10. Understand that just because you're a bro, doesn't mean you are actually one of the guys. Unless you actually like football, don't pretend you're into it just to get brownie points. You also don't have to keep up with their alcohol intake and slap their asses. Deep down, you're not a boy and when they all settle down on the couch and put their hands down their pants, you will, as my professor says, fall victim to penis envy.
9. Help your bros, don't hurt them. In the Jersey Shore, Pauly D. and the Situation initially liked Angelina because she was like a dude and she could hang, that was until she got super jealous of all the girls they brought home and cockblocked them. As a girl it's only natural that you get jealous and try to protect what's yours but, uh, your guy friends aren't actually yours, so hook them up. They will appreciate it and will probably return the favor, if you nag them about it.
8. When you're young, you always expect your friends to want to beat up the boy who stood you up/dumped you/rejected you ect. But this is a task for your chick friends, they are far more vicious and blood-thirsty than your dude friends anyway. If you want revenge, tell your girls, they'll ruin his life, you're guy friends will just shrug it off, because chances are they have done the same thing to girls before.
7. This is an extension of rule number 10. You know when it's girl's night and you really don't want any guys around, even if they are incredibly feminine and know all the words to lady gaga? Same thing, no matter how tomboy you are, sometimes the guys just won't want you around. Even if you are the dopest chick ever, they filter around you, so sometimes they'll need a break. When it's guy's night, stay home.
6. Don't expect your guy friends to be gentleman. You're friends with them, so never expect them to do boyfriend-esq things. You should have gotten yourself a boyfriend if you wanted that.
5. In When Harry Met Sally, Harry famously says guys and girls can't be friends because the sex thing always gets in the way. Well it does, if you put it out there. I have to say that the vast majority of my guy friends are very good looking, nice, cool, and funny, point being I simply just don't even think about hooking up with them. Unless you are 1. drunk 2. on the same page 3. have ground rules clearly established, you probably should just avoid the topic completely. Since most boys will hook-up with anything, it's up to you.
4. Don't forget about your girl friends. The worst thing ever is a girl that says "Girl's are just bitches, I'm just a guy's girl." Appreciate your girl friends! Guys are easier to hang out with so sometimes you want to put your friendships with your girls on the back burner, but don't. There's enough friendship to go around.
3. Eventually, your guy friends will get girlfriends. I've actually had girls get mad at my friends for continuing to hang out with me while they were in a relationship. My contact with one friend is slashed when he has a girlfriend and then when he's single we meet back up and it goes back to normal. When your bestie gets a girl, best case scenario is that you will see a trillion times less of him, worst case scenario, you won't see him. But don't make him choose, he's happy and he loves her. Besides, when you get a boyfriend, it'll be the same thing.
2. Don't mix guy groups. I've tried to do this and it results in about 5 minutes of football talk followed by awkward silences.
1. Figure out your motives. I've seen girls become friends with guys just because they think the guy will turn around one day and fall in love with them. I have never seen that work out in my entire life and I would imagine you'd feel quite shitty in the mean time. If you want to date them, stay out of the friendzone. Unless Disney is writing your romantic future, you'll just end up being bummed and eating cake batter with a spoon. This is guy nature 101.
ed. note: I watched When Harry Met Sally this week
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