This isn__ how things were supposed to happen. I was supposed to be me. Not this.
Girls mature faster than boys, cost more to raise, and statistics show that the old saw about girls not knowing about money and figures is a myth. Girls start to outspend boys before puberty__nd they manage to maintain this lead until death or an ugly credit manager, whichever comes first. Males are born with a closed fist. Girls are born with the left hand cramped in a position the size of an American Express card. Whenever a girl sees a sign reading, __ale, Going Out of Business, Liquidation,_ saliva begins to form in her mouth, the palms of her hands perspire and the pituitary gland says, __o, Mama._ In the male, it is quite a different story. He has a gland that follows a muscle from the right arm down to the base of his billfold pocket. It's called __heap._ Girls can slam a door louder, beg longer, turn tears on and off like a faucet, and invented the term, __ou don't trust me._ So much for __ugar and spice and everything nice_ and __nips and snails and puppydog tails.
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Girls mature faster than boys, cost more to raise, and statistics show that the old saw about girls not knowing about money and figures is a myth. Girls start to outspend boys before puberty__nd they manage to maintain this lead until death or an ugly credit manager, whichever comes first. Males are born with a closed fist. Girls are born with the left hand cramped in a position the size of an American Express card. Whenever a girl sees a sign reading, __ale, Going Out of Business, Liquidation,_ saliva begins to form in her mouth, the palms of her hands perspire and the pituitary gland says, __o, Mama._ In the male, it is quite a different story. He has a gland that follows a muscle from the right arm down to the base of his billfold pocket. It's called __heap._ Girls can slam a door louder, beg longer, turn tears on and off like a faucet, and invented the term, __ou don't trust me._ So much for __ugar and spice and everything nice_ and __nips and snails and puppydog tails.
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