And spending time with them is therapeutic. But these are also relationships that sustain us. And when life throws lemons at you, you gather your girlfriends and make lemonade with it! Female friendships are often complex and misunderstood in the most absurd terms. What with having to balance between life at home and life on the professional front, topped by a number of complicated relationships and responsibilities while our hormones wreak havoc with our emotions, being a woman is-*sigh* tough.