Legendary actress Jane Fonda has been very vocal in recent years on the importance of female friendships. In 2024, she said, ‘Women’s friendships are very different from men’s friendships. And they’re very important to our health. Because you guys, you kind of sit side by side and watch sports or cars or women. Women sit facing each other eye to eye, and they say, ‘I’m in trouble. I need you. Can you help me?’ We are not afraid of being vulnerable.’ Her husband, Ted Turner once said to her that he figured women didn’t make friends past 60, to which she said he was really wrong. She continued, ‘What you have to do is you have to be intentional. Like, I never used to be intentional. I would meet Sally Field, for example, but not pursue – well I did pursue you. You have to pursue people that you want to be friends with. And you have to say, ‘I’m intentionally wanting to be your friend.’ And it works. People hear that and then stick around, and you develop new friendships.’ Here, we take things into perspective and take a deep dive into Taylor Swift’s many friendships, including with the likes of Sabrina Carpenter, Gracie Abrams, And Jamie King. We particularly explain the underlying necessity of age-gap friendships by exploring Kourtney Kardashian’s friendship with Addison Rae. And we compare them to the likes of friendships with people closer to our own age group. Let’s discuss…