13 Female Friendships That Embody Galentine's Day
Elizabeth Harlow
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It's the sixth anniversary of Leslie Knope introducing Galentine's Day into our lives, and it's falling on a Saturday this year, which means extended brunch! So heat up your waffle irons, stock up on Redi-Whip, and mix up those mimosas!
If you didn't have time to embroider your friend's faces onto pillow, or prepare fifty page essays on what makes them beautiful, unique unicorns, or even to merely buy a card, fear not! After your frittata, do as any good TV Fanatic does, and suggest a marathon of friendships.
We've narrowed in on thirteen terrific female friendships for you and your girls to enjoy this year. From those old familiar faces to fledgling attachments, we've got it all!
Just remember what today is for: "Ladies celebrating ladies. It's like Lilith Fair, without the angst. Plus frittatas!"
1. Parks & Recreation: Leslie, Ann, & April
You can't talk about Galentine's Day without mentioning founder Leslie Knope and her gals. Leslie is basically the best friend anyone could hope for, an epic cheerleader for all the ladies in her life. She will get you the absolutely perfect gift, show up with a nine-point plan in a binder to solve any problem, and stick by you no matter what. And there's a trickle down effect to everyone who knows her. Pawnee is probably the best city in America to be a woman in.
2. Broad City: Abbi & Ilana
These two friends might be a little too close. They hardly ever fight, and will do basically anything for one another -- be it getting rid of the other's poop to avoid a romantic catastrophe, or carrying her in your arms to the ER. Their adventures are hilarious, if rarely intentional. No matter how chaotic things get, everything's all right as long as they're together.
3. Friends: Monica, Phoebe, & Rachel
These three were more than friends: at one point or another they all lived with one another. If a friendship can survive sharing a small bathroom and division of household chores, it can survive anything. Phoebe, Monica, and Rachel couldn't have *been* more different, but they loved each other all the more for it. Even if Monica did end up having to live with a boy.
4. The Big Bang Theory: Penny, Bernadette, & Amy
This unlikely trio really lucked out -- it's not often that your boyfriend's best friend's girlfriend's are people you genuinely *like*. These girls went beyond just being "couple friends" and became BFFs. From commisserating over the guys love of all things nerd to wine nights and shoe shopping, these ladies have really (covalent) bonded.
5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Buffy & Willow
Buffy and Willow undoubtedly have one of the strongest friendships in TV history. You can find actual dissertations on their relationship. But the bottom line is that they love one another unreservedly. They may disagree with one another, but they never judge personal choices. They are both willing to go to (literally) insane lengths for one another. Goddess help whomever (or wahtever) tries to come between these two friends.
6. Downton Abbey: Lady Violet & Isobel
These two grand-dames probe that you don't have to be nice to your friends to care about them. The ladies constantly trade barbs, but even when their fights take a more serious turn, they're truly concerned about each other. What's a little competition between friends after all?
7. Chicago Fire: Shay & Gabby
They met have met at work, but they were destined to be friends. Shay and Gabby had a few ups and downs (who doesn't), but the trust the built up in their rig bled into all aspects of their lives. Losing Shay hit Dawson harder than anything, and left the audience mourning with her. If she every ends up starting a family with Casey, I doubt the ambo will be the only thing named after Leslie.
8. Rizzoli & Isles: Jane & Maura
When you're women at the top of a male dominated field, you have to stick together. Jane and Maura might drive each other crazy sometimes with their different outlooks on life, but they both know how hard it can be out there, and they stick together all the more because of it.
9. New Girl: Jess & CeCe
Jess may be cool hanging with the guys, but every girl needs a bestie to lean on for certain things. CeCe has known Jess forever, and the two bring out the best in each other. It doesn't matter if it's going for a fertility test, getting stuff back from an ex, or stopping a wedding, these two have each other's backs.
10. Fuller House: D.J. & Kimmy (& Steph)
Okay, so, Fuller House hasn't actually debuted yet, but we know that these three are going to be tight. It's hard to imagine that DJ and Kimmy have bucked their good girl/goofy troublemaker dynamic completely, but hopefully adulthood has helped them both mellow a smidge. And who can wait to see how Steph is integrated into the group, changing the duo to a trio?
11. I Love Lucy: Lucy & Ethel
Lucy and Ethel are such great friends that we've been laughing at their shenanigans for going on 65 years. Ethel may have been the "levelheaded" one, but she was always right there in the thick of it with Lucy, no matter how crazy the plan. They balanced each other perfectly -- exactly what one should look for in a galentine.
12. Orange is the New Black: Taystee & Poussey, Big Boo & Pennsatucky
There are so many great lady friendships at Litchfield that it was really hard to narrow it down to even the top two. Taystee and Poussey have been best buds from the get go, and the more we learn about them, the more important their friendship becomes. When these two had falling out, it broke our hearts. But Pennsatucky and Big Boo were the surprise friendship of season 3. This friendship might have started out insincere, but they're basically Thelma & Louise by the finale.
13. The Golden Girls: Blanche, Rose, Dorothy, & Sophia
Living together in a condo in Miami is basically the ultimate #squadgoal for those that celebrate Galentine's Day thanks to these ladies. Not only did the GG's give us the idea for a senior's sorority house, but they elevated female friendship with their devotion and acceptance of one another.
