Cool vs Cringe: the 2024 edition
Since we all stopped reading Cosmo, here is your guide to what is in and what is out in dating, beauty, hookers and food!
I’m writing this on a flight to LA while I wrestle for control of the armrest from the annoying guy next to me who doesn’t get that the person in the middle seat gets the armrest… it’s the unspoken rule. You’re actively being a dick if you are pushing my arm, when you have so much aisle space.
So that obviously got me thinking about what the other unspoken rules are on what is socially acceptable and what is just totally annoying. I asked my dear readers to submit their thoughts, discussed this over dinners with friends, and researched this while furiously scrolling TikTok on the treadmill. It turns out that almost everything that we’re now calling cringe was cool, not so long ago - it’s just all a matter of time and perspective; and that men and women rarely seem to have an overlap on what seems cool to them (oversized blazers, small share plates tapas style, Taylor Swift, lovebombing)
But don’t worry, I’ve done the research so you don’t have to - here is the ultimate list of what is cool, and what is cringe in 2024.
🔥🔥WHAT’S COOL🔥🔥
Girl’s girls. Barbie might not have won the Oscar but it will live on forever, not just because of Ryan Goslings unreal Oscar performance but the way it reminded us to all be girls girls. my husband jokes he lives in a sorority house because I’m hosting some sort of girls night / valentines m/ women’s networking breakfast. It is the ultimate sign of being secure and cool to not feel threatened by other women and to lift each other up - just look at Taylor, Blake, Gigi and Karlie. The era of the pick me girls is done, no matter what Ariana Grande might say.
Hotel room birthdays. We’ve all gotten that dreaded text when a friend invites us to their birthday dinner at Torissi that will be $250 per person, and you’re going to be stuck sitting next to the dull friend from sleepaway camp while the gay bestie downs 14 dirty martinis that will be split equally :) The group birthday dinners MUST stop, no matter how elite you think the restaurant is (unless you’re paying for it). Replace it with a hotel room birthday! My friend booked a suite at the standard, got drinks, chocolates and Joes Pizza and we had a NIGHT jumping on the beds, blasting 2000s music.
Second dates. First dates are exhausting and you barely scratch the surface of someone. Unless someone is rude to the staff, super late, or actively homophobic or racist, say yes to the next date. Some people are a slow burn, and attraction can grow over time.
Trip girls. There are way too many hookers at Casa Cipriani and Zero Bond, and it’s so cringe to be seen with them.