Everyone Loves a Boston Girl

Agree.

With students away, it’s time to play.

Well, except for the graduate students leaving the city part, since I am one. But I’m also a resident of Boston and live here whether or not I am in grad. school. Anyway, with the college students gone for the summer, the city just feels so much less crowded. Don’t get me wrong, I love that Boston is such a college city and has so many opportunities for young people; I’ve only been out of college for 2.5 years myself. But no lines at the bars, how can you not like when they leave? Though I still don’t see myself frequenting the Beacon Hill Pub. Fewer crowds on the green line, yes please.

Also, I tend to get hit on by fewer young boys during the summer months. See, I don’t look my age at all. I often get the “wow, you’re in college?” No…I’m in graduate school. And don’t even get me started on the “you have your license?” umm going on 9 years. My last boyfriend had a 13-year-old sister and people often thought I was her friend. I think people were creeped out that I was actually the gf, despite the fact that he is only 3 months older than me. It’s horrible. But as everyone seems to tell me…I’ll appreciate it when I’m older. Yeah, we’ll see. But looking young means I get hit on by mostly the just-turned-21-year-olds. Then they ask me how old I am, and I feel like such an old person saying I’m 24.

So now maybe I can go out without having everyone ask me “where do you go to college?” and not look completely shocked when when I reveal my age. And maybe by September when I turn 25, I’ll actually look 20 or something. Yay for summer in Boston.