Sometimes I find myself so lonely and I feel like I'm missing something. I get on Facebook or Instagram and I see a these beautiful photos my female "friends" share of their sisterhoods, the girls nights etc. I don't have that. I have 3 friends, but I only have one female friend and whilst I do love her company for coffee and support I also find her to be emotionally and energy draining. The world is so negative and dramatic when her and I spend time together. I don't want to be negative and I refuse to be a negative person any longer. I don't want to end our friendship or anything like that in fact I hope to help her change her negativity and encourage more positivity in our friendship as well. But I desperately crave a sisterhood of female friends. How do I find this? Iv joined a fitness group, yoga classes and Iv begun making massive changes to be the person I need to be. I just don't know how to make friends, especially female friends, Iv never really had any.
How do I find my sisterhood?
How do I find my sisterhood?
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I'm going to be honest, be careful what you crave for, that sisterhood isn't what you are imagining! Yes there are happy snaps but those happy snaps are just a snapshot, they don't show you behind the scenes.
Personally I would think carefully about striving for a particular type of friendship eg a group of female friends. You are much better off finding a new female friend and then add female friends from there. Because existing groups are likely to be clique and hard to break into with in jokes etc and you will most likely always feel on the outer.
I found friend making easier in locations you are likely to chat. So places like craft groups, school council meetings, fundraising committees etc because you are likely to have conversations about what you are doing and that leads into convos about personal topics.
I totally get this! I am going through some hard stuff at the moment and although I have friends none of them I would open up about what I am going through. It is very hard! I am starting a new positive outlook thing too and to be honest today is one of my worst days, I can't post a positive memo today because I'm just not feeling it. I'm sure you will find that one good friend. She is out there x
I totally get this. I have lived in a small town for about seven years now and despite every attempt to connect with the community am sadly friendless. The most social interaction I get is my children or at work with customers /families.
I was actually coming here to ask the same question or seek to find any one in my own area.
Where is your location?
I'm in brisbane