We’ve all heard the case of the overprotective boyfriend. It’s an old story ‘ he won’t let his girlfriend go out clubbing with her friends, he screens her wardrobe for clothing he deems ‘inappropriate,’ he loses his temper in public when he discovers another man glancing over at her. Not nearly as many people, however, have heard about his female counterpart ‘ the girl who ‘hates girls that talk to her boyfriend.’

Oh yes, my friends, this phenomenon exists. It is even a Facebook group (I believe that it’s called ‘I hate girls who talk to him,’ but that’s beside the point). You will rarely meet this girl in public, as she is usually (but not always) too timid to directly confront you when you, unknowingly, lean over your seat in Lecture Hall and ask her boyfriend for the time. Instead, she most likely nags her boyfriend to death about it an hour later, joins the Facebook/Myspace/Xanga/Friendster group, and, of course, makes a voodoo doll of you which she regularly stabs in the heart with pins (now you know where those sharp pains are coming from).

You may even have a friend like that. She always complains that her boyfriend has ‘too many’ female friends. She vulgarly pushes you away when you stop by to say hi to him on your way to class. Laughing, she says, ‘You can’t flirt with him, he’s not yours!’ She tries to pretend that she is just being playful, but you know otherwise because hours later she will call you to have a ‘serious talk’ about it.

This girl just seems to think that everyone is after her beau. Sure, you probably wouldn’t call him ugly, but it’s not as though you find him, and every other girl’s boyfriend out there, irresistible. Of course, you feel utterly insulted, but there is little you can do.

This girl just needs to realize that, similarly to the overprotective boyfriend, she cannot always control her partner’s actions. Whether she likes it or not, the poor guy has the right to talk to whomever he pleases. Besides, there are definite pluses to having a boyfriend with several female friends.

For example, who else will give him inspiration when he’s out of romantic ideas and Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching? None other than his trusty female friend. She is the reason why he hasn’t gotten you the first season of Star Trek on DVD or that gangster movie with all the shooting, even though it was probably the first thing that came to his mind (let’s face it; guys are romantically inept). The female friend is also the one that helps him when you are mad.

The point is, don’t hate on girls who talk to your boyfriend. Not only is that an utterly annoying quality to have, but you and your boyfriend are both missing out.