To have a set of girlfriends you can rely on for support through every important milestone in our lives is a blessing. Even when you’re in need for a shopping spree, you have a set of girlfriends you will call to support your shoe addiction, or your pocketbook infatuation. Girlfriends share everything, sometimes too much. I often joke that my real girlfriends will have to sign a disclosure form if they ever wanted to break up our friendship, because they know wayyyyy too much about me. Which brings me to the thought behind my feature post today. What items, information, etc, should girlfriends avoid sharing with their BFF’s (best friends forever)?
My #1 pick on the list is Men. Girlfriends should never date the same guy their best friend once dated. That is just nasty baggage that should be avoided at all times.
- Men (there is nothing more disgusting than dipping into the same pool your girlfriend just peed in. LOL!!)
- Lip gloss (I’m sure we’re under the illusion that everyone is clean and practices good hygiene, but I’m just not sure whose lips my girlfriends have been puckering up against.
- Underwear (do I really have to explain this one?)
- Apartment (sometimes sharing the same living quarters with your best friend can open up a can of pet peeves.)
- Hair/Wigs/Weaves (I know we’re close, but my scalp and your scalp just don’t mingle well.)
- Nose Drops (there is something about watching your bestie squirt her nose with Nasonex, and then witnessing a a wad of snot holding on tight to the top of the tip of the pump.)
- Eyelashes (I’m not a fake lash fashionista, but for those who do wear fake lashes, do you really want your girlfriend’s eye boggers dangling off of your lashes.)
- Shoes (Everyone doesn’t walk the same, some people walk too hard or may have a flawed instep. It’s like cringing when someone drives your car — they just don’t drive the same as you, or press on the brake as gentle as you. I just can’t risk the heel of my favorite shoes being chopped down by my best friend’s imbalanced footsteps.
- Other Friends (Bringing a new friend or friends into your “already established clique of girlfriends” is not always a good thing. Eventually those new friends become better friends with your best friend — and suddenly you find yourself becoming the other friend to everyone.)
- Money (Never mix friendship with money. For some reason, a good deed of lending money always seems to taint relationships. Friends take advantage of the situation, whether they’re the ones lending the money, or the one accepting money. If you’re really hard up for cash, borrow from someone who doesn’t really know all of your bad habits or search in your pockets and in between the seats of furniture and vehicles. Ruining a good friendship is just not worth it.)
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