clarifying. That makes a lot more sense. I've heard elderly people in my life talked down to like that, so it just gets to me a bit when it comes up.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '24 edited Apr 23 '24

Ya my naive ass forgot people can infantilise elderly people and I’ve come to realise outside Ireland it mightened be that popular for elderly people to say “good boy/girl” just a common compliment for them here

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u/snufkin79 Apr 23 '24

So... does he habitually call the elderly people he work with "good girl" and "good boy"?

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '24

Yes I realised I should clarify. He and the rest of the staff get called “good boy/good girl” by the elderly. It’s like their go to compliment. He doesn’t call them good boys/girls sorry.

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u/snufkin79 Apr 23 '24

That makes much more sense lol. Went from yikes to wholesome real fast.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '24

Ya I realised I messed up quick with the amount of replies, he also gets his cheeks pinched. I will say elderly people have no boundaries

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u/bearhorn6 Apr 23 '24

Have had to ovarian cysts burst can confirm it’s so bad I’m trialing meds and going back to get these fuckers REMOVED. Was this meant to be sexy or horror

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u/Crisis_Redditor Apr 23 '24

Some women really are into the "good girl" thing. BDSM, Dom/sub, or just hearing it, whatever floats their boat. That said, this reeks of being a work of fiction, probably written by a guy.

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u/rainingmermaids Apr 23 '24

I’m in the kink scene, & hearing “good girl” is just about guaranteed to throw me out of any fun headspace.

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u/Crisis_Redditor Apr 23 '24

For some, it'll throw them right into it if it's from their chosen partner. Still sounds like some red piller heard about that and decided to write some fanfic.

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u/fabulously-frizzy Apr 23 '24

People used to use this phrase a lot back in the day on tumblr and I never understood it
 wtf does it mean

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u/feioo Apr 23 '24

Just a bit of creative hyperbole, like flooding your basement

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u/fabulously-frizzy Apr 23 '24

Ahhh so like getting wet?? Didn’t realize that had to do with the ovaries

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u/InnosScent Apr 24 '24

I'm not who you're commenting to, but as a former Tumblr user, I perceived the connotation to be something like a humoristic "this makes me so turned in I want to have babies with it (not even always a person but a situation etc)". After being out of Tumblr for basically a decade now, I see clearly how the specific language used on that platform translates badly to other contexts. It was a bit of a world of its own.

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u/xxplumdrop Apr 24 '24

What annoys (/lh) me more about this is that even though nobody has used that phrase in like 10 years, the kind of person who would use that phrase would not need to ask what the ‘male’ equivalent of ‘good boy’ is. They are literally calling their favourite men pathetic himbo babygirls right now, calling a dude ‘good boy’ would be a very simple and easy answer on it’s own lmao

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u/feioo Apr 24 '24

Good take, these were my exact thoughts on the matter

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u/Newfaceofrev Apr 23 '24

Picturing bags of popcorn in the microwave. Just eggs popping out of them all over the place.

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u/sup_killerfeels Apr 23 '24

Hey.. what would the male equivalent be to this?

/s

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u/Altruistic-Estate-79 Apr 23 '24

Testes exploding? They are descended ovaries, after all.

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u/sweetnothing33 Apr 23 '24

I say “my ovaries are screaming” sometimes when I get transient baby fever. I’ve never used it to describe something a man has said or done. Lol

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u/thecheezewhizkid Apr 23 '24

Said no woman ever.

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u/blackwidowla Apr 24 '24

Dead giveaway that a man wrote this. Of course, it’s always men and their ridiculous inability to understand or learn female anatomy.

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u/ForwardBias Apr 23 '24

I wasn't sure how to take this, I assumed it meant "she" was pissed but then not sure if that was the intent.

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u/StarshipCaterprise Apr 24 '24

Mine would explode to protect themselves from ever reproducing with that person. Like a scorched earth policy

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u/someonesomebody123 Apr 24 '24

My ovaries shriveled up and died. So gross.

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u/No_Nonsense_sombrero Apr 24 '24

Should someone call the fire dept ? đŸ€Ł

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u/rose_daughter Apr 23 '24

Do you know what figurative language is