Why Woman Need Girlfriends

We all know we need girlfriends. A girlfriend can be a sister, cousin, aunt, mother, or most often someone you are not related to but you could not live without. They make us laugh, pick us up when we're down, give advice, listen to our problems, offer hugs and comfort. Now I know significant others can do this too, but really it's just not the same. I know, I know your husband is your best friend, mine is too, sort of.

While I can talk to my husband about anything, he is still a man and therefore lacks understanding in being a woman. I need someone who can give me a tampon when we are out to dinner because her period is the same time as mine. That just happens when you spend a lot of time with another girl. (Of course during menopause, you'll be having hot flashes together, and hopefully she has an extra fan in that bag for you too.)

I need another woman to laugh with me about the things our husbands do and that while we will never understand it, at least we won't understand together. Another reason why women need girlfriends is when you want to vent and complain about a situation going on in your life, a man will try to fix it and offer suggestions as to what you could do. Well, that is not what we want when we are bitching about something. We just want someone to agree with us and tell us, that really blows. After that we're usually over it and a solution isn't really needed.

While I have a good time with my husband, I never laugh as hard with him as I do with the girls. With your girlfriends you can just look at each other with the unspoken language that we have and before you know it your stomach hurts like you just did 500 sit ups and you are crying like you did on your wedding day, just from laughing. Usually it's over something really stupid too. One of my very best friends I have known for 25 years, and I'm only 27, that is a long time, a lot of memories. We can literally say two words, or just a gesture or facial expression and on come the giggles, because we know what the other is referring to. Like the time I ripped my leather pants, right before school, right up the back seam, why did I wear a thong that day? Oh yeah, they were leather pants!

The truth of the matter is women need other women, we need time with other women. Now there are all sorts of scientific information to back that up. It's something about releasing happy chemicals in our brains, I don't remember exactly, you can Google it if you really want to know. But I know there were several studies on the subject, seriously Google it. We all could have told the study people that we just feel better after girl time. You don't have to keep an air of mystery with your girlfriends, like you are "supposed" to do with your man according to "experts". Sorry honey, I left the bathroom door open again. Apparently, that's a no-no. Not girls, not only do you want to share everything with them, they want to hear about it. (At least, that rings true with the girls I know.) Weird pains and other stuff, sex, kids, everything, I mean come on, you don't go to your husband to talk about sex. It's way more fun to talk about it with your girlfriends.

Lastly, if you need to complain about your significant other, you're not going to complain to them, you're going to complain to your friends. What about "Girl's Night" you cant have a girl's night without the girls. There are probably thousands of other reasons why women need girlfriends but those are my top reasons. Now what are your reasons?