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		<title>Things You Don&#8217;t Even Want to Tell Your BFF</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Best friends talk about everything. There's nothing you have to hide from your biffle. Dirty laundry and everything, your best friend will always be by your side. ...At least that's what we always hear.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=collegecandy.com&#038;blog=860993&#038;post=109403&#038;subd=collegecandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>Best friends talk about everything. There&#8217;s nothing you have to hide from your biffle. Dirty laundry and everything, your best friend will always be by your side.</p>
<p>&#8230;At least that&#8217;s what we always hear.</p>
<p>But there are some things that we just don&#8217;t want to talk about, even with our bestie. Some secrets are best kept bottled up inside, tucked away into a dark corner in our minds and never spoken of again, right? Riiiiight.</p>
<p>So what are these things that we never want to share, you might ask? You know what I&#8217;m talking about. Click through for some reassurance on the secrets that make you squirm just thinking about ever mentioning to your best friend.</p>
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		<title>Friday Faves: The 6 Girlfriends Every Girl Needs to Have</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CC Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think about your group of friends. If it’s anything like mine, you are all very different from one another. And that’s why you love them. We need diversity in our friendships because everyone brings a little somethin’ different to the table and you take a little from every single one. Knowing what every college girl needs in her life, I’ve compiled a list of the 6 friends every girl needs to keep around for the long haul.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=collegecandy.com&#038;blog=860993&#038;post=108154&#038;subd=collegecandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>I think I blinked three times during the entire 147 minute showcase of <em>Sex and the City 2</em>.  I didn’t want to miss a single drool-worthy second of high fashion, I couldn’t stop fathoming how well Aiden had aged and I didn’t want to miss any of Carrie’s one-liner snippets of advice. And while soaking it all in, I noticed something else.</p>
<p>As we all know, each woman in SATC is incredibly different. You’ve got Samantha the sex-fiend, Miranda the serious one, Charlotte the traditionalist, and Carrie the un-traditionalist. They’re opposing forces, but they come together to make something wonderful and long lasting.</p>
<p>Without the extreme diversity of each woman, would the friendships embedded in <em>Sex and the City</em> be as interesting and strong? What if the show was based off of four friends like Samantha? Besides there being lots of ‘she-banging’ would it work?</p>
<p>Nope.</p>
<p>Think about your group of friends. If it’s anything like mine, you are all very different from one another. And that’s why you love them. We need diversity in our friendships because everyone brings a little somethin’ different to the table and you take a little from every single one. Knowing what every college girl needs in her life, I’ve compiled a list of the 6 friends every girl needs to keep around for the long haul:</p>
<p><strong>1. The Motivated Friend</strong><br />
We all need a friend like this when you’ve been sprawled out on your couch watching E! Network all day.  You can spot this friend right away Freshman year of college. She’s the first of your friends involved in clubs on campus.  Sophomore year, she’s become the president of a club. Junior year, she has an awesome internship. Senior year, she’s landed a sweet job before you’ve even graduated. Sure, she’ll probably make you feel a little less than along the way, but she’ll also light a fire under your ass to succeed.</p>
<p><strong>2. The Rock Solid Friend</strong><br />
She’s your BFF. The ‘go-to-gal’ you find to whine to, talk to, cry to, and who will love you and shove a bag of Doritos in your face when you need it most. She’s trustworthy and loyal.  She has so much dirt on your life you could plant a garden of your secrets (sorry, bad analogy).  You went to your first frat party together and shared your last. If all goes well (and she keeps those secrets to herself) she will be winking at you during her bridesmaid speech at your wedding.</p>
<p><span id="more-108154"></span><strong>3. The Party Friend</strong><br />
I also like to refer to this buddy as your wing-woman.  If you’re sitting restlessly in your room craving a night out in the town and all of your other (boring) friends aren’t going out on a Tuesday night, she is your girl. After you shoot her a ‘out tonight?’ T-bomb and wait for the ‘DUH’ response, she will be at your place, donning a mini-dress, in 30 minutes flat. She’s always up for anything, be it shotgunning beers, scoping out dudes, singing karaoke, or whatever other ridiculous ideas (“Let’s jump in the foutntain!”) you come up with as the night unfolds.</p>
<p><strong>4.The Wise Friend</strong><br />
She may not be Buddha, but she knows pretty much everything.  She knows how to cook raw chicken, exactly what to say to the boy in a text message, and how to perfect a seriously beautiful resume. She takes you to the best happy hours, shows you the coolest internship opportunities and knows all about red wine.  She seems well beyond her years as a college student (and sometimes makes you feel like you have the IQ of a toddler), but when she’s dishing out her latest advice, it’s totally OK by you.</p>
<p><strong>5. The Gossip Friend</strong><br />
She’s got the dish on everyone. And you want to know the dish on everyone. Match made in heaven.</p>
<p><strong>6. The Warrior Friend</strong><br />
She will stick up for you in any situation.  She will scream at the bouncer after you got caught sneaking your own flask into the bar. She will never forgive the a-hole who stood you up back in high school. She will get up in anybody’s face for you and has pulled you out of more holes than you can count on one hand. She’ll be there through thick (think: bouncer’s necks) and thin (think: super skinny bitch who stole your man), no matter what.</p>
<p>Wit these six girls, you can get through anything, from the wildest party night to the worst breakup in history.</p>
<p>Which friend are you?</p>
<p>[This story was originally posted by <a href="http://collegecandy.com/author/brittanyuniversityofsaintthomas/">Brittany - University of Saint Thomas</a>.]</p>
