Are you the donkey?

I thought that subject line might catch your attention. I need a light-hearted, funny blog post today. Sometimes life gets too serious and we need to take a moment to laugh. Today is my moment. 

I was driving to work this morning and listening to the radio. I love morning radio, especially where I live. Yeah, Chicago radio.....103.5 FM and 96.3FM. They are hilarious and sometimes, maybe a little on the inappropriate side for 7:30am in the morning, but I love it.

This morning on 103.5 they were talking about how girls will maliciously post bad pics of their girl friends on facebook to make themselves look better. I don't get this at all. 

Then they went on to say in every group of girls and guys, there is the less attractive friend or the "donkey." WOW! I have never heard it called that before. I have heard of this....where groups usually try to have that one less attractive person in the bunch, so that way they stand out when out at the bars, etc. I am not for this, nor do I choose my friends based on this concept. The DJs continued to say if you think there is not a "donkey" in your group, YOU might be the donkey. Oh boy! BAHAHAHAHA! 

I hang out with a variety of different people. I don't really have a "group" of friends any more. Not since high school. I think because of law school, grad school and my life now, my friends have come and gone (moved out of state) over the last few years, that I don't really have a solid group of girls to hang out with on a regular basis. Probably because: 

1. I am not a mother, so I can't tag along on play dates with mommies and their little ones. Weird. And I don't have pics of kids to share and brag about with everyone. I don't think my dog will compare to little, Susie, who's wearing a huge flower headband showing off her bike riding skills. I mean, come on, my dog can't compete with that!

2. I am not married (yet), so the married girls tend to exclude you until you officially become a Mrs. Then they will let you in......only after your initiation. ;)

3. I am not a student any more, so no late bar nights for me in the middle of the week....I have a job where I have to be fully functioning and able to represent a $40,000 product. No hangovers for me!

4. I am not in a church small group. I didn't grow up in the church and I haven't read the Bible front to back, so I don't really fall into this group. 

Why do we feel the need to categorize groups like this? I don't know.......I asked you. I just do my own thing and hang out with people I think are fun, real, and I can be myself around.

Back to the posting bad pics of your friends on facebook bit..........WHY on earth would you post a pic of you and a friend who has her eyes half open (bc she doesn't know how to keep her stinkin' eyes open in pics!), making her look smashed in your pic? I don't want my boss or anyone seeing a bad pic (of me or not) on my facebook. I wouldn't want my friends to post a pic of me with my gut hanging over my pants or sweat dripping down my face (unless I just finished a marathon), so why would I do that to them?

I hope I am not the donkey in the group. Time to start analyzing some pictures. Hmmmmm.....LOL.