**So, it depends. The older I get though, the more I long to find more female friends. I've got four, plus my mom, that I am very close with so I'm doing better but I'd still like to make more... maybe it'll be easier once I start having children and meet women through them. :shrug:


I feel this way as well. My 2 very close friends both have children. One of them I'm very close to, their like my own but, my other's friends children.....how do I put it nicely? They can be really good but aren't warm & as friendly as my other friends kids. It's very hard to find TRUE friends these days. I had a friend from high school that I thought we were close. Come to find out, 2 years ago for my house-warming party she decides it's a good time to tell my CLOSE friend (1st time meeting) what a TERRIBLE person I am! ........I couldn't believe it! She just went on & on about me like we were the worst enemies in the world! I guess sometimes you really don't know people at all. Although, I should have seen the warning signs when none of my other friends liked her & said how they thought she was a user. I don't know I always trried to see the BEST in people.
I really wish I had more friends though. There are times I feel absolutely lonely & very depressed! If I'm having a WONDERFUL day, I'd like to share that too!

**(We had a really weird experience last year. We correspond via email almost daily, but only phone each other for birthdays, as it is so expensive. One day last year I had an overwhelming urge to call her. When I did she started crying and told me her mom had just died (very suddenly - she wasn't even sick). It was like our connection is so strong I could feel that she needed me


That's really cool how you have such a strong connection like that! I bet she was relieved when you called her! With my friend Tara, we say the same things at the same time a lot. It's really weird how those things happen!!!