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		<title>Real Friends Let Friends Learn from Their Dating Mistakes</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2011/05/09/real-friends-let-friends-learn-from-their-dating-mistakes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 19:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma-Barnard College</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know Shakespeare says love is blind, but he never said anything about our best friends. What about their eyes? They can still see. If we had only been upfront with each other, there would have been no pain, no mistakes, no “WTF” relationships that in retrospect feel like a drunken dream, years lost and Friday nights ruined.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=collegecandy.com&#038;blog=860993&#038;post=78104&#038;subd=collegecandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-101925" title="friends-hanging-out-together copy" src="http://collegecandy.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/friends-hanging-out-together-copy.jpg" alt="" width="331" height="331" />I remember we used the alias “Bert” to talk about my best friend’s 6<sup>th</sup> grade boyfriend “Ben.” We felt like secret agents. She can recount—from my shirt down to my shoes—what I was wearing on the day of my first kiss. She knows because the outfit was hers.</p>
<p>We have known each other for more than half of our lives, which means we have witnessed every awkward haircut and change in screen name, and all the different breaks: the skin breakout, the family breakdown, the bitter breakup, the agonizing heartbreak. She was there to get me tissues when I teared up in class after a run-in with my ex-boyfriend in the hallway. I came to her house with pint of Chunky Monkey after she found out her crush was moving to Missouri.</p>
<p>This winter break, we came together in my parents&#8217; kitchen and laughed over how painful those minor heartbreaks felt at the time, and how silly they seem in retrospect. My ex-boyfriend is still wandering the high school hallways, working on graduating, and her crush in Missouri now plays for the other team.</p>
<p>Acting on a playful indulgence, or maybe something deeper, we recalled and wrote down, one by one, each of our boyfriends and sort-of-boyfriends and barely-boyfriends. There was the impulsive artist who said “I love you” and took it back the next day, the emaciated poet who found someone new in less time than it takes for milk to curdle, the detached engineer who introduced me as his “friend,” the gargantuan football player who had a thing for feet. We relied on each other to fill in lacunae of our romantic memory—the men we tried to forget, the boys we had actually forgotten. The historic exercise took us all the way back to our middle school mini-romances, where things got blurry, and our hair was a lot frizzier.</p>
<p>The last boy on my list was Sam, whom I had a crush on in the 3<sup>rd</sup> grade because of his budding chivalry: he agreed to trade his pizza school lunch for my lifeless PB&amp;J. The next day, he asked for his pizza back, and I cried and told him I had already eaten it.</p>
<p>We looked over our lists, comparing notes. She reminded me to add the Indian guy who told me kissing his ex-girlfriend was like &#8220;kissing my mother.&#8221; She crossed out the boy in 8<sup>th</sup> grade who would only talk to her on his GuitarBoy555 screen name, because neither of us could remember his real name.<span id="more-78104"></span></p>
<p>Needless to say, we noticed some alarming similarities. There were so many a**holes, sleazebags, and dunces. And worse, there were so many blinding red lights, where we should have run—so fast and so far that we never looked back. But we didn’t. We stayed, again and again. How could we have been so stupid as to stay? Or more importantly, how could we have let each other?</p>
<p>I admitted to her then that I always thought her last boyfriend was an idiot, and she told me she always thought mine was a loser. But we loved each other too much to say anything. So we said things like, “I’m happy if you are!” It’s the romantic equivalent of trying on a dress and your friend telling you, “I don’t think I could pull that off, but you totally could!”</p>
<p>I know Shakespeare says love is blind, but he never said anything about our best friends. What about their eyes? They can still see. If we had only been upfront with each other, there would have been no pain, no mistakes, no “WTF” relationships that in retrospect feel like a drunken dream, years lost and Friday nights ruined.</p>
<p>But that’s when we realized; we would never get back that time, and we didn’t want to, either. We needed to learn for ourselves, sometimes more than once. We need to make our own mistakes. “Duh” from a best friend won’t cut it, because the things we wished we had known, we somehow manage to forget again. My best friend knows me better than anyone else, but she doesn’t know me better than I know myself. In the end, it’s my heart, not hers, that’s on the line. I will always value her opinion, but I could never break up with a guy just because she told me to. She would never tell me, either, because it’s up for me to decide.</p>
<p>When we are in bad relationships, we think that we see things no one else can, that no one understands a relationship except the two people in it, that we are the ultimate exception. I remember when a boyfriend from high school and I decided to stay together our freshman year of college, even though our schools were five hours apart. A friend of his mother’s told us, as he poured congratulatory wine into our glasses, “just give it til’ Thanksgiving.” We were outraged. We were different. We could do it. And, in fact, we did make it past Thanksgiving, but not by much. But still, we needed to try it first.</p>
<p>That is where our true friends come in &#8211; not to tell us “I told you so” when we lose the race, or make us give up completely &#8211; but to be there at the side line, no matter what, with water (or a tub of ice-cream) in hand.</p>
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		<title>Single Girl Society: Stand By Your Single Sisters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anjli - University of Texas at Austin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look, I know it’s cheesy but as single ladies, we’re only as good as the girls we surround ourselves with and when one of us is down, we’re all down. Of course it gets frustrating sometimes, watching your formally single and fabulous bestie go from taking names (and numbers) and kicking ass to sullen and sunken into a sofa watching “The Notebook.”<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=collegecandy.com&#038;blog=860993&#038;post=87508&#038;subd=collegecandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p><em>In the last year, it seems as though <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2008/10/14/single-girl-hits-rock-bottom/">being single has been my specialty</a>. While flings and hookups have come and gone (pun intended) and dates have left me with some less than desirable memories, my current single status has remained loyally by my side. I’ve learned a lot in the past year and I’ve discovered that single girls around the world are all in the same fabulous pair of shoes.</em></p>
