"It's only fair that brides are upfront about those expectations so that their friends can make an informed decision. No one should feel pressured or surprised by the costs, and transparency helps ensure everyone is on the same page," Danisha Cerand, a 2024 destination bride, told Madame Noiré.
Show Up And Show Out For Your BFF
We also make memorable plans. Women like to do bonding things, like a spa day, where we all retreat from the world and focus on each other, or a wine and painting night where we get to know each other more through our art work. Men just sort of…eat and drink and exercise together.
Venting to close friends is necessary and a part of self-care. After a bad day at work or an argument with a loved one, seeking emotional support is healthy, but not every friend or relative knows exactly how to respond. Many try to help people resolve their feelings by replying with mantras, inspirational quotes and […]
Your boyfriend probably expects you to talk to your female besties about your sex life. That being said, he doesn’t really want you talking to your male best friend about your sex life. Most men don’t want another man knowing the details of something that intimate.
I don’t know if you’ve noticed but the members of cliques can start to sort of meld personalities. Everyone talks the same, has the same interests, and has the same mannerisms. I like to keep diversity around me and I do so by having various small groups of friends who don’t know each other. Plus, I never spend so much time with any one group that I lose my identity.
Oh you better not abandon a female friend at a bar. Even though, technically, if we just wanted one-on-one time we really should have stayed in…we can get very upset if a friend wanders off to talk to others at a bar.
Eventually, you crack, and you just have to find out if the other friends take as much issue with this man as you do. You’re delicate about it at first. You don’t come out and say, “I hate so-and-so’s husband.” You put a little feeler out there to see how people respond.
Take yourselves out for a proper date night. Go somewhere fancy—somewhere worthy of a Valentine’s Day meal. Get the champagne and the four course meal and tell the server that you’re celebrating National Girlfriends Day.
You can tell each other a lot without even speaking. You know how your childhood friend feels about someone else in the room without having to ask. You can pick up on their energy and know just what energy they need from you at any given time.
When you have different careers in totally different industries, you’re bound to wind up with two separate groups of friends who are vastly different. Getting the two groups to co-mingle can be tricky, so you just wind up spending less time with that original friend.
I just cannot wrap my mind around why some of my friends ask, “Hey, do you think my boyfriend’s cute?” In fact, I absolutely loathe this question. What good would it do you to know this information? I ask that with all sincerity. Whether I think a friend’s boyfriend is a ghastly as a hairy butt mole or […]