To want a big group of female friends?

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I absolutely love the company of other women and I have female friends who I am close to...but I don't have a big group who are all friends together. So while I have nice lunches and drinks out etc, it's only ever with 1 or 2 friends each time.

I just want a great big screeching group of women. Is that too much to ask?

Bam, I call mine the tribe!

(OMD, do we know each other?!!)

Do you work, OP? I'm naturally solitary and see my (handful of) close friends singly, but I've got more big, raucous, boozy nights out than I've ever had in my life thanks to moving jobs to a much more gregarious team recently. A large group of colleagues could act as a proxy for a large group of friends, perhaps, if you feel the need?

Oh the stories I could tell you Potato well the ones I can remember

Lorelei76 Oooo that would be interesting!!

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I get these dreams without cheese

I also dream of being able to wander into Boots' with a huuuge trolley and buy stuff. It doesn't matter if it is cheaper elsewhere - it the Boots' thing

It was the thing we all wanted to do when we were 14/15 35 years ago

I sometimes echo Henry Higgins in this and wonder why women can't be more like men in groups. It would be nice to just nip out for coffee with the gang and talk about trivia without wondering who's getting on with who or whether there's some kind of subtext going on that's going to make Georgie mortally offended by my innocent comment about the film I watched with Claire the other night. I don't do group friendships. Too much like hard work.

Racerback I'm just back at work after mat leave (part time)....I've had annual leave as well so been off for the best part of 13 months. Obviously not seen my friends as much in that time as I used to do and I think I just need to get back out there a bit.

So your kid's really young. Mat leave can be quite isolating. As he gets older you'll pick up friends through his school.

I dunno, I generally find women who say they can't do friendship groups - the problem is often with them.

More hassle than its worth to me too. I dont really want to feel obliged to go on nights out and hen dos etc and they would be more frequent in a big group

YANBU. It's great.

Go build it!