<p><em> </em><em>So if you’re sick of sitting at a table for one, eating a meal portioned for two, I cordially invite you to join The Single Girl Society, where being single is more than status, it’s a lifestyle. Of course, with everything in life, the single girl lifestyle comes with rules and I’ve picked up quite a few along the way. So kick back, grab a drink and let the lessons I’ve learned serve as your very own roadmap to transitioning to and enduring the single life</em></p>
<p>So it’s been a month and half since you’re best friend got dumped (<a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/04/13/the-5-douchiest-ways-to-dump-someone/">in the douchiest way possible</a>) and she’s still going on and on about how she’s “totally over it even though his new girl looks like a little too much like Shaun White” and you’re not sure how much longer you can stand to hear her relationship woes. We’ve all been there, thinking to ourselves, “Well if you’re so over it, why are we <em>still </em>talking about it?”</p>
<p>The answer is simple. She’s not over it. But you sure as hell are. So what’s a girl to do when her wingwoman’s stuck in a rut?</p>
<p><strong>Lesson 9: Stand By Your Single Sisters</strong></p>
<p>Look, I know it’s cheesy but as single ladies, we’re only as good as the girls we surround ourselves with and when one of us is down, we’re all down.</p>
<p>Of course it gets frustrating sometimes, watching your formally single and fabulous bestie go from taking names (and numbers) and kicking ass to sullen and sunken into a sofa watching “The Notebook” and screaming at Rachel McAdams to “get a job and forget men already!” (True story.)</p>
<p>Sometimes the single life knocks us down and out but as single soldiers, it’s our job to stand by our friends and support them, even if that means having the hear Taylor Swift ballads pump through your apartment on repeat. The post-breakup version of your girlfriend needs you now more than ever because you love her even if her ex didn’t. Right now it’s her in tears but someday it will be you (if it hasn’t happened already).<span id="more-87508"></span></p>
<p>Maybe the “sad and single” act is starting to get old and you’re itching to have those carefree nights out on town with your best friend &#8211; the one who made you laugh so hard you shot tequila out of your nose, <em>not </em>this possessed version who secretly makes you want to slit your wrists – but give it time. Eventually all of your post-breakup spa days and girls’ nights are going to pay off.</p>
<p>The only thing you can do is be there for your girls when they need you. And if you think her wailing “My Heart Will Go On” is a little over the top, then no offense, but get over yourself.</p>
<p>If you’re unsure of whether or not your girlfriend is truly appreciative of the time you put in to help her heal, then just wait til you’re in her shoes (because it’s bound to happen when you’re living the single life) and when she’s there agreeing with you that your ex “never appreciated you anyways,” you’ll know her moping wasn’t in vain.</p>
<p>The single life can be a rough and bumpy road and maybe right now it’s got one of your girlfriends on the bench but who knows – you could be next and it could be worse than what you’re currently going through with your friend. And when that day comes, I promise you, you’re going to want her by your side.</p>
<p>Take the time to tell a girlfriend how much you love or appreciate her today and don’t <em>ever </em>let your own exasperation get in the way of being there for a friend when she needs you the most.</p>
<p>My girlfriends are single, fabulous and most importantly, supportive. Yes, we cry and we break down and we curse the world and all the men in it. But we also dance nights away as they melt into mornings, laugh hysterically over all our <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/06/13/the-morning-after-the-non-date/">dating fails</a> and we lean on each other for everything – the good, the bad, and the heartbroken.</p>
<p>Being single is great but it’s far more fun to be single when you’ve got your sisters surrounding you. Whether they’re on top of the world or feeling a little burned by it, at least they’re by your side and that’s more than the guys you’ll cry over can say.</p>
<p><em><strong>Get the first 8 rules of the Single Girl Society <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/12/03/single-girl-society-first-order-of-business/">right here.</a></strong></em></p>
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		<title>Holiday Gift Guide: For Your BFFs [GALLERY]</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not sure what to get for your BFF, your fave gal pal, the girl who holds your hair back in the bar bathroom after you did that unnecessary tequila shot? Well look no further because we've found the most fun, the most cool, and the most unique gifts out there. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=collegecandy.com&#038;blog=860993&#038;post=80080&#038;subd=collegecandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p><em>The holiday seasons are all about eating too many dips, spending way too much money on frenemy gifts, and watching Elf on repeat. This year we&#8217;re prepared to take the stress and the frustration out of holiday gift giving by giving you the ultimate gift guides to buying the perfect presents for your favorite people (and we&#8217;re splitting into 3 different price ranges so you can choose the gift based on how much you actually like the person!). </em></p>
<p><em>So set this series as your favorite because all week we&#8217;re bringing you the best.</em></p>
<p>Not sure what to get for your BFF, your fave gal pal, the girl who holds your hair back in the bar bathroom after you did that unnecessary tequila shot? Well look no further because we&#8217;ve found the most fun, the most cool, and the most unique gifts out there. Because your best friend, the girl who didn&#8217;t say anything when you made her stay all night listing reasons your ex sucked, deserves nothing but the greatest gifts. <em><span id="more-80080"></span><br />
