Friends are the business – they scoop us up when we’re feeling down and cheer us on throughout life.
When I started working at the age of 20, I fell in with a bunch of young women. We are all in our fifties now, a small group, each of us very different, which is perhaps how it should be. As life coach Carole Ann Rice puts it, “It’s unrealistic to expect one friend to be everything to you. Everyone offers something unique, and I look upon my own friendships as a sort of composite quilt.”
So, who’s in your inner circle?
The FRIENDS EVERY WOMAN NEEDS...
THE CONFIDANTE
No secret escapes her lips – not even after several glasses of wine. She knows who has a crush on someone else’s husband, and who bust a zip in the department store changing room. She's a firmly locked filing cabinet of intrigue – and you love her for it.
THE ORGANISER
Like a scout leader for grownups, she takes on all planning and booking for any group event. As it grows closer, she adjusts the itinerary 96 times as participants change their minds. Feeling guilty, you might offer to 'help', but bear in mind that she loves organising everyone, and the occasional moan is part of the pleasure. Just be sure to thank her now and again.
THE INSPIRATION
She achieves so much in life, you could feel hopeless in comparison. But she’s so gracious about her successes that she inspires you to push yourself, too. So she’s just done a triathlon? It doesn’t mean you have to follow suit. But she’s sown the seed, and a jog around the park now feels doable...
THE PARTY GIRL
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