I have a group of 8 friends. We used to work together and it shouldn’t work, but we have been friends for 25 plus years and we go away once a year. 3 are up north (QLD/NSW) and 5 in Sydney. This is exactly our friendship. We all love each other fiercely and in different combinations will talk about the others. We’ve navigated family break ups, births and parents dying. We have each other forever and I feel very fortunate. This year we are losing one of our own and it has hit us all hard. Female friendship is so powerful and so challenging, but incredible.
Absolutely brilliantly written 👏🏼 this take is exactly how so many women I know responded to what they saw in White Lotus, it was so accurate, it was so real, and it was a very refreshing reflection on female friendships
I loved this article, Holly, and the arc of friendship in White Lotus - all so true. Our old friends know us deeply, flaws and all, and will support us through the hard stuff and remind us how to do better at other times. Congrats on the new book - can't wait to read it!!
I really enjoyed this article Holly. I haven’t watched White Lotus series 3 but listened to the Outloud chats about it ( I just finished series 1, I know I’m late to the party).
Your breakdown of the complicated thing called friendship, longterm friendship, is fascinating to see described in words. It’s like we know but don’t know and you just spelt it out here so well. White Lotus seems to have us thinking about this wonderful complexity of friendship.
😉 Ive had friendships that spanned three decades, once we admitted we’ve stayed together simply because we’ve ‘put up’ with one another, but you know they’ll be the first you call when you spot those fab-o shoes on sale…
Brilliant take (like always)
I have a group of 8 friends. We used to work together and it shouldn’t work, but we have been friends for 25 plus years and we go away once a year. 3 are up north (QLD/NSW) and 5 in Sydney. This is exactly our friendship. We all love each other fiercely and in different combinations will talk about the others. We’ve navigated family break ups, births and parents dying. We have each other forever and I feel very fortunate. This year we are losing one of our own and it has hit us all hard. Female friendship is so powerful and so challenging, but incredible.
Yes!
Absolutely brilliantly written 👏🏼 this take is exactly how so many women I know responded to what they saw in White Lotus, it was so accurate, it was so real, and it was a very refreshing reflection on female friendships
I loved this article, Holly, and the arc of friendship in White Lotus - all so true. Our old friends know us deeply, flaws and all, and will support us through the hard stuff and remind us how to do better at other times. Congrats on the new book - can't wait to read it!!
I really enjoyed this article Holly. I haven’t watched White Lotus series 3 but listened to the Outloud chats about it ( I just finished series 1, I know I’m late to the party).
Your breakdown of the complicated thing called friendship, longterm friendship, is fascinating to see described in words. It’s like we know but don’t know and you just spelt it out here so well. White Lotus seems to have us thinking about this wonderful complexity of friendship.
😉 Ive had friendships that spanned three decades, once we admitted we’ve stayed together simply because we’ve ‘put up’ with one another, but you know they’ll be the first you call when you spot those fab-o shoes on sale…