Friendships can be hard... for me, specifically, it's friendships with girls that are the hardest for some reason.
When I was younger, I was pretty shy (you would never guess that now!). I grew out of that in high school, but still kind of kept to myself and didn't make a whole lot of friends. And after high school, didn't keep in touch with many of the people I was friends with. In college, I had no problem making friends of the male kind (go figure), but I found with the girls always came the drama and I've never really been able to tolerate the drama. My little sister is my complete opposite in this sense - she is a drama queen and we get on each others nerves often. On the other hand, I'm very close with my sister in law (who is a lot like me) and my three brothers as well.
Now that I'm all grown up (most of the time) I really wish I had a few more cool girlfriends to hang out with at happy hour... or go out to dinner with on the weekends... or sip coffee with at starbucks before going shopping. Did I miss the memo? Is there somewhere I can sign up?
I like watching football and drinking a few beers with M and my guy friends, but sometimes it's nice to hang with the girls, too.
Good girlfriends are hard to find. Is it just me, or does anyone else feel the same way?
*** MOM - No need to email me and tell me you will be my friend. I already know that.
LOL I have the same problem, but you can add that Im quite boring. I dont go to dance clubs or drink and that seems to be a real turn off in CA. But yes, I hate drama queen girls, I cant understand why someone would want to attract such negative attention to herself.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree....I somehow didn't get the memo either. I was the same way growing up, I always hung out with guys less drama and more real friendships. So I never had a best girl friend. I do wish sometimes that I had a friend to hang out with. My daughters are getting older and that leaves me at home alot :(
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, girls are the worst! It's really hard to make new girl friends. We are all so catty! I have 4 really close girlfriends, and maybe 3 that I'm friends with but not close friends. The really close friends are girls I've grown up with. I've literally know them for 20 years. The others are girls I've met post college, either at church or at work.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure how involved you are with a church or charities, but that's always a good place to meet people! And don't forget the girl friends and wives of your guy friends. You won't always love everyone one of them, but I bet you can find at least one or two to hang out with!
I only have 2 girl friends and one of them is moving to australia in february so that leaves one who is having her first baby in february too so I guess it's just me and the guys now. not that I mind guy friends at all, just that sometimes it'd be nice to be with a girl. My best girl friend of years ago really backstabbed me to such an extent that I just find myself really awkward and wary around females these days. guys are so much easier to figure out.
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