Where are all my girlfriends at?

Well here I am on Labor Day weekend. Michael and I just purchased a 3 in 1 machine. I thought I would test the scanner out, but then I remembered there really aren't that many pictures of us I want to scan. I got to thinking about my girlfriends in college. We were all so different. They were all powerful, individual women, who weren't caddy at all. I keep thinking when am I going to meet more women like them? We all promised to keep in touch, but that didn't really work.

Lisa: Lisa was probably one of my closest friends in college. She was short, athletic, Italian, and could keep up with all my drinking. We would go play tennis and come in parched. Then realize we only had beer to drink. She introduced me to Mary J. Blige and racist terms of endearment. I introduced her to NIN and how to write a 30 page paper with a hang over. She would and has held my hair when puking. We've woken up on the bathroom floor together before. We went to a lot of parties together. She was definitely my girl. Last I heard she lived in Southbend, IN with her husband and child.

Gretchen: Gretchen was the typical hottie. All of my guy friends always wanted me to hook them up with her. I found in her an intellectual. Someone I could talk to about current events, chemistry, and the best way to make hot chocolate. We could and did talk about everything. She was a red stepper for the Indiana University football team. She appealed to my serious side, but I could still make her snort when laughing. She is so much more than just good looking.


Mel: Mel was the artsy one. She was awesome at art. I have never seen someone with such an eye. Mel was always dealing with Joey. Joey was her ex and best friend. She is also mixed and dealing with the things that go along with that. She taught me to look at things for a different angle when they don't make any sense. I taught her it's o.k. to make a mistake. Life goes on.


I'm sure I could go on and on about the experience I had with each one of these women. The little blurb I wrote on each of them doesn't even do them justice. The point is we were all vulnerable, but had open minds. All different, but still fit. Why now when I am older, educated, and searching for such camaraderie why can I not find it? Why are women so anti-women?

Where are my girls at?