To think “girl math” and “girl dinner” infantilise women?

[QuaintRoseEagle]

They’re marketed as empowering but to me they feel patronising.

AIBU?

But they're not 'marketed'. They're just silly twee phrases that nobody uses in actual day to day speech. It's just some crappy internet meme from a few years back.

See also: ‘high maintenance things I do to be low maintenance’, ‘the morning shed’, ‘I’m just a girl’. It makes me want to rip my own eyeballs out

Girl maths is if I buy something and it’s £8 delivery, so I spend more to cover the delivery cost. So even though I’ve spent more I’ve got free delivery.

Girl maths isn’t a new thing.

Never heard of either so I guess I'm not the target audience

Unfortunately, many women do this. Often those on the far side of 40, who like to refer to themselves and their friends as “girls”.

Agree OP.

It doesn’t imply woman are too dumb to do real maths 😂.

OK yes I didn't put it well. It's more as others say – ways to justify the unneeded spend because "I saved £50 on the earbuds I bought which means the £50 bag is basically free".

"Girl Math" is patronising if directed at women in the workplace. Cringey if the woman herself is using it in the workplace.

I feel "Girl...[anything]" is not great but "Girl boss" is the worst one for me.

Who cares? Honestly.

I had to google morning shed. How does anyone get any actual sleep?

That’s about as nuts as women getting themselves injected with shit for beauty purposes,

Yes I find it irritating as it implies frivolity, Girl Maths being Ada Lovelace etc is something I can get behind

What’s girl dinner??

I don't think they are supposed to be empowering, they're just supposed to be funny. I called it girl math when I gifted a friend a spare theatre ticket and refused money for it because it was bought in the last financial year and so doesn't count anymore. It's just being silly.

There were some definitions posted around 14:08.

I agree. Some of the "meals" that my DS puts together now that he lives on his own are weird to say the least. Basically, he just throws all kinds of things on a plate. It's definitely not just a female thing.

Men do that too. It's not just a "girl" thing.

But they don't call it "boy math" or "boy dinner"

Totally agree.