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generosity
friendship
How many of us are using that ugly rationalization -- “Oh, I just have trouble making female friends; men like me better than women do” -- to justify an existence against our own self-interest?
women
When I hear other women say they can’t stand women, it makes me sad because what they’re really saying is that they can’t stand parts of themselves.
love
It’s just that being in love brings out completely different sides of ourselves, sides that are completely opposite from the selves we are when we are around one another.
friendship
Ever ended a friendship screaming expletives at the back end of a departing hatchback? Yeah, me too. We might need therapy.
friendship
There is nothing scarier to me than a breakdown, finding yourself tumbling down an Alice-style rabbit hole into depression with no idea how to rescue yourself from it. That’s why every day I am thankful for my friend; she is the hand reaching down to pick me up every single time.
loners
The former secondary school loner is able to go it alone and has usually been made all the braver and interesting thanks to earlier rejection from their peers for various arbitrary but at the time vital teenage reasons.
fashion
I've experienced first hand how the back-and-forth between women and their wardrobes can be a fascinating exchange.
friendship
After being bullied at my all-girls boarding school, I developed a social phobia, had to be withdrawn and take three months off. As an adult, female relationships can be just as hard to navigate, which, ironically, is why you need your friends around.
friendship
We’re moving in together soon, and shining, unachievable beauty will become the norm. I’ll be the ugly one.
friendship
Gigi knew all my secrets. And I thought I knew all of hers.
friendship
Me and Lizzie have been best friends for a long time. Like, since before bras. We share everything, and I honestly don’t think we have any secrets from each other. Except now we do, because I hate Lizzie’s new boyfriend with a passion.
marriage
I still struggle with feeling kind of lame now that I'm a WIFE.
friendship
I’ve had to unfriend two people in my life. And the lesson I learnt? Don’t ever do it to their face.
friendship
Does the fact that I can’t hold on to a best friend mean that there’s something wrong with me? Am I actually a complete arsehole, and up until now everyone’s been too polite to tell me?
friendship
Everyone's idea about the number of friends you should have is "unrealistic" and realizing this is a "normal part of growing up" that unfortunately doesn't get a ton of airtime.
friendship
I had a weird birthday. Instead of cake, I sobbed in some nachos, almost ruined a friendship and wore sexy skivvies no one saw.
friendship
We'd spoken briefly about sex before. I'd tried to talk to her about condoms, and she'd assured me she knew all about it and besides, she was a virgin anyway. It was true then.
flirting
I'm a textbook extrovert, but when I meet new people -- particularly at the office -- it's like my brain resets and I go into hyper flirtatious mode.
bullies
As a kid, I wouldn’t have DARED to ever speak to an adult that way. Except for that one time.
addiction
A few years ago I pictured our kids being friends forever, that she would always be my shoulder to lean on at family functions, that we would someday celebrate the birth of each other’s grandchildren. Now I don’t know if I will ever see her again.