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<a href='http://collegecandy.com/2010/12/06/holiday-gift-guide-for-your-bffs/417wtbc2okl-_aa260_/' title='Under $20: Global Girlfriend Spring Scarf'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0'data-attachment-id='80089' data-orig-size='260,260' data-image-meta='{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}' width="100" height="100" src="http://collegecandy.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/417wtbc2okl-_aa260_.jpg?w=100&h=100" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Under $20: Global Girlfriend Spring Scarf" title="Under $20: Global Girlfriend Spring Scarf" /></a>
<a href='http://collegecandy.com/2010/12/06/holiday-gift-guide-for-your-bffs/51g1xsfqctl-_bo2204203200_pisitb-sticker-arrow-clicktopright35-76_aa300_sh20_ou01_/' title='Under $20: Lauren Conrad&#039;s Style'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0'data-attachment-id='80091' data-orig-size='191,257' data-image-meta='{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}' width="74" height="100" src="http://collegecandy.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/51g1xsfqctl-_bo2204203200_pisitb-sticker-arrow-clicktopright35-76_aa300_sh20_ou01_.jpg?w=74&h=100" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Under $20: Lauren Conrad&#039;s Style" title="Under $20: Lauren Conrad&#039;s Style" /></a>
<a href='http://collegecandy.com/2010/12/06/holiday-gift-guide-for-your-bffs/flask-pinkleather/' title='Under $20: Pretty Pink Flash'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0'data-attachment-id='80087' data-orig-size='1000,1000' data-image-meta='{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;CYBERSHOT&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1118565290&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}' width="100" height="100" src="http://collegecandy.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/flask-pinkleather.jpg?w=100&h=100" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Under $20: Pretty Pink Flash" title="Under $20: Pretty Pink Flash" /></a>
<a href='http://collegecandy.com/2010/12/06/holiday-gift-guide-for-your-bffs/sharper-image-digital-photo-frame-keychain/' title='Under $50: Sharper Image Digital Photo Frame Keychain'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0'data-attachment-id='81630' data-orig-size='311,339' data-image-meta='{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}' width="91" height="100" src="http://collegecandy.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/sharper-image-digital-photo-frame-keychain.png?w=91&h=100" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Under $50: Sharper Image Digital Photo Frame Keychain" title="Under $50: Sharper Image Digital Photo Frame Keychain" /></a>
<a href='http://collegecandy.com/2010/12/06/holiday-gift-guide-for-your-bffs/51afnacru8l-_sl500_aa300_/' title='Under $50: Gossip Girl Season 3'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0'data-attachment-id='80093' data-orig-size='300,300' data-image-meta='{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}' width="100" height="100" src="http://collegecandy.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/51afnacru8l-_sl500_aa300_.jpg?w=100&h=100" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Under $50: Gossip Girl Season 3" title="Under $50: Gossip Girl Season 3" /></a>
<a href='http://collegecandy.com/2010/12/06/holiday-gift-guide-for-your-bffs/nuvo750/' title='Under $50: Nuvo'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0'data-attachment-id='80095' data-orig-size='240,240' data-image-meta='{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}' width="100" height="100" src="http://collegecandy.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/nuvo750.jpg?w=100&h=100" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Under $50: Nuvo" title="Under $50: Nuvo" /></a>
<a href='http://collegecandy.com/2010/12/06/holiday-gift-guide-for-your-bffs/tasha-twisted-necklace/' title='Under $100: Tasha Twisted Necklace'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0'data-attachment-id='81629' data-orig-size='342,477' data-image-meta='{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}' width="71" height="100" src="http://collegecandy.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/tasha-twisted-necklace.png?w=71&h=100" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Under $100: Tasha Twisted Necklace" title="Under $100: Tasha Twisted Necklace" /></a>
<a href='http://collegecandy.com/2010/12/06/holiday-gift-guide-for-your-bffs/qf024-vry-hollywood-lrg/' title='Under $100: Michael Kors Very Hollywood Perfume'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0'data-attachment-id='80098' data-orig-size='200,200' data-image-meta='{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}' width="100" height="100" src="http://collegecandy.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/qf024-vry-hollywood-lrg.jpg?w=100&h=100" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Under $100: Michael Kors Very Hollywood Perfume" title="Under $100: Michael Kors Very Hollywood Perfume" /></a>
<a href='http://collegecandy.com/2010/12/06/holiday-gift-guide-for-your-bffs/17843350_010_b/' title='Under $100: Urban Outfitters Jewelry Stand'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0'data-attachment-id='80103' data-orig-size='291,431' data-image-meta='{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}' width="67" height="100" src="http://collegecandy.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/17843350_010_b.jpeg?w=67&h=100" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Under $100: Urban Outfitters Jewelry Stand" title="Under $100: Urban Outfitters Jewelry Stand" /></a>

<p><em><strong>Need more ideas? Come back all week for ideas to give everyone on your list (the boyfriend, the parental units, the party girls in your life&#8230;) this year!<br />
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		<title>5 Easy Ways to Be a Good Friend</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2010/11/27/lh-5-easy-ways-to-be-a-good-friend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn - Wagner College</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friends are important. They’re there for you, no matter what. They’re there to make you laugh. They’re there to let you cry. They’re there for &#60;a href=&#34;http://collegecandy.com/2010/10/18/the-8-traits-of-a-great-wingwoman/&#34;&#62;nights out&#60;/a&#62; and nights in and cram sessions and outfit emergencies. They let you rant about boys and books and bars and beer.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=collegecandy.com&#038;blog=860993&#038;post=77520&#038;subd=collegecandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-78436" title="two-friends-hugging copy" src="http://collegecandy.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/two-friends-hugging-copy.jpg" alt="" width="285" height="285" />Friends are important. They’re there for you, no matter what. They’re there to make you laugh. They’re there to let you cry. They’re there for <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/10/18/the-8-traits-of-a-great-wingwoman/">nights out</a> and nights in and cram sessions and outfit emergencies. They let you rant about boys and books and bars and beer.  You can talk for hours and text all night long. And they will never complain. They make your life a little bit easier, and a lot more entertaining.</p>
