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Are some women really this close???

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Writerwannabe83 · 02/11/2013 17:01

I'm watching an episode of SATC and I just nearly spat my tea out in shock when Samantha) went into the bathroom with Carrie to help her remove her diaphragm which was stuck Shock

Now I know some female friends can be really close, and I know that SATC isn't real life....but seriously.....are there women out there who are genuinely this close to their friends???

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80sMum · 02/11/2013 17:57

Are women ever really that close? Not in my experience, no. But I have led quite a sheltered life!

UnicornsNotRiddenByGrownUps · 02/11/2013 17:58

SATC is bollocks but yes I would help a friend in this position.

WeAreEternal · 02/11/2013 22:37

Come to think of it there have been a few incidents that have 'never been discussed again'.

The thing is with my best friend I know she is going to be my best friend for the rest of my life, we are mid 30's now and have been best friends since our late teens. I trust her with my life, DS's life and all of my secrets, she knows more than DP or anyone else, and she would say the same about me.
If I believed it soulmates and all that nonsense I would say she is probably mine.
She is my person, and to quote greys anatomy, if she called me at 3am because she killed someone, I'd get out of bed to go and help her get rid of the body, no question.

So yes, to answer the original question, yes there are friendships like that.
We just never discuss that kind of incident and pretend it didn't happen.

5madthings · 02/11/2013 22:42

Well I have a very close friend who I would help out if necessary, but I have seen her give birth and she has seen me give birth. If on a night out we will share a toilet cubicle and have no qualms seeing each other naked etc.

So yes women can be that close.

JustAnotherFucker · 02/11/2013 22:52

I have quite a number of friends who I would consider close enough to ask if necessary friend floozy

I have inspected both piles, and a cyst on a vulva

murasaki · 02/11/2013 22:55

I finally fessed up to my best mate that I was a bit worried about a lump in that area - she checked it out (we were completely bladdered, or i wouldn't have had the nerve), made me an appointment at the clinic for the next day, knowing I'm a wuss), and came with me to make me go.

Turns out it was just a cyst, and she still jokingly refers to 'that time I felt your fanny'. Cowbag. I luffs her. For stopping me worrying.

But she could try to forget the entire incident, as I try to , that would be real friendship right there Grin

littlepeas · 02/11/2013 22:59

I have removed a passed out drunk friend's tampon. I'd rather do this than her get toxic shock syndrome!

Bigfingers · 02/11/2013 23:04

I can honestly say I have never been close enough to any of my friends to let them anywhere near my fanny though I may have experimentally snogged one at uni

Lighthousekeeping · 02/11/2013 23:09

My friend is a beautician and gives her mates Hollywood waxes including the bum hole. I don't see the problem.

I liked SATC. Not so much now though but certainly at the time.

CailinDana · 02/11/2013 23:17

I would for my sister and she would for me.

Tiptops · 03/11/2013 01:31

Same as Cailin, I would do that for my sister and vice versa.

MimsyBorogroves · 03/11/2013 01:42

I've been in the loo whilst a (not close) friend had a wee and hoiked her half naked self out of the empty bath she climbed into on her way there and I've showed a friend my (now ex) VCH but I don't think I'd ask someone to have a rummage inside of me for any reason.

I'd probably do it for someone else if needed, but I would be too uncomfortable the other way round.

Though mind you, I have had a couple of male friends with benefits before so why I'd be so weirded out by a good friend doing that is probably nonsensical. I think. Maybe.

I've had a leetle bit too much to drink tonight

Caitlin17 · 03/11/2013 02:01

A round of applause for the women who looked after the drunk girl. I'm really impressed.

Tigerbomb · 03/11/2013 02:04

no fecking way

Not even my DH and he has never seen me weeing either, nor I, him.

Caitlin17 · 03/11/2013 02:04

And one for littlepeas as well

VestaCurry · 03/11/2013 02:05

My sister and I are very close and have helped each other in various ways when needed.

APartridgeAmongThePigeons · 03/11/2013 02:11

^A friend's 40th do earlier this year....lots of people attend who've never met before. One girl gets outrageously drunk, collapses in club toilet & has to be carried back to hotel by several others who, not wishing to alarm birthday girl, do so covertly. Back in hotel room she starts being sick so others (who have never met this girl before) carry her to bathroom. She then says she needs a poo.
They sit her on toilet, she's pooing, still puking so they can't leave her alone. Then they notice blood & manage to work out she's on her period & needs her tampon changing.
One of the girls has to do this for her before they stick her in the shower & wash her down.^

God that's grim. I would not do that for a stranger, I'd be horrified she ruined everyone's night tbh by not controlling herself. I'd put her in recovery position and probably watch her but I am just not kind enough to go further than that. Really it's not clever to touch anyone's vagina while they aren't sober enough to consent anyway. Even if trying to help. She could have been very upset to have been touched the next day. I'd be horrified that a stranger had been in there and would prefer to be left to it.

If a friend had a personal fanjo related problem, I'd probably whine for them to see a doctor but would of course do whatever needed if I had to.

squoosh · 03/11/2013 02:23

I'd have put her in the recovery position too and nothing else, no way I'd be replacing tampons on someone who was comatose, or wiping their bum.

Mrsmindcontrol · 03/11/2013 08:34

Really? You guys would have left her in the recovery position while she was puking & shitting herself? And then presumably toddled off to bed, happy in the knowledge you'd done all you were comfortable with.
Wow. Nice.

As has been said above, there's no way the woman in question should've been that drunk but these things happen & I'm glad my friends were there to help her out rather than someone who felt their responsibilities ended at the most basic of care.

Thewalkingdeadkr · 03/11/2013 08:41

I wax my male friends arse! Does that count?
Absolutely wouldn't go near my friends vagina though, revolting.

CrohnicallyTired · 03/11/2013 08:47

I'd have gone through her phone, looking for ICE (in case of emergency) or a family member and called them.

In fact, that's what our best man did at our wedding when one of our guests had too much to drink.

Morloth · 03/11/2013 08:47

I actually think what your friends did was really inappropriate.

Recovery position and call for medical help if it is that bad.

No to touching unconsenting people's genitals and showering them.

That is pretty bizarre behaviour.

Mumraathenoisylion · 03/11/2013 08:52

Hell no, I would never do that for a friend or have anyone other than a medical professional do it for me.

But I used to wear a tutu on the streets of London....and I've still got it and will wear it again as soon as I've lost this bloody baby weight.

And I've bought louboutins to cheer myself up.

Mrsmindcontrol · 03/11/2013 08:53

I don't think she was actually unconscious. She was awake enough to answer questions but not enough to carry out basic self care. I don't agree that they did the wrong thing at all.
And they were in a city approximately 70 miles from home so calling a family member wasn't an appropriate solution.

SarahAndFuck · 03/11/2013 08:53

I would help a friend with the diaphragm problem if asked, although it wouldn't be something I'd want to reminisce about later.

I'd have helped the drunk girl as well, including with removing the tampon but would have then found her a sanitary towel rather than replaced the tampon with a new one.