Recent Survey on Women

I came across this article, which I found very interesting:
Do Female Friends Trump Romantic Relationships?

An excerpt from the article:
"In honor of National Women's Friendship Month, which is observed during September, Skout, the leading global social network for meeting new people, recently conducted a survey among women to uncover the latest trends and habits around women's friendship in today's digital society. Skout, which helps its users expand their social circles, made more than 500 million connections among its users in 2013.

More than 3,800 women who use Skout participated in the National Women's Friendship Month survey. Key findings include: 

• The Internet is changing how we meet close friends.  83% of women say they have a good friend who they have met online but never in-person.

• Friends from childhood will always be special.  62% of women surveyed say one of their closest friends is someone they met as a child.

• Friends trump romance.  55% of women say their relationship with a best friend is more important than one with a romantic partner.

• Mobile devices and the Internet are key to staying in touch with close friends.  88% of women say they communicate with their close friends several times per week (in fact, 53% do so every day!).  68% of women say they primarily use their mobile phones or the Internet to communicate with close friends."

What do you think of the findings?  Do you agree or disagree?

Click on the link above to see the rest of the findings.

More Friendship Articles To Share!

Are you unhappy with a friendship, but unsure how to end it?  Would you like to start a business with your friend, but feel hesitant about it?  Do you not approve of or get along with your friend's fiancé and struggle with what to do?  Lucky for you, there's solutions to these tricky situations!  Check out these friendship articles I was interviewed for:

5 Signs You Should End A Friendship by Danielle Page

How to Start a Business With Your Friend - and Stay Friends by Natasha Burton

Should You "Speak Now" About Your Friend's Fiancé? by Danielle Page

Enjoy!

Why We Love Our BFFs

I came across this article called 9 Things A Girl's Female Friends Are Best At by Katie Heaney and Arianna Rebolini.  The article includes some great reasons as to why we adore our best gal pals.

Reason #8 from the article:
"Delivering the brutal truth.

There’s a specific kind of tough love that a woman gets only from her female friends, maybe because there’s no inclination for any woman to go easy on another just because they’re women. This isn’t to say that all guys treat women like delicate flowers! (Sometimes they treat women like flowers who are really smart and strong, for flowers.) But it’s your girlfriends who understand what it’s like to be a woman trying to get ahead — in your education, career, relationship, life — and they’re the ones who can give you the constructive, respectful, and, at times, painfully honest criticism to help you get there. Theirs is often the only criticism you care about, anyway."

Do you agree with the reasons?  Would you add any other ones?