<p>And its only right that we return the favor, treat them equally awesome in all areas of friendship. But even with the best of intentions, it’s easy to get sidetracked. Life is busy and <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/11/02/the-post-grad-journey-keeping-in-touch/">staying touch is hard</a>. And scheduling time in for her panic attacks as well as your own can get kind of tricky.</p>
<p>Maybe CollegeCandy can make that a little easier?<br />
Here are five easy ways to be a good friend.</p>
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<p><strong> </strong><strong>1. Make time to chat. </strong>Like I said, life is busy. And whether you and your bestie live down the hall or across the country staying in touch is never easy. But if you don’t know what’s going on in her life how will you know when to start in on rules 2-5. Skype or Facebook message. Text or e-mail. Take a coffee break or do dinner. But make time to chat. She’ll appreciate that you care enough to care about her life. <strong> </strong><br />
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<p><strong>2. Listen before you speak.</strong> It’s important to give advice (see rule number 3) but before you do that you need to know what’s going on. Okay fine, so maybe you know that the guy she’s crying over is <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2009/10/20/hey-hey-you-you-i-dont-like-your-boyfriend/">so not worth her tears</a>. But she obviously doesn’t think so. Find out why. Don’t speak over her and don’t give your opinion before she’s given hers. Know the situation, understand where she’s coming from, and then…<strong> </strong><span id="more-77520"></span><br />
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<p><strong>3. Tell the truth. </strong>Now that you know what’s going on, it’s time to talk. Whether she wants to know what you think of the new boy toy or which top to wear to dinner, <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/07/28/is-honesty-the-best-policy-with-your-bff/">be honest</a>. It’s a cliché for a reason. She’ll appreciate your candidness, and she’ll know she can trust you. It’s simple, and to the point. It’s something everyone can do, and something everyone <em>should</em> do. <strong> </strong><br />
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<p><strong>4. Make her laugh. </strong>We all have those days. You know, those days that make you want to curl up in a ball under the covers and never come out. And on those days when we feel like nothing is ever going to get better again, and the easiest thing a friend can do is make you realize that isn’t true. So tell a stupid joke. Or share your own embarrassing story. <a href="http://collegecandy.com/index.php?s=morning+after%3A">Or share one of ours!</a> Make light of the uncomfortable situation. Just make her laugh. It’s a simple and easy way to make her realize things are going to be okay. <strong> </strong><br />
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<p><strong>5. Know when to break out the chocolate. </strong>Or the chocolate martinis. But that’s just semantics. The point is that sometimes a girl needs to wallow. And you need to let her know its okay to do that. Whether she <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2009/07/21/you-ran-into-the-ex-now-what/">broke up with her boyfriend,</a> failed a test, or is <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/10/16/true-story-my-parents-divorced-when-i-was-in-college/">having family problems</a>, breakout the Ben and Jerry’s and head on over. Watch old movies or listen to cheesy music or Facebook stalk all night long. It won’t solve her problems, but it will make her forget about them for a while. <strong></strong></p>
<p>This isn’t the stuff of brain surgeons. It doesn’t require crazy amounts of money, or endless planning. It  just requires cutting a little time out of your week to be there when she needs you to be. Because really, that’s all a good friend is, don’t you think?</p>
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		<title>The Post-Grad Journey: Keeping In Touch</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2010/11/02/the-post-grad-journey-keeping-in-touch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlsie - Hollins University</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[College introduced me to my best friends (who ended up not being my best friends senior year, but oh well), girls that compulsively wore Uggs and North Face jackets to class, stereotypes unknown in high school (<a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/10/26/greek-speak-frat-guys-an-insiders-perspective">hello frat boys</a>), frenemes, coffee buddies, and classroom peers, and a few boys I wish I never met.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=collegecandy.com&#038;blog=860993&#038;post=77564&#038;subd=collegecandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>College introduced me to my best friends (who ended up not being my best friends senior year, but oh well), girls that compulsively wore Uggs and North Face jackets to class, stereotypes unknown in high school (<a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/10/26/greek-speak-frat-guys-an-insiders-perspective">hello frat boys</a>), frenemes, coffee buddies, and classroom peers, and a few boys I wish I never met. Being in a university setting provides students with an ongoing fodder of new people – all from different walks of life. And through these chance meetings, you will meet someone (or many ones) that will truly impact your life.</p>
<p>I certainly did. Looking back on the last four years of my life, a lot of specific friends stick with me, along with a few classes and certain professors. However, one person truly means the most to me and that is my boyfriend of over two years. We met our first year of college (and couldn’t stand each other…), but near the end of our sophomore year, we both realized something was there. From that point on, we were inseparable.</p>
