Customer Reviews

BIC For Her Medium Ballpoint Pen (Box of 12) - Black

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3 star:		(55)
2 star:		(40)
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As an architect and neurosurgeon, I am a very very busy man. I often work 16 or more hours a day and the work doesn't stop when I get home. For years my wife has dictated her grocery shopping list to me as her hands are too delicate to handle any of my manly pens. I also assist her logging her caloric intake every evening so that she can maintain her girlish figure - it isn't easy for her to keep herself in a size two, so I happily do what I can to help. On top of that she has also been dictating to me all holiday card, thank you cards, sympathy cards, etc.

I spotted a box of these pens and thought that these could significantly decrease my workload at home. My wife would finally be able to make her own lists, log her own caloric intake (I would still help with the math, of course), and she could write all of the cards herself. I split the box in half giving half of the pens to her and the other half to my mother. My father said that mother just stashed them away in the sideboard and would probably never use them. My wife on the other hand was ecstatic. She grabbed one of the pens and looked at it for at least 20 minutes. She then spent an hour doodling flowers, hearts, and what she said was a princess riding a unicorn. It was cute. However, dinner was unacceptably late.

She spent a week attempting to make her own grocery list, but the pages were just filled with hearts, flowers, and other doodles. Unfortunately, she fell behind in the laundry, my lunches were of poor quality (she even forgot to make it once!), the rugs were not vacuumed well, etc. This was becoming a huge problem. We discussed the issue and decided that she would practice with the pens after she put the children down for a nap in the afternoon. Assuming she was on top of her chores and with the stipulation that she not spend more than a half hour a day with them.

Despite the pens being pink and purple, colors she responds well to, she lost interest after two weeks. I was happy when I saw them displayed next to her collection of ceramics in her sewing room, it meant she had given up on them. I think they were unable to keep her focus. If the ink had been pink or purple, I think they would have been able to hold her attention for a few more weeks. Things are back to normal now. Once again I am doing all of the family's writing and am happy to do it after the hellish two weeks we had. Gentlemen, I do not recommend these pens. They will disrupt your life and give your wife a false sense of hope to achieve things are certainly above the abilities of women. Spare yourself and your wife the trouble.

Papa says I mustn't try to write, for the sheer Enormity of the task makes me peevish and unattractive to any respectable and highborn suitor. But I dare say some of these charming reviews have been written by some very wise gentlewomen, and indeed, I dare hope, with that very selfsame pen the praises of which they sing. Perhaps Papa might allow me to practice my letters with so suitable and feminine a pen. Pray, good makers of Bic, is there Hope that among your wares you carry a pencil--or perhaps a bit of chalk for a slate--that may help my poor feminine brain comprehend Math?

My husband has never allowed me to write, as he doesn't want me touching mens pens. However when I saw this product, I decided to buy it (using my pocket money) and so far it has been fabulous! Once I had learnt to write, the feminine colour and the grip size (which was more suited to my delicate little hands) has enabled me to vent thoughts about new recipe ideas, sewing and gardening. My husband is less pleased with this product as he believes it will lead to more independence and he hates the feminine tingling sensation (along with the visions of fairies and rainbows) he gets whenever he picks it up.

I bought these pens because I grew tired of manly pens that were too robust for my dainty hands. However, I must warn all you post-menopausal BIC(R) For Her users that using these pens can reverse menopause. I am now pregnant with triplets. What do I do now?

I allowed my wife to write the grocery list with one of my pens. Shortly thereafter she went out and bought a bunch of flannel shirts, cut the sleeves off and grew a mullet. While she was writing her feminist manifesto, I secretly switched out the man pen with a BiC For Her. She's now back to baking apple pies, vacuuming in heels, and popping bennies in order to keep her girlish figure... like a proper American gal.

Thank you BiC!

As a MILLIONAIRE AUTHOR of BESTSELLING TECHNO-THRILLERS, I have to say that I was very disappointed with this pen. Whenever I tried to write punchy, in-your-face prose about the nuclear payload capabilities of the B-2 Northrop-Grunmann stealth bomber, I found myself instead writing about shopping, cocktails and friendship. And when I tried to write the title 'OPERATION CRISIS POINT' at the top of the page, I found myself writing 'DIARY OF A THIRTYSOMETHING' instead. Is Jeremy Renner gonna want to star in the movie adaptation of that? IS HE HECK.

My love, she is an Amber Medium
That slips within my fingers' warm caress
And flows so smooth, that halting tedium
Were by this rendered fairly in redress.
Too soft! Some say, for woman's hand to find,
Too palely light, too gender'd or too thin,
But know they not, that prattle in this kind,
The joy this slender box doth grasp therein.
Thou wert not made for men's eyes, noble BIC!
Thy form and softly sheen are for mine own.
O never be it said thou art a trick
Of basest marketers and pranksters sown.
Thus glitt'ring from the Amber shines the lamp, on
Beauty's fairest form - belike, a tampon.

An outrage-- who deemed it necessary for women to write things? It's bad enough when women get their claws on men-pens-- but at least they're harpy claws can't adequately grasp the "For Him" shape. These "For Her" pens are promising a generation of incorrigible Friedanites-- a real danger to this already threatened international climate. Surely, pens "For Her" are harbingers of wild orgies, witchcraft, and, in due time, the feminist-wrought apocalypse. If women can write, they'll soon be writing employers memos asking for ridiculous things like "equal pay" or "reproductive rights." Nonsense and poppycock!

Didn't even know I needed them until the soft grip sent a tantalizing rush of estrogen through my body. Thanks Bic! Your pens are the breast.

I have faced a dilemma slightly different than many of the other female reviewers. I have never had much problem wielding a regular pen. I have what might be called a "sturdy" build for a girl. While this has made certain daily tasks in life easier, such a writing with a pen and using a stapler, it has come at the cost of me being shunned by my female colleagues. I have often been referred to as "man hands." Because of my ability to adequately use a non-gender specific pen, a man's pen really, I have earned a certain amount of respect from my boss and the other men who work over me. At times, I would get the first choice of left over sandwiches from a business meeting and was often called by my actual name, not "sweetheart" or "honey." But still, I felt like an outsider, like my natural born abilities had made me an outcast; I was always living on the periphery of two worlds. I will not lie--I was in a dark place.

Then I discovered BIC For Her.

I was in a pretty low mood when I bought them. I was also scared that a female coworker might see buy them and what a laughing stock I would be. I tucked them under my coat and took them home. I must have stared at them for a good 20 minutes before I had the nerve to even open the box. I pulled the first one out and was amazed by how perfectly it fit my hand, and how feminine and delicate it was. I went to write something with it and actually broke it, I'm embarrassed to say. But after lightening my touch (using a woman's touch), I was able to use the pen.

It would be hyperbolic to say that I woke up the next morning to a band new me. In reality, it took about 3-4 days for the changes to become apparent. I started wearing tighter clothes and impracticable shoes. On the third night, my hair grew six inches, going from a manageable shoulder skimming bob to a length that requires much more work and hair care products. The men a the office see me differently as well! Finally, I am getting compliments on the way I look instead of my abilities! Once the other girls in the office noticed my new pen, I started getting more invites to cocktails after work. I used to watch shows like "Sex and the City" and wish I had a group of gal pals. Now I finally do! Though I am definitely the Miranda of the bunch.

This pen is not a miracle worker, but it has opened new doors for me, doors the old me would have opened for herself.