1. We aren't all crafty. When I joined a sorority they didn't ask me "how well can you craft" because that is just not a real thing among sorority women. I don't enjoy painting and I cannot paint the perfect bow tie on the corner of your cooler that is just going to get ruined at formal. Chances are when I sit down to paint it's going to turn out a lot less like this:

 

And a lot more like this: 

2. We don't have the time.

I go to the same university as the guy who I am going to formal with and I take the same classes as he does (if not harder ones). Yet, he thinks that I actually have 10 hours to spend on this? You have to be crazy to think that I am going to fail my midterm just so that you can have a cute cooler for one weekend. 

3. We don't have the money.

Cooler painting is not cheap. There is the cost of the actual cooler: $20-$30. The cost of paint: $20 if you don't already have every color you need. The cost of finishing spray: $8. The cost of whatever you plan on putting in the cooler. This all adds up to be a pretty expensive project and a college girl is not made of money. 

4. We don't have the room.

Where am I supposed to paint this massive cooler? Am I supposed to take over my living room for a whole week and potentially ruin my furniture with paint? That's not happening. 

5. We don't get to keep it.

Why am I spending my time and effort and money on something I will most likely never see again?

6. We don't get anything for our formals. When sorority formal time comes around what do our dates have to do? Show up. That's it. They just have to show up. No coolers involved at all. 

7. We don't want to. This is the most important reason. Never have I ever heard a girl say, "Man, I just can't wait to paint a cooler!" Why is there this unspoken obligation to do something that we absolutely don't have the desire to do?