<p>Until now. Now, <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2008/01/28/tips-on-surviving-a-long-distance-relationship/">we’re in a long distance relationship</a> (me in California, him in St. Louis, MO). I never thought I would be one of those long distance kinda girls, but with him, I&#8217;d <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/04/11/5-things-i-wish-i-knew-about-the-ldr/">rather be in a long distance relationship than to not have him in my life</a>. Not only is he my best friend, but he truly is the best boyfriend I could ever ask for. But I’m not going to lie – it’s hard going from being so close to each other to being so far apart (we’re nearly two thousand miles away from each other).</p>
<p><span id="more-77564"></span>While I’m happy to be able to talk to him on the phone and on Skype (and to visit him as much as I can), I realize how special that time in college was. It was so much easier back then. And that goes across the board with all kinds of relationships whether they are romantic or not. I know I’m not the only one struggling with this. College couples are dispersed across the United States, along with college best friends, roommates, and party buddies. I read the status updates all the time ,“Wishing I was in Denver with my boyfriend,” and Twitter updates, “Drinking …wish my college girls were with me.” All of those college relationships that become so much a piece of us are for the most part changed upon graduation. We all throw our cap and gowns, and then it’s like “bye” – sometimes forever.</p>
<p>And I think this is just one of those things that makes being a new post-grad all the more difficult. We’re moving on from college, and in this most difficult transition the people who mean the most to us aren’t here with us. And we need them. So, not only are we adjusting to not having those special people around us, but we are adjusting to everything else – on our own. <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2009/06/16/life-after-college-lonely-in-real-life/">Sometimes it feels lonely and scary</a>, and sometimes it feels bittersweet. Regardless though, it never makes you stop missing the people you spent the last four years or so with.</p>
<p>I know I&#8217;m not the only one feeling this loss so, I’m wondering … how are you <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2007/09/11/making-the-ldr-work/">keeping in touch with your boyfriends</a> (or maybe even your ex-boyfriends), your best friends, your sorority sisters, your lab partner from sophomore year, and anyone else that means the world to you? What are you doing to make it work? To feel a little more connected?</p>
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		<title>The Weekly Ten: Relax After a Stressful Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn - Wagner College</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[October is a busy month. Between midterms and <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/10/25/weve-all-been-there-class-registration/?preview=true&#38;preview_id=76816&#38;preview_nonce=7139ab712f">registration</a>, and finding the perfect Halloween costume, things can get pretty crazy there for a while. But it’s important to remember to take a step back from it all for a while. Relax.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=collegecandy.com&#038;blog=860993&#038;post=77524&#038;subd=collegecandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>October is a busy month. Between midterms and <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/10/25/weve-all-been-there-class-registration/?preview=true&amp;preview_id=76816&amp;preview_nonce=7139ab712f">registration</a>, and finding the perfect Halloween costume, things can get pretty crazy there for a while. But it’s important to remember to take a step back from it all for a while. Relax. Enjoy the little things. Relieve some stress.</p>
<p>Here’s how…</p>
<p><strong>10. Indulge in some junk food. </strong>This probably isn’t the best advice, since eating your feelings isn’t exactly healthy, but chocolate cures all. At least for a little while. So just indulge for a little bit. <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/08/22/intro-to-cooking-dark-chocolate-peanut-butter-cupcakes/">Something sweet</a>, or something salty, or something sweet and salty (chocolate covered pretzels…mmm…). Just a little pick me up. Besides, isn’t dark chocolate good for you anyway?</p>
<p><strong>9. Dance it out. </strong>Yes, I am totally ripping off<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mZWlL68NPk&amp;feature=related"> Grey’s Anatomy </a>here, but the “twisted sisters” know what they’re talking about.  Dancing is an excellent stress reliever and you don’t even have to have any rhythm whatsoever. (Trust me. I would know.) Just enjoy yourself. And <em>relax. </em></p>
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<p><strong>8. Shop. </strong>“You know that thing when you see someone cute and he smiles and your <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/10/04/weekly-ten-crushin/">heart kind of goes like warm butter sliding down hot toast</a>? Well that&#8217;s what it&#8217;s like when I see a store. Only it&#8217;s better.”  Oh Becky Bloomwood, I couldn’t have said it better myself.</p>
<p><strong>7. Get that heart rate up.</strong> “Exercise gives you <em>endorphins</em>. Endorphins make you <em>happy.” </em>–Elle Woods.<strong> </strong>(I apologize for that one but <em>Legally Blonde</em> was on WeTV this week.) <em></em></p>
<p><strong>6. Organize and categorize. </strong> Maybe it’s just me but I’ve always found the process of putting things in order to be extremely calming. Freaking out about a big test? Make a study schedule. Nervous about a date? Plan the perfect outfit. Once you know exactly what you’re doing it will be a lot easier to get it done.</p>
<p><strong>5. Get in some quality BFF time. </strong> Whether you and your friends are staying in with pizza, beer, and bad TV, or heading out in heels, a good old fashioned girls night cures all. Who cares about what’s happening next week when you’re having the time of your life right now? Let loose. Have some fun. Let your friends distract you. Nothing will seem as bad the next day (except maybe that hangover&#8230;).</p>
<p><strong>4. Curl up in bed and watch a movie. </strong>Or you know, have a <em>Gossip Girl </em>marathon. The point is that losing yourself in someone else’s drama will distract you from your own. Whatever you have going on won’t seem nearly as terrible after you’ve seen <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/10/26/gossip-girl-little-j-gives-blair-a-goodbye-kiss-of-death/">Jenny Humphrey’s eye makeup</a>. <strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>3. Laugh. </strong>Search some YouTube videos. Visits <em><a href="http://www.textsfromlastnight.com/">Texts from Last Night</a>. </em>Call up your funniest friend. Look at last weekend’s <a href="http://www.facebook.com/collegecandyfans">Facebook pictures</a>. Just let off some steam and enjoy some absurdity.</p>
