A few weekends ago, I attended the Arizona Ultimate Women's Expo as
an exhibitor, where I sold and signed my book alongside two other
female authors. As women would pass by the booth and catch a glimpse of
my book's title, it was interesting to watch the reactions, which
ranged from laughter to some funny comment said to the woman they came to the event with to "OMG! That is so true!" to "I have no female
friends." Yes, it was quite a range!
What
surprised me the most was when women would walk up to the booth and
state that they couldn't relate to the book's title because they had no
female friends. I tend to be direct and outgoing, so I simply asked
them why that was so. Answers ranged from: "Females are drama" to
"Females are b$%^&@s" (said in a very matter of fact way) to some other choice curse word about females. Not only
was I surprised by these answers, but I was also sad that these women
haven't had positive experiences, and because of that, they stay away
from other females....very far, far away.
This is
one of the many reasons I wrote this book: to have an open discussion about these
experiences we've all had, and to not let these experiences stop you
from seeking and then having healthy, positive female friendships. It
was clear that a lot of these women at the expo had a story regarding
female friendship; a story most likely negative, and even emotionally
painful, and thus, that is why they reacted the way they did to the
book's title.
