Cool Girl Alert: This Student Has Friends AND “Guy Friends”
Campus CultureStudent Life September 18, 2024 The New England Classic
90 COMMONWEALTH AVE — Sophomore year is arguably one of the top four most important years of college. After a long year of finding themselves, sophomores are finally the big dogs on campus. They’re engaged in clubs, living on Lower, and, most importantly, settling in with their true friends. For Pique Mii (CSON ’27), sophomore year means balancing her normal friendships AND “guy friendships.”
“I’m so busy! Lisa invited me to her birthday party in Vandy, but I had to say no. My guy friends were watching an NFL game in their common room, and I couldn’t miss it,” said Mii.
When asked where her self-proclaimed guy best friend was from, Mii wasn’t sure.
“What town? Oh, yeah, I’m not really sure. Sorry, deep stuff like that never really comes up,” said Mii.
The Classic was able to contact Mii’s guy best friend for comment.
“Pique Mii? Oh yeah I think we’ve met before, can’t remember where, though. Maybe she lives with my girlfriend?” said Obbliv E. Uss (MCAS ’27).
For Mii, delineating between her normal friends and guy friends is imperative. How else would people know she hangs out with men? What if they assumed Guy Friend Josh was her boyfriend because they’ve hung out thrice in large group settings?
“So we have six girls and six guys in the friend group. Jordan and Tina sometimes join us, but they are only allowed to the larger parties. Pregames are reserved for the 12 of us, but if one of the guys drops then we have to kick one of the girls out,” said Mii. “Peter and Molly are dating, so we can’t kick them out, and then Renee is hooking up with Andrew and that’s really messy, so we have to make sure that they only interact in big groups.”
Mii says her favorite thing about her guy friends is when they get extremely drunk at social functions and finally ask her questions about her life, like what major she is.
“Whenever my friends and guy friends go to Walsh, we like to stand in a big pack in the corner and then exclusively talk to each other for 30 minutes. And then we leave! It’s so fun,” said Mii.
At press time, Mii was seen with her friend group at Barcelona Wine Bar. She sat on the female-occupied side of the table, opposite her guy friends. Neither of the genders were interacting.