being a good friend
Be brutally honest with yourself about how long things take. Sure, under the best of circumstances, a certain drive takes 20 minutes. But how often do the best of circumstances occur? There is almost always a traffic jam on that route and then finding parking takes another 15 minutes. In your calendar, leave yourself plenty of time to get places.
Maybe it’s my age, the time of year, the alignment of the stars, or the hormones in my new birth control, but I’ve been doing a bit of a friends cleansing lately. I’m certainly not formally breaking up with friends but, I’m purposefully giving them less of my time and consciously making more time for […]
This one is just a sin, really. When flaky people do this, they aren’t innocent or clueless: they’re spineless. Flaky people will just completely go MIA, stop responding to texts, and not show up for a plan you made. Then hours or days later text you with a long explanation.
You may think you have a general understanding of Girl Code, but there are a couple of new rules you may need to brush up on.