Hey, Soul Sister

This post is a little more introspective than this blog is used to, but that's okay, because who's really reading it anyway?

I recently read this article in the New York Times, and aside from being interesting from a linguistic point of view, I thought it was an interesting read on sisterly relationships.  I'm a sister, but more than that, I oftentimes wish I had a sister.  I know I've been asking my mom for one for at least the past 5 (maybe 10?) years or so, but unfortunately, I doubt that wish is going to be coming true any time soon.  

Truthfully, I haven't really had a lot of really close girl friends.  I've gone through periods in my life where I've hung out with groups of girls, but with the exception of my penpal, there are no female friends in my life who I've known for more than 6 years.  I have female acquaintances that I've known for awhile, but even those don't go back much further than 6 years.  (Full disclaimer: I've known my penpal since we were 7.)

What I have always had are really close guy friends.  Ever since middle school, I've almost always had a really close guy friend in my life.  Like a lot of friendships, those guys have come and gone.  I've grown apart from them, and I've made new ones.  And it's never really bothered me, because I've always gotten along better with (and honestly preferred to spend time with) guys.

In fact, I was recently having what amounted to girl talk (for me) with a friend (of sorts), and during our conversation, he said to me, "You're a dude's girl."  

And can I tell you?  That may have been the best thing I heard all night, because I'm okay being a dude's girl.  I might even love being a dude's girl.  (And Lord knows it's better than a lot of the other options out there.)  

But that still doesn't change the fact that there are times when I feel like I'm missing out.  There are some things (no, not those types of things) I just wouldn't talk to my guy friends about, and when those things creep up, I start feeling really alone, and it kind of really sucks.  Don't get me wrong - my guy friends are amazing -- the best even, just like brothers -- but some quality girl talk would do me good once in awhile.

Even if the sister ship has sailed at this point, and it certainly has, it'd be nice to have a sister-like girl friend at least.