the friend code

every group of girls should have a friend code.  this is a code that all girls live by to ensure that they are really the best of friends.  most good girls who grew up in the 80's and 90's lived their friendships by this code... basic concepts like "dont date your friends exs" or "hey there is a bat in the cave" or "dont call her boyfriend unless a dire emergency." these are things that we naturally wanted to do or not to do to ensure that our friends stayed our friends.  while working with teenagers i have seen that the code has died in this generation.  girls will date their bff's ex boyfriends and text guys who are not available until all hours of the night.  what has changed in the last 20 years that has caused the girl code to die? today's young girls will be friends with girls who they think do stupid stuff and then hope to not become like them!  I have decided to change this! to write a book, a manual that will instruct this generation about the girl code!