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5 min read“I was like, wow, I am so different from them. But then I took a step back and I was like, wait, I'm the different one.” That realization hit Jean during a bachelorette weekend where she was the only single, childless woman in a group of married mothers. It is one of several moments in this episode of Tiger Sisters where the hosts, Cherie and Jean, use their own recent girls’ trips as a springboard to examine what female friendships actually look like in your thirties — when life stages diverge, when you are surrounded by women you love but no longer fully recognize yourself among them, and when the question becomes not just who your friends are, but who you are around them.
Two bachelorettes, two different mirrors
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Ad Break: Google Chrome & Botox** - Pre-roll advertisements for Google Chrome and Botox for chronic migraine.
- 2 (01:26) **Episode Introduction: The Beauty and Complexity of Female Friendships** - The hosts introduce the topic of female friendships, framing them as some of the most important and longest-lasting relationships in life.
- 3 (03:53) **Story Time: Bachelorette Weekend Takeaways - Finding Your Tribe** - Cherie shares her main takeaways from a recent bachelorette weekend in Vermont, focusing on the importance of finding people who match your current life vibe.
- 4 (10:15) **Jean's Bachelorette Takeaways: Holiday vs. Vacation** - Jean shares her takeaways from two consecutive girls' trips, introducing a personal distinction between a "vacation" (go, go, go) and a "holiday" (restorative and slow).
- 5 (20:24) **The Power of Extended Time: Friends Dreaming Big for You** - Jean shares a heartwarming takeaway about the unique depth that comes from spending multiple consecutive days with friends.
- 6 (23:27) **Friendship Style: A Few Deep vs. Many Casual** - Cherie shares a realization from therapy that she is a person with a few very close, deeply loyal friendships rather than a large social circle.
- 7 (25:18) **The Bittersweet Feeling of "Otherness" in a Different Life Stage** - Jean shares a bittersweet takeaway from the Maine bachelorette, where she was the only single woman without children among a group of married mothers.
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Show Notes
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Some of the most important relationships in our lives aren’t romantic…they're our friendships. The friends who see us through career changes, breakups, marriages, divorces, moves, reinventions, and all the versions along the way. Today we’re kicking off a multi-part series on friendship, beginning first with the complex world of female friendships.
Tune in for lessons on:
✅ How to find the friends who genuinely match your personality and values
✅ What girls’ trips can teach us about our friends (and ourselves)
✅ How friendships change when people enter different stages of life
✅ Our Friendship Audit: the questions to ask yourself about the relationships in your life
✅ How to think about what you could do to become a better friend
And this is only Part 1! Next week, we’re diving into the other side of friendship: friendship breakups: why they happen, why they hurt, and how to move forward. Stay tuned!
00:00: Cold Open
00:53: Agenda for the episode
02:35: Bachelorette Takeaways: Finding Your Tribe
11:00: Girls Trips: Vacation vs. Holiday
17:42: How girls trips can deepen friendships
21:13: Few close friends vs. big friend groups
24:15: Being in different life stages than your friends
27:53: Sister dynamics & friendship
30:51: The Friendship Audit
35:20: Can friendships survive different seasons of life?
36:12: How can you be a better friend?
37:48: Closing thoughts
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