So my dad and I were talking as we sat in the car today, driving around and running errands. I recounted to him this story:

I recently bought a new purse. It's ENORMOUS. So large, in fact, that Sam is dumbfounded by it. At some point, to reassure him, I informed him that "It's more of an overnight bag than a purse."

At the same time as I was telling Sam about this, I had an email conversation going with our friend Hilary, which inevitably turned to The Purse. She said, and I quote, "Well, at some point it goes from being a purse to being an overnight bag or somesuch."

 Sam was dumbfounded. My dad, on the other hand, thought this was hysterical. This turned the conversation to things that women know innately that men don't understand, and he happened to mention the fact that women go to the bathroom in groups, leaving the men to wonder what the heck they're talking about in there.

 This is the conclusion we came to: It must be seminars! All these things that women seem to know immediately, like the difference between a purse and an overnight bag, or why some colors match and others don't, they learn at bathroom seminars. My dad is convinced that this is what goes on.

That must be why women go to the bathroom in groups. I have no other explanation! I know I'm guilty of doing such, but I can't tell you what it is that makes me turn to a female friend and say "Hey, I'm going to the bathroom. Want to come?"