#SquadGoals
Every woman needs a circle of friends; the ladies and lads who lift you up when you’re down, join you on the dance-floor when you’re busting a move and screen-grab your worst Snapchats for future bribery purposes. Here are 13 of the finest that every woman has in her life.
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The Enabler
Thinking about buying that top, booking that holiday or having a second dessert? This is the friend you need to talk to. She’ll happily help you justify every single last luxury – because you’re worth it.
The Proximity Friend
Usually a friend from childhood that you didn’t really have anything in common with, but whom you lived next door to so you became friends by default and somehow it stuck. It’s always good to have a pal you can climb in a window to and feel like you’re starring in your very own Dawson’s Creek.
The Sibling Friend
You might have ten siblings, but there’s always one you’re just that little bit closer to. The blood relative that you can share everything with… but still pull their hair if they’re getting a bit too sassy. Your other friends might not take too kindly to that.
The “We’re Just Friends” Lad
There’s a spark. There’s something there and you both know it, but you deny, deny, deny if anyone else every even suggests such a notion. There may have been a sneaky shift back in 2007 that you never talk about and no one else knows about.
The REAL “We’re Just Friends” Lad
Of course, men and women CAN actually be friends without anything else going on, but try telling everyone else. The actual “he’s like my brother” friend is the one all of your other pals are likely to give you the worst ribbing over. If only they knew.
The Backhander
One of the bad ones in the bunch, unfortunately. We all have one pal who manages to give you a “compliment” that leaves you feeling like a wreck. Oh my new haircut does wonders for my big forehead? Gee, thanks for that. *Cries*
The Work Friend
When the office slog is all too real, you need a team mate beside you to gossip with at the water-cooler, hover over the kettle with and generally pass the day alongside. A workplace pal with a sunny disposition is a gift worth its weight in gold. Hold on to this one.
The Hide-Nothing Friend
This one comes without a filter. She’ll tell you every last detail of her sex life, her health conditions and her bank balance – without stopping to take a beat. Privacy, what privacy?! She has stories to tell and she doesn’t care who knows.
The Invisible Friend
Not exactly as it sounds. This is the pal who you rarely see but absolutely adore and respect. So much so that you mention them often in other company… but no one has ever met them. Fight the urge to scream: “She’s REAL!” – it just makes matters worse.
The Ditches her Sisters
Ghosting is this lady’s speciality. She’s all about you when she’s a single pringle, but once there’s a man on the scene you won’t see her for dust. Behaviour such as this is likely to bring out your inner Hulk…
The Christmas Friend
Every single year: the same scene. You meet in the local, warmly embrace and catch-up rapid-fire style over a couple of pints. You swear blindly that you will definitely meet up more often this year. That’s the last you’ll see of them until next Christmas.
The Activity Friend
The guy or girl you met through Tag rugby, an amateur musical production or your stint at an evening pottery class. You may always end up talking about the same thing, but your shared love of Les Mis is enough to keep you going.
The Troublemaker
You know the one. Trouble is her middle name – Taylor Swift could have written a song about her. It’s not that she means to be trouble, per say, it just seems to follow her wherever she goes. If ever you end up in jail, it’s likely that you’ll find yourself in a cell beside this one. But she’s always a lot of fun in the process…
