This One's For the Girls

So, girls have this unspoken "code", if you will, that other girls/friends should be aware of. Just as Americans have this unspoken "code" with lines...you don't cut the line, whether it's a drive through, a grocery lane check out, or a ride at six flags...you just DON'T do it! With tipping after a meal, or opening the door for a girl, or even calling after a certain time so as not to wake the caller. Unspoken codes are part of your acceptance into friend groups, jobs, and other organizations. So this is "girl code 101". Special thanks to Morgan, Amanda, Afton, Kourtney, Lindsey, Holly, Sarah, and Caitlin for helping compile the following list:

1. If there’s a tag on a piece of clothing, or the owner hasn't worn it before, don’t ask to borrow it. We hate having to tell you "no" so there's always that awkward "I haven't worn it before so..." statement...so don't put the girl in that position. Exception: if you and the girl are super close and/or she offers.
2. Always give an invite even if you know the girl is going to say no. 
3. Just because you talked to a guy on facebook or met him briefly, doesn’t mean you have dibs on him. Exception: if you just lost your job, your pet, a family member, or your boyfriend.
4. If you date a guy for 6 months or more, he is off limits to any girl in your sorority/group/organization no matter what your relationship with that girl is.
5. Girls should never call girls pet names, including the following: babe, sweetie, dude, honey, punkin, sweetheart, sweetie pie, sugar, and girlfriend. Exception: best friends or inside jokes.
6. Girls don’t eat other girls junk food unless you’ve been given permission. (this is our "i've had a bad day"/"i just got dumped"/"i've had too much to drink so I need a late night snack" go to food) Guilty parties must replenish ASAP :)
7. No girl is to ever hang out with the boyfriend of a friend without the friend present. If permission to is granted their should be at least 2 other people with you.
8. You are never in any case to date a friends ex or a guy who she was really into.
 Exception: If he’s one of those guys who every girl likes.
9. No girl shall wear the same outfit or perfume as a friend if they will knowingly be in the same place. Exception: Halloween costumes/date parties where both girls intentionally plan to wear the same thing
10. If a guy your friend is into asks for your number, you are to deny it and walk away, and/or slip him your friends number while saying, “I think she is more your type, you should call her”.
11. When dating, a girl should find equal and/or enough time to still hang out with her girls. Guilty parties will regret all that wasted time spent with their significant other when they end up breaking up anyways.
12. You are morally obligated to stop your friend from hanging out with a guy you KNOW she will greatly regret in the morning if the said friend is under the influence of alcohol
13. Never insult your friend, but never let your friend leave the house looking hideous. Find a better way to tell your friend how they look.
14. You are to never diss a friends family member/boyfriend/best friend except to agree lightly or nod when she says he/she is being a jerk. In most cases it is easier to nod.
15. When out with the ladies, if a girl points out a guy that she is interested in, another girl should avoid making a bee-line over to him to get his number for herself. Show some respect.
16. If recently single it is advised that you do not moan about being single to someone who has been single for a longer time than you.. think about it! 
17. Always leave the party with the girls you came with unless a mutual agreement has been met.
18. You are perfectly within reason to dislike your boyfriend's ex even if she is the nicest girl in the world, feeds the poor, visits old peoples homes, etc.
19. In the presence of other girls, secrets secrets are no fun! Save it for later or share the love.
20. If you have a picture of your friend on facebook/myspace or any other public medium and she dislikes it (and gives sufficient reason as to why she does) it is your duty to remove it 
21. When said evening is described as a “Girls’ Night Out” that means it is for GIRLS ONLY. Consider it payback for all those tree houses and snow forts we couldn’t enter as children. Do not invite your boyfriend. Exception: if one of the girls invites him to join...or he's gay :)
22. Stop being the “Me too!” girl If your friend is telling a story, stop stealing her thunder – and her story – by constantly trying to one-up her. For example: if Stacy had a "crazy night" and met this great guy, and then slipped and fell right in front of him. Don't be the girl that says "me too! But I fell on my face in front of this really cute guy and all of his friends". 
23. Don't break the girl code.