A word on girlfriends

I love my hubby.  I truly do.  But I can't wrap my brain around women that neglect their relationships with their girlfriends because of their significant others. Women connect with each other in a way that is unlike any other relationship.  You cannot trade one for another.  But it is SO important to nurture these bonds.  I'm not saying to neglect your other relationships for them, but make a conscious effort to build them.

My girlfriends are amazing.  They make me laugh, they challenge me, they support me unconditionally, and they call me out when I need it.  I am certainly a better woman today by surrounding myself with these women.  There is no cattiness, no jealousy, no backstabbing.  If we have a problem, we lay it on the table.  We've fought, we've cried...we've gotten over it.  That's what you do with sisters.  They're right there behind me when I need a push, in front of me when I'm lost, and right beside me when I need a hand to hold.  I'd give a kidney to any one of them.

It happens gradually.  You don't really notice it at first.  Then you're finishing each other's sentences, and buying each other stupid gifts because you know it would make them laugh.  You wear each others clothes and use each other's tupperware to the point that you forget whose is whose. You become so intertwined in each others lives that people start mistaking you for one another in public, even though you look absolutely nothing alike.

I think it can be summed up as such:

Game night.  Boys versus Girls (of course). Charades.  Boys give me the movie "Debbie Does Dallas" hoping for a show, and to try and earn a point (they're getting crushed). I look Sassy in the eyes, tell her to "Sync up", do the "movie" symbol and hold up 3 fingers.  She screams "Debbie Does Dallas!" in under a second, and all the girls fall to the floor in a laughing/crying pile of victory while the boys gape at the amazing display of soul mate success.

G