Kim Catrall
Women are known for their networking skills and their diverse range of friends here are the ten catagories that they fit into. Do you recognise a pattern with you circle of friends
1. The steady-eddie
The most reliable and trusted of friends, you are able to do anything with this person, whether that’s going out for a night on the town or hitting the shops.
You will have known them for at least five years (but probably for much longer), their number will be on your speed-dial and more than likely you will be bridesmaids for each other.
2. The shopping buddy
This person has stamina, a good eye for design and a very flexible credit card. You can always rely on them to give you honest feedback when trying clothes on and they trust you to do the same.
You both make an excellent tag team when going into the sales, grabbing things off the rail you know the other person would like. What’s more you know their measurements like your own.
3. The agony aunt
Often one of your older friends – a mother figure who you can talk to about stuff you would never want your mum to know.
They’ve had more life experience than you and they are always willing to talk if you have a problem – just make sure you don’t do it too often or you will be seen as…
4. The crybaby
You let this friend cry on your shoulder once when one of her many relationships ended, now you are the default agony aunt to all their problems.
They ring at the most inconvenient hours, usually either from the loos at work or last thing at night after they’ve had a few too many glasses of wine.
What’s more it is very difficult to get rid of someone when they start blubbering down the phone and even harder to say ‘call me back later’ when they’ve just told you they’ve been dumped.
5. The Samantha
Everyone knows a Samantha. Immortalised by Kim Catrall in Sex and the City, Samantha does anything says anything and is, at the best of times, a loose cannon.
She’s great to go out with in the evenings and you can always expect to have a fun time with her, but she never knows when enough is enough. With her, the time you don’t see each other is just as important as the time you spend together.
6. The Nigella
Are you always the one hosting the dinner parties, or do you just enjoy inviting your friends round to see your new home improvements? If so then you are the Nigella.
You’re the domestic goddess who cooks, cleans and always looks immaculate and boy, do your friends know about it.
We are all a little bit jealous of our Nigella friends – I mean who wouldn’t be, but they can still be relied upon for a fun evening and fantastic cooking.
7. The friend of a friend
You’ve met this person a couple of times and, you’re friends on facebook – other than that there is little else.
You don’t really have anything in common other than a mutual acquaintance and if you by chance bump into each other in the street, the conversation is extremely limited and quite awkward – especially if you’ve forgotten their name!
8. The ‘married with kids’
A married with kids friend is someone who you used to have real fun with until they tied the knot. Now there’s no more nights on the town, all you ever do is ‘coffee at mine on Saturdays’ and conversation is limited to what her kids are up to.
Of course you don’t resent her getting married and starting a family, you just want a bit of your old friend back.
9. The plan B
You would never admit it but everyone has their ‘plan B’ friend ready to fill a gap when a better friend can’t make a night out.
Of course you would never tell someone if they were the reserve friend – but you better have a good set of excuses to hand as to why they were not invited in the first place.
If that has happened to you on more than one occasion with your friend saying ‘we would have asked you earlier but I thought you were busy’, then I’m afraid you are a plan B.
10. The all-seeing-eye
The all-seeing-eye friend is the ultimate queen of gossip. She will know other peoples’ business well before they do and won’t be afraid to hold her tongue.
You go to them when you want the latest scoop however, you are careful of how much of your own news you let them have.
They often give the impression of being loyal to you, but when news starts spreading about you and that guy you met the other night, you know where it has come from.
Survey carried out on behalf of promotionalcodes.org.uk
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