Whisper Network

by Chandler Baker

Sloane’s most closely held tenet was that women could not be real friends unless they were willing to talk shit together.

Does this line sound mean? I hope not! There are some friendships I’ve had throughout the years that have remained surface level. I never seem to be able to convert them from lady-I-have-lunch-with-every-few-months to friend-I-force-to-take-a-walk-with-me-when-I-need-to-vent. Can you think of these surface level friendships in your own life? As a person who quite likes to confess things, I find them frustrating. You can feel the moment a relationship crosses over into true friendship territory and it’s often when one person offers a real, no holds barred opinion because to do that requires trust (I trust you not to think I’m a bad person for saying this, I trust you not to tell anyone, I trust you with my true, unedited thoughts…).