While you may have a lot of facebook friends, what about real friends? 25 percent of women say they have no true confidant. Another 20 percent have just one friend to share their secrets with. That's a lot of women on the edge of social isolation.
Finding people we actually like isn't always easy.
Kellie and Nellie gave up their draining relationships and found a lasting b-f-f with each other.
They connected through a friend-matching website called "girlfriend circles dot com." Shasta Nelson created it after a divorce and moving to a new city.
Research shows women replace half their friends every seven years.
A study out of brigham young university found if you feel disconnected, it's worse for your health than smoking 15 cigarettes a day, twice as harmful as being obese and as damaging as being an alcoholic. And having a deep friendship could improve the chances of your survival by fifty percent.