<p><strong>2. Catch up with CollegeCandy. </strong> You need some downtime to just breathe and be? Put on your favorite pair of sweats, get comfy, grab your laptop and start reading. Want to feel inspired?<a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/10/13/breast-cancer-isnt-an-older-womens-disease/"> Check out this article.</a> Or maybe you need a good laugh? <a href="http://collegecandy.com/tag/morning-after/">Morning after stories </a>will do that for you.  Or just scroll through the feed and see what you missed.</p>
<p><strong>1. Make a list. </strong>Like I said when I took on this column, list making is my life. It keeps your organized. It makes you feel like you have some semblance of control of everything going on around you. It gives you a focus for just a little while. It makes you feel good when you get to cross something off.  And the results are always entertaining.</p>
<p><em>How about it, ladies? Has this week been as stressful for you as it has for me? What do you do to let off some steam? Let me know in the comments below!</em></p>
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		<title>The 8 Traits of a Great Wingwoman</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brittany - University of Saint Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/08/19/10-most-underrated-things-about-college/">a college world</a> where (<a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/10/15/want-peace-quiet-dont-move-to-a-college-town/">shocker!</a>) people drink and hook-up on a regular basis, it's always a lovely gift in disguise to have a wingwoman by your side who supports you, sets you up for success, and is your personal cheerleader.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=collegecandy.com&#038;blog=860993&#038;post=75964&#038;subd=collegecandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>In <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/08/19/10-most-underrated-things-about-college/">a college world</a> where (<a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/10/15/want-peace-quiet-dont-move-to-a-college-town/">shocker!</a>) people drink and hook-up on a regular basis, it&#8217;s always a lovely gift in disguise to have a wingwoman by your side who supports you, sets you up for success, and is your personal cheerleader.</p>
<p>In high school, your wingwoman would accompany you to the bathroom during lunch, share the other half of cheesy bread with you, and wait by your locker when your boyfriend left early for the skate park.</p>
<p>In Hollywood, a wing woman is there to support her celebrity counterparts after a whirlwind of relationship blunders and public break ups.  (Look at <a href="http://www.popeater.com/2010/10/17/courteney-cox-jennifer-aniston/">Team Cox-Aniston</a> for example.  I can see their wingwoman relationship sprouting from the rich dirt of Hollywood and making headlines already.  Thanks to the fresh divorce of Cox and Arquette. <em>Friends</em> fans rejoice!)</p>
<p>In college, your wingwoman plays a much more integral role. She&#8217;s an important element to your development as a young woman so you can get all of that partying and sexing out of your system.</p>
<p><a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/01/27/five-reasons-why-wingwomen-are-the-future/">Here&#8217;s how a perfect wingwoman is built in college world</a>:<span id="more-75964"></span></p>
<p><strong>1. She will talk to ANYBODY</strong>.<br />
This is essential. You want a woman who isn&#8217;t afraid to spark up a fun, outgoing conversation with any average Joe.  You don&#8217;t want a wet blanket who stands in the corner and bites her straws in half and pouts about how loud the music is. How are you supposed to get anywhere stirring the ice cubes in your drink and trying to cheer up a wah-wah friend?<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>2. <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2009/01/11/are-you-an-annoying-drunk/">She is so drunk and inappropriate</a> you always look better</strong>.<br />
When you have a wingwoman who pounds more rail drinks than you, you can always count on her to make you look more put together and in control to passersby. Especially when she starts screaming about how much she loves the new Pink song and grinding against the wall when it blares from the DJ&#8217;s perch.  You can just laugh lightly and wink at your boy toy, then hit up the dance floor and make him <em>want it. </em>He will be grateful he nabbed the &#8220;sober one.&#8221;<strong><br />
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<p><strong>3. She knows when to walk away</strong>.<br />
When you&#8217;re sweet talking your potential sweetheart, your wingwoman will know when to exit the scene and look for something else to sniff around.  Nothing will ruin a moment more than a wingwoman who will bust into your convo with slurred quotes from <em>The Office</em> and googly eyes.<strong><br />
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<p><strong>4. She&#8217;s willing to take one for the team</strong>.<br />
If it&#8217;s time for her to politely bow out of the evening at 2AM and take a taxi home to re-runs of<em> Modern Family</em> and burnt nachos, then so be it.  She should be ready and willing to end her night, even if yours is just beginning. <strong><br />
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<p><strong>5. She hooks up with your hook up&#8217;s roommate&#8230;so you always stick together</strong>.<br />
If the opportunity arises, your wingwoman should dabble in your future hook-up&#8217;s <em>roommate. </em>Therefore, you guys can save another taxi charge when you wake up in the morning to bail out of your situation together.  Nothing is better than fried eggs and coffee with your wingwoman while discussing how you guys were so attached at the hip it was almost kinky.<strong><br />
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<p><strong>6. She makes sure you&#8217;re safe but doesn&#8217;t prevent you from getting yours</strong><a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/08/27/friends-dont-let-friends-hook-up-drunk/">.<br />
A great wingwoman will always make sure you are making the right decision</a>.  And should a not-so-desirable situation arise (only after she <em>knows </em>you will regret it), she will invite you for your fourth meal at Taco Bell so you have an excuse not to go back Homely John&#8217;s dorm room.  With a fab wingwoman, you will never find yourself stuck in a sticky situation with someone <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/08/19/beer-goggles-explained/">you would have never wanted when you could see straight</a>. <strong><br />
