I sat under an oak tree in Wyoming on a summer day, drinking iced tea
and visiting with my mother. "Don't forget your girlfriends," Mother
advised, clinking the ice cubes in her glass. No matter how much you
love your husband, you are still going to need girlfriends.
Remember to go places with them now and then; and do things with
them, even when you don't necessarily want to. And remember that
girlfriends are not only friends, but sisters, daughters, mothers,
grandmothers and other relatives too.
Women supporting and relating to other women is our responsibility
and our gift.
"What a funny piece of advice," I thought. "Hadn't I just gotten
married? Hadn't I just joined the couple-world? I was now a married
woman, for goodness sake, not some young girl who needed friends!" But I
listened to my Mom.
I kept in contact with my girlfriends and even found some new ones
along the way. As the years tumbled by, one after another, I gradually
came to understand that Mom really knew what she was talking about!
Here is what I know:
Girlfriends bring casseroles and scrub your bathroom when you need
help; girlfriends keep your children and your secrets. Girlfriends give
advice when you ask, sometimes you take it and sometimes you don't.
Girlfriends don't always tell you you're right, but they usually tell
the truth.
Girlfriends still love you, even when they disagree with your
choices.
Girlfriends laugh with you and don't need canned jokes to start the
laughter.
Girlfriends pull you out of jams.
Girlfriends don't keep a calendar of who hosted the other's last big
party.
Girlfriends will celebrate for your son or daughter when they get
married or have a baby, in whichever order that happens.
Girlfriends are there for you in an instant, and when the hard times
come, girlfriends listen when you lose a job or a friend.
Girlfriends listen when your children break your heart.
Girlfriends listen when your parents' minds and bodies fail.
My daughters, sisters, family, and friends bless my life! When we
began this adventure, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows
that lay ahead.
Nor did we know how much we would need each other.....
Pass this on to your girlfriends/sisters/daughters... I just did!
Read the next 2 lines very slowly and let it sink in...
If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.
Pass this message to seven people except you and me. You will receive
a miracle tomorrow (just do it).

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In other countries like Far East Asia women are still held in LOWER esteem BUT in China, it’s a different story. Chinese women are much more aggressive and outspoken and held in Higher esteem.” I love Communist that provides males and females Equality and WOMEN’S Rights in China.

I keep telling my wife she needs to let me have girlfriends around...

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"Old man, how is it that you can hear these things?

Young man, how is it that you do not?"

LOL exhib_it_all.

CP, very lovely. I know my wife has several girlfriends that are very important to her and I'm glad. At least two have been good friends for more than 30 years. I think that's great and I know it means a lot to her.