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A few days ago the driver made me wait for a long time before he came to pick me up from the hospital. He had things to do so I had to wait. I was so bored and tired and I kept thinking "If I were a guy I'd just walk to the parking lot, get in my car, and drive home." (of course that only applies to us Saudi women :D). I'm not one of those girls who "wish they were born a boy", because I think being a girl is great. But there are certain times when you can't help but think "IF ONLY I WARE A GUY!".

So on my way home, I started to count the different situations that make me wish I was born a boy. I came up with a few, like wardrobe crisis.. these crises make me cry! You're going out tonight but you have nothing to wear. You stand up in front of your closet that's on the verge of explosion and think miserably "please God let me find at least a decent dress or a pair of pants!". It also makes you think "If I were a guy I'd just throw on a t-shirt and jeans and voila, I'm out of the door! And let's not forget the ultimate solution, A THOBE!"

Anyway, I'd held that thought till today. I was getting my second dose of hepatitis shot. Let me tell you first, I have a verryyy low pain threshold, almost non-existent. A poke on my arm make me go "oooowww"!

So I was sitting there in the clinic, the nurse puts the needle into my skin and I start screaming at the top of my lungs. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.. *pause* aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.. TAAAKE IT OOOUUUTTT.. IT HURTS MORE THAN THE FIRST ONE."

She finally did and as I was wearing my labcoat a woman opened the door and started looking around at each one of us, me and my two friends, N & S. Meanwhile, my other friend H called me on my cell phone and asked where I was so I said to her "I'm at the clinic, I was getting my hepatitis shot" but she couldn't hear me so I repeated in Arabic "kent at6a33am". The woman's head turned to me and her eyes went wide.

Woman: So it was you who was screaming!

My friends N & S: No, no, it was the little girl that was here before us.

Woman: No I'm sure I heard screaming after the little girl left. And it was a "grown-up" screaming, I thought something bad was happening.

I was sooo embarrassed I hid behind the door! Later my friend told me there was a little girl (I thought they made her up lol) who was getting her vaccine and she cried, not as much as I did according to my friend, and they clapped for her after she was done. And sure, my only response to that was "but why didn't you guys clap for me?"

Moral to the story.. On my home also, where all the brilliant thoughts come to mind. I thought, el7amdillah I'm a girl. If I were a boy, I wouldn't be able to scream at the sight of a needle, cry for no reason, be emotional, and most importantly, be a drama queen!