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<p><strong>7. She grinds with you on the dance floor when you&#8217;re craving attention</strong>.<br />
As superficial as it sounds, everybody enjoys a nice enough wingwoman to accompany your totally rad lawn mower dance move on the dance floor.  She will be by your side in an instant if you crave the eyes of the cutie by the bar, so you can pop, lock, and, drop it in unison.  <strong><br />
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<p><strong>8. She will look hot, but not hotter than you</strong>.<br />
What would a great wing woman be if everyone was looking at her cleavage instead of yours?<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>No one wants a <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/10/15/jersey-shore-the-decline-of-the-scumtuation/">Situation situation</a>. What do you look for in a wingwoman?</em><br />
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		<title>Surviving Senior Year: Separation Anxiety</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn - Wagner College</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday night I had dinner with a friend. We went to the same college, but she graduated last year, so I haven’t seen as much of her as I used to. But when we finally had the chance to hang out and catch up, it reminded of how much I missed her, how much I missed having her around. It made me stop and think about what would happen next year,<a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/09/27/lh-surviving-senior-year-the-balancing-act/"> after I’ve graduated</a>.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=collegecandy.com&#038;blog=860993&#038;post=74940&#038;subd=collegecandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="size-full wp-image-75042 alignright" title="girlfriends" src="http://collegecandy.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/girlfriends.jpg" alt="" width="323" height="323" />On Thursday night I had dinner with a friend. We went to the same college, but she graduated last year, so I haven’t seen as much of her as I used to. But when we finally had the chance to hang out and catch up, it reminded of how much I missed her, how much I missed having her around. It made me stop and think about what would happen next year,<a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/09/27/lh-surviving-senior-year-the-balancing-act/"> after I’ve graduated</a>.</p>
<p>It wouldn’t just be one friend that it would be hard to meet up with, <em>it would be all of my friends</em>.</p>
<p><a href="http://collegecandy.com/2009/11/08/i-love-college-i-hate-school/">College isn’t just about the classes</a>. We’re here for four years. We make lives for ourselves. The people we spend our days with, eat lunch with, sit in class with, they become family. And next year that family will be scattered across the country. <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2009/09/08/life-after-college-its-good-to-be-home/">People move back home</a>. <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/06/29/the-post-grad-journey-adulthood-decision-making-101/">People go to grad school</a>. They make plans and they move on. And that’s what they’re supposed to do. That’s what they are in the process of doing. It’s what <em>I’m</em> in the process of doing.</p>
<p>But sometimes, we put so much emphasis on getting there, that we don’t stop and think about what will happen when we <em>are</em> there.</p>
<p>Relationships of all kinds are about convenience. It’s easy to stay friends with someone when you see them every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:40-11:10. It’s even easier to stay friends with someone when they live down the hall from you, eat dinner with you, take all the same classes as you. These people are a part of your life. They part of my life. Will they still be a year from now, ten years from now?<span id="more-74940"></span></p>
<p>I know what you’re thinking: you’ll still be friends with the people that really matter. That’s what I’m thinking too. <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/06/02/senior-files-the-ldbffr/">I’ll stay in touch with the people I care about</a>. If both people make an effort, there’s no reason why two friends can’t stay in touch even when they barely see each other. Facebook and Twitter, texting and BBMing, and instant messaging and e-mailing <a href="http://collegecandy.com/2009/06/08/gradvice-your-post-grad-bffs/">have all made that possible</a>. But think back a few years, back to the last time you graduated. Are you still friends with all those people you were hugging in your high school prom pictures?</p>
<p>I had a big group of friends in high school, but after we graduated, separated, became interested in different things, those friendships changed. I’m still in touch with some of them, but I’ve completely lost touch with others. It’s expected. It makes sense. Still, I can’t help but feel a twinge of disappointment every time I think about these people no longer being a part of my everyday life.</p>
<p>These are the friendships I’ll try to preserve. There will be late night phone calls, commenting wars, gatherings that will make up for lost time. We won’t see each other every day &#8211; it won’t be like it always was &#8211; but we’ll still be friends. I&#8217;ll make sure of it. There will be other people, though, that I won’t stay in touch with, and neither will you.  That guy in your psych class? The girl you share notes with in calculus? Those people you see every Dollar Pitcher night at the bar? You may not make plans with them or even have their numbers, but they are still there, in your life, every day.</p>
<p>But they won’t be for much longer</p>
<p><a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/09/30/top-10-ways-to-take-advantage-of-your-senior-year/">Senior year</a>, I’m realizing, is all about the changes. As I take the necessary steps to make those changes, I can’t help but look back and think, why exactly do things <em>have</em> to change? Why can&#8217;t we just stay here forever?</p>
<p>But maybe I’m just being sentimental&#8230; or overdramatic. (I’ve been told I have a tendency to do that.) Or maybe it&#8217;s PMS?</p>
<p><em>What do you think, College Candy readers? Are friendships all about convenience? Will I stay in touch with my college friends? Or will my friendships start to dwindle as the distance between us increases? Does it matter?</em></p>
<p><strong>Freaking out? Not ready to graduate? Let one of our resident post-grad&#8217;s give you a <a href="http://collegecandy.com/index.php?s=gradvice%3A">little real world (gr)advice.</a><em><br />
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