"I have more guy friends than girl friends. It's just less drama."

The moment we hear these dreaded words slip out of a set of lips—beautiful and empowered, belonging to a daughter of Eve—our eyeballs cannot help but dramatically roll to the back of our heads. We don't deliver this reaction because we're judging one of our sacred sisters, no, but because we know how important girl friends are to other girls.

Before we embark on a beautiful journey of estrogen-filled appreciation and love, let us consider this quote from Zooey Deschanel:

"Girls get competitive, as though there's only one spot in the world for everything—but that's not true. We need to stick together and see there's more to life than pleasing men. It's important not to cut yourself off from female friendships. I think sometimes girls get scared of other girls, but you need each other."

Well, let's just take a second and acknowledge her genius. Beautiful, talented, and brilliant? You go, Zooey. You go. Additionally, Zooey hit the nail on the head when it comes to female relationships. So often, women perceive each other as competition. We size each other up and compare ourselves accordingly. As smart individuals who are incredibly aware of ourselves and our surroundings, women know how toxic this mindset has the potential to become.

Ladies, we know how difficult and emotional our lives can be. We live them every day. We are constantly reminded that our sentiments make us weak, and that we need the assistance of men with any heavy lifting. This being said, we're all in the same boat. We have a mutual understanding of each other.

Any woman with healthy, mutually secure friendships with other women can attest to the fact that these friendships are some of the only things that keep the boat adrift—both individually and collectively.

The best shoulder to cry on is the shoulder of awareness. When we fall apart, and our composure begins to fail, the soft and loving arms of understanding open for us. They have fallen apart in the past, and know how to reconstruct themselves. They listen and recognize that we have the strength to pick ourselves up and move on, but that we sometimes just want a little boost.

Women recognize the importance of being uplifted. We understand that life enables insecurity. We know that after a scarring day, the only cure is a night spent laying on the floor until the wee hours of the morning, complete with a good long cry and a feast of double-stuffed Oreos.

So, girls. Let that stranger in the ladies restroom help you wipe the running mascara off your cheeks. Let her hug you and compliment your eyeliner wings—you worked hard on those. Offer to buy her coffee sometime, even.

Fellow ovaries, if we stick together we could be unstoppable. We are strong, wise, and a lot of fun. It's us against the world, ladies. Let's take the bull by the horns together and make this life ours.