Hey, ladies. I’ve been thinking lately about how we all fall into the lingo of our current times. I’ve noticed us women frequently using the word, “sweet”, to describe our friends.
“My sweet friend.”
My dear, sweet friend.”
I don’t know about you but I don’t hear people talk like this in person much.
Like ever. (Well, at least not to me, so maybe I’m not sweet.)
But I do see it online. A LOT. I’ve done it too, so I am definitely not judging.
I am starting to get a little annoyed at us saying this because sweet really doesn’t describe what us women are to each other, does it?
I look at the close friendships I have cultivated and am continually amazed at the women I am blessed to know so closely. I look around at the wider circle of women I know and am in awe of the awesomeness that is collectively us. And I look at women as a whole and think, “We are seriously the toughest, most amazing human beings.”
And sweet just seems so pale in comparison to the words that truly describe us. Our bodies can grow human beings and then make the milk to feed them, for God’s sake! And high heels! We can dance in them! How is that not the definition of amazing!
Witty. Hilarious. Steely. Kind. Genuine. Thoughtful. Gritty. Tough. Determined. Strong-willed. Fierce. Loving. These are the words I think of when I think of my sweet friends.
So next time you have the urge to thank one of your sweet friends online, try using something with a little more zing behind it instead, like maybe,”My fiercely loyal friend” or “My slightly-neurotic-but-would-raise-my-kids-like-her-own friend”.
Because appreciating each other for who we really are matters. And I’d like to celebrate that.
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