For those who have not been reading all along, I became educated on the sociological fascination that men have with girl fights when my son was the tender age of 15. You can read the full story hear on the Vol 1 post, but the gist of the story is that although I thought my husband was being both a bad father and a neanderthal when he agreed with my son that everyone did, in fact love a girl fight, the notion was actually confirmed by almost every man we asked.
The Vol 2 post was yet another dinner chat where my brother in law chimed in that the best part was when their boobs popped out (which by the way has become one of the top search terms for this blog… G-d help me!)
Fast forward to yesterday when Jana and I were riding the subway downtown. Two young women got on the train at the same time. One sat down in front of me and the other stood by the doors behind me. The car was unusually quiet when this exchange began:
Seated girl: What are you looking at?
Standing girl: No what are YOU looking at?
Seated girl: Yeh, I know I am good looking you don’t have to stare.
Standing girl: No, YOU don’t have to stare (standing girl was not very creative)
This sort of hostile banter continued for a few minutes culminating in a ‘you/no you’ exchange until the entire car began to share in an anticipatory sense of awkwardness that left us all simultaneously uneasy and yet a little titilated. I am not going to lie, there was a part of me that was starting to think, “Damn, everyone loves a girl fight.” That is when I realized I have been living with Gary too long.
And I also realized that if there was going to be a girl fight I was directly in the line of fire and there was a good chance I could have had my picture on the cover of the NY Post the next day. “50-something mom gets knocked unconscious in subway girl fight” Subtitle: Everyone loves a girl fight except this mom.
But honestly, I sort of got the vibe that the whole train was thinking the same thing.
Of course Jana saw right through it and suggested that they were friends who were just trying to get a rise out of the crowd. As we got off at Broadway/Lafayette, so did they… together. And laughing all the way down the platform.
i could cry but i don't have time 
Another amusing post, Amy, but a little head would have been nice. 😉 (Btw, that has become a running joke between the spouse and I ever since I showed him that blog post.)
Amy, this was a good and true blog.
When I went to high school it wad the girl fights that attracted the most students & faculty. They were first stopped when they saw enough showing of flesh,or when they started Cryimg. Then they would make up and hug.
spoken like a man who was always at the front of the crowd, uncle J!
“Everyone likes a girl fight except for this mom.” OMG. I laughed.