Help Female Friends

YoyoPeaches · 2025-10-29T15:50:27+00:00

The ones who try to one up you, are not your friends.

They see you as completion and are filled with jealousy.

Sometimes women stick around to watch & copy those around them. She’s rude to you because she’s insecure with herself. You aren’t attracting the wrong type of friend - It’s just genuinely hard to make friendships with women.

From a 31F. What i’ve learned is that it’s better to be lonely than have these types around. Another thing to consider is quality over quantity when it comes to friends.

I’m sorry that you’re experiencing this

TheFeminineFrame · 2025-10-29T16:09:36+00:00

Sounds like your "friend" still has high school maturity.

You say that this is a frequent experience for you. A couple of things to keep in mind:

Incremental reciprocation doesn't have to apply only to romantic relationships. If you keep pouring into a friendship and getting negativity like this in return then maybe this person isn't a good match for you. When you keep giving your positivity, energy, help, effort, etc and its not being returned then back off. In the case of a person who is repeatedly directly negative like in your post and if she doesn't apologize and change her behavior, you can let that person go. If the "friend" just isn't returing the same energy or effort, consider that they just might not be in a place for a deeper friendship. Keep the door open but back off your efforts and let them be in a friend you occassionally see rather than trying to force them into a best friend box.

Are you desperate? Just like in dating, if you are desperate you can attract people who seek to prey on that loneliness. That desperation is a beacon to people like the one in your post who will leech off your self-esteem to raise themselves up. Again, if someone is constantly negative, a perpetual victim, or actively seeks to drag you down, its ok to distance yourself from that person. Reflect on if there is any self-work you need to do with self-esteem, developing a postive energy, etc.

Seek friendships in new places. I don't know where you are meeting these people but pick up a new hobby or something that is completely seperated from these women you have already run into.

Remember, there are different levels of friendship. Acquaintances, friends you see occassionally, regular friends, close friends. If someone tries to break into a higher level of friendship with you and you aren't comfortable you can set boundaries.

Nerdslayer2 · 2025-10-29T16:37:07+00:00

Women compete with each other covertly, and sometimes that means befriending a woman who is a threat in order to tear them down. The vast majority of the time this is subconscious behavior. There are some posts and videos about this. Couldn't find exactly what I'm looking for but this is related:

https://www.reddit.com/r/psychologyofsex/comments/1n4xiki/intrasexual_competition_for_resources_is_fiercer/

Weird-Pension8356 · 2025-10-29T19:24:08+00:00

Just recently there was a post here about woman-to-woman dynamics from a RPW perspective, how to make female friends. I really wanted to watch that video actually but it seems the post is gone (I can't find it anyways) anyone remember what it was called? Might be helpful

AutoModerator · 2025-10-29T15:35:38+00:00

Title: Help Female Friends

Author Existing-Work9399

Full text: Hey everyone, I (F22) usually keep my circle of friends really small. I’ve always wanted to have a close group of girlfriends, the kind you can go out to eat with, hang out comfortably, and genuinely support each other. But lately, I’ve been noticing a pattern that’s been bothering me.

A lot of the women I’ve met seem to turn things into a competition or act like they need to “one-up” me. Some even get weirdly possessive, like they want to be a bigger priority in my life than my boyfriend.

For example, one of my newer friends and I were getting ready for a football game recently and we both looked great. I love giving compliments because they’re free and they make people feel good, so I told her she looked amazing. But she kept asking me how she looked again and again, clearly needing reassurance, and never once returned the compliment.

There have also been moments where she’s made backhanded comments about my body. We both care about fitness, but I wasn’t blessed with a curvier figure, and she once joked that my butt probably “sounds like cardboard” when I’m intimate with my boyfriend. I had to stop her and tell her that wasn’t okay. I felt like she wanted me to be insecure about my body?

This kind of thing keeps happening in different forms, and I’m starting to wonder if I’m just attracting the wrong people or missing red flags early on. I don’t want to be paranoid, but I also don’t want to keep pouring into one sided friendships where I’m the only one being supportive.

Has anyone else experienced this? How do you find genuine, kind hearted female friends as an adult without all the hidden competition or weird energy?

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Title	Help Female Friends
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