Waiting For a Boy to Call….Sucks

Nobody likes to wait.

By CC Staff

Waiting in line at the grocery store when you have a Snickers bar and a head of lettuce, while the person in front of you is eighty-five-years-old and has five weeks worth of food, sucks. Waiting in the doctor’s office for three hours, and sitting on that crinkly, white paper, so the doctor can come in, check your vitals and charge you $300, sucks. Waiting for a star to fall, sucks. No really, it does – just check out the video.

But no other form of waiting sucks as bad as waiting for a guy to make his first phone call to you. Hands down, it’s the worst kind of waiting there is, because it takes you on quite an unexpected, emotional rollercoaster.

You meet at a party. You talk for a good ten minutes with no interruptions. When your friends try and get your attention, you brush them off and give them the “Stoppit, I like this one” face. You giggle, you use your best material and you know it’s coming. He’s going to ask for you number if you just hang in there for a few more minutes.

And then, it happens. Your name and number have been entered into his phonebook and the deal is sealed.

You go home with a sense of accomplishment and giddiness, and as you ride home with your friends you need reassurance, with some questions like, “He was soo cute, wasn’t he?!? Wasn’t he so cute?” You go to sleep really excited to talk to him on the phone for the first time and set up a date, or even a “wanna come over and watch reruns of Friends?” casual kinda thing.

The next day, you wake up and start to wonder when he will call. Will he use the ever-popular three-day rule? Or will he be so anxious to talk to you again that he calls that night? The anticipation is mounting.

That night, no phone call. You wake up the next day feeling a little bit worried. Did he forget about you that quickly? Maybe he just wants to play it cool. Yea, that’s it. He’s gotta call tonight.

The sun rises, and still nothing. Damn you, sun! You check your phone. It’s on and working like a charm, yet no missed calls or texts. Did you enter your phone number wrong? Were you that drunk? Why did you have to drink that third margarita? Does he hate you? There were sparks – DIDN’T HE FEEL THE SPARKS??

And the guy who you just met and flipped over is suddenly a disgusting pig who lied and used you for that ten minute conversation. Maybe he was just killing some time and thought it would be fun to take advantage of an unsuspecting drunk girl. What an ass!

Finally, after about three days (he used the rule…figures) a mystery number pops up on your phone and you just know it’s him before picking it up….and you make a little wish in your head to the Phone Fairy….and it is! And the disgusting pig who lied and used you for that ten minute conversation is back to being wonderful and exciting with the push of a few numbers.

And so is the inevitable process of waiting for a boy to call. Sometimes it’s quick and painless, and sometimes it can be excrutiating. This is very similar but not quite as extreme as waiting for a guy to call after the first date, or even waiting for a call after you’ve had sex for the first time (in many cases, those are taken care of on the same occasion).

However, that can be a different story, because if you are ballsy and more of a “go-getter” then you have the option to take away the waiting process entirely and call him, assuming you have his number after the first date and don’t mind the fact you’re letting him know you totally like him and you’re willing to make the moves. If you are more traditional and prefer him to call you until you feel secure enough that he is really into you, then you have no choice but to wait, wait, and wait some more.

Here are some mindless ways (because sometimes, mindless is easier) to deal with this difficult time in all of our lives:

1. Watch 80′s music videos. If the video above hasn’t proved it to you yet, 80′s videos are pure entertainment designed to retract your mind from thinking anything of importance. You’ll pick up fashion tips and get in some much needed dancing.

2. Go shopping. One of the best things to do, and I’m not trying to be sexist. Girls love being distracted by colors, fabrics, materials, price tags, bargains, shoes, accessories, etc. Take $20, your 80′s-inspired fashion tips, head to any store you like, and buy yourself a present for enduring your phone call hardships. It’s much more effective than reading, because you won’t be able to get through two pages before putting the book down and staring intently at your phone.

3. Annoy your friends. Your friends are your friends because they are the ones who will sit there and listen to you ramble on when you are trying to kill time. Make them play M.A.S.H with you. Make them go through their CD collection with you to create the ultimate playlist. Inevitably, you will make them tell you all of the reasons why this guy is going to call and you are being a crazy psycho, but this will curb your anxiety for at least fifteen minutes before asking them again why he hasn’t still hasn’t called.

Happy waiting! I’m gonna get back to my book. Agh, screw it. Time to go shopping.