Fun & Famous
GOSSIP GIRL TAUGHT US 9 IMPORTANT LIFE LESSONS
Sex and the City. Gossip Girl. Orange is the New Black. The three series that I believe every woman should have seen. Let's talk about Gossip Girl for a moment. Do you know how many important life lessons and hidden messages are in that series?
1. Always dress to impress
Even if your boy just dumped you, even if your mother is bankrupt, even if your father staged his own death to protect the family (that can really only happen in GG, this kind of nonsense); make sure you look impeccable. It-girls Serena and Blair do nothing else. Feeling down? Wear lipstick and a cool dress and life will get a little better.
2. There is always a reason for champagne
Just because it can. “I don’t need friends. I need more champagne,” says Blair Waldorf. Amen.
3. Fashion, well, is not always comfortable
And sometimes it doesn't matter how it fits, but how it looks. Where do you think the term ‘sitting shoe’ comes from?
4. Leggings are not pants
I repeat: not. Like never. Ever.
5. Everyone lies from time to time
To spare someone's feelings, to avoid punishment, to boost your reputation, or to blacken someone else. In Gossip Girl, an average of about twenty lies are told in each episode. What do you think about the real Gossip Girl?
6. Coats don't always have to be boring black
Sometimes they can really make a complete outfit. And women can never have too many coats. Period.
7. Love is sometimes just complicated
Having sex with someone twenty years older, falling in love with your bestie's boyfriend, falling for someone from a different social class, and porn films threatening to leak: in Gossip Girl, it can all happen. And yes. Even if you live on the Upper East Side and seem to have a perfect life, your love life can be complicated.
8. Waffles always make everything better
Especially when you whip them up at home. Right, Rufus?
9. Money doesn't make you happy
Because even with that fat bank account, you can still have a terrible relationship with your family. Be lonely. Be addicted. Lose friends. All of this happens in, you guessed it: Gossip Girl.
