I miss girlfriends

So Boston is great. I'm having a nice time (should be in the lab today, but I'm sitting at home in my pajamas instead). My work is good and I have nice friends. There are two things that are a bit odd.

My friends don't mingle at all. I was used to being the organiser with my friends and hosting dinners and having people over for cards and organising dinners out and brunches out and getting people together. I didn't do it all the time by any means, but I definately hosted more than my "share". Now? I rarely organise or suggest events. I just accept invites. When I do suggest something, it is usually with just one person. This means that I have about 4 sets of friends that I see pretty regularily, but those friends rarely see one another and some have never met.

Most of my friends are guys. It's the nature of my job. I work in a lab with 15 people. There are two other women. One is the secretary. (there are also some undergrads. I forgot those). Most of the people I meet are scientists and engineers and most have PhDs. I miss having some girlfriends to giggle with. I'm close to my guy friends, but I avoid being super open because I don't feel that the level of intimacy is really such a good idea for opposite sex friendships. I already suspect that a couple of the guys I hang out with may have a minor crush on me (insert comment from Zombie about my rack here), so I want to avoid any misunderstandings. Anyhow, I miss my girlfriends. I miss being able to talk about stuff and to complain about Mr. Bob.

I was thinking about this last night at T-giving dinner. The guest list was 6 women and 2 guys and it was ages since I had being in that sort of room. It was a tonne of fun and much giggling.

Tell me about your friends.