help me, what makes female friendships tick.

[ItsInTheSand]

I am 40 and I still don't get the whole female friendship thing and it's impacting on my children.

Meeting for coffee, texting about tv shows, play dates, bbqs...

What are the rules and what does and does n't work. I seem to misjudge the situation over and over again, tips needed to cope and pass on examples of best practise to kids.

I hope so! He's only 2.5 but doesn't have the best social skills.

Oh I remember having a couple of very dull sessions with a neighbour's little boy at that age. We joked about the fact they were so not bothered about each other. We tried again aged 4 and it was similar , we'd moved locally so they never met up on the street; now at 7 I find they have a whale of a time together. (They met up again in school and are good friends.)