By now you’ve probably heard of “girl math.” That’s the playful financial logic that turns a return into a profit or makes anything bought with cash “basically free.” Pay for Taylor Swift tickets six months in advance? By the time the concert rolls around, they cost nothing. It’s not necessarily “wrong” math. It’s “emotional” math. It explains how money feels rather than how it flows. Accountants everywhere faint when they hear it, but they faint quietly — back into their spreadsheets where they feel comfortable.