Friendship

I went shopping with my 2 of my girlfriends today...we sat at lunch and I told them my latest drama and mapped out my plans for another new future...I had forgotten how good it is to be with people who just loved me because they always have. We had so much fun going in and out of stores and laughing about what would work for me or them...what I would wear as opposed to them...SUCH differences among three women that have been friends for 45 years! Sometimes they drive me crazy and sometimes I need to be alone...but most times I need to be with them for some nurture, some tears, some laughter, some reminiscences and, of course, some juicy gossip.
Please know that when I die it will be my female friends that carry me to my grave. They carried me all the way through my life and I know they will carry me out the way I want...with humor, respect, and a "bedazzled" coffin!
From the time my KT was a young girl I always emphasized to her that her female friends were critically important to her development as a female and to never dis the girls for the boys...and I know she listened. She has always been a true and loyal friend...even when she was incredibly disappointed because her friends had put the boys first she has hung in and worked at being a good friend.
I love her friends. I have so much fun seeing them together laughing and singing and talking about cooking, their mothers (ouch), their sex lives, the Justin Timberlake concert and, of course, some juicy gossip. So, the topic today is female friendship...over rated or under sold? What do you think?