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My sister shared a story with me this morning in the hopes that I would write about it in my blog.

My sister rarely does this. But on this occasion it was something that had crept underneath her skin and had her itching with the need to vent it all out.

On me...

Here is the scenario-

My sister goes for a walk this morning in her neighborhood. It is an upscale subdivision filled with young thirty somethings; newly married or newly visited by the stork.

My sister starts telling her story of walking and having one of many cars pass her by on this walk. She said the first car passes, a man and a woman in the car. The man waves, the woman looks away. The second car; a man and a woman again. This time the man waves and the woman just stares. The third car; a woman alone. She stares but does not wave. My sister counted six cars in total. If men were in the cars, they waved hello. Zero of the women waved and if they did acknowledge it was with an icy stare.

Now, I will first start off by saying my sister lives in the south where people wave at each other upon passing one another. I can remember when I moved to California and my boyfriend and I were standing outside in a parking lot when a car passed us; of course I waved. My boyfriend laughed and said, "What are you doing, do you know those people?" I replied back, "No, I have never seen them in my life." It was then that I realized I had become accustomed to the south's form of politeness rather than the west's form of minding their own business.

My sister was on to something though...

I have had moments of walking into a room at a get together and having women latch on to their significant others like they would their purse through a seedy part of the city.

Why do some women act this way towards other women? My sister made the point that if a hot guy was running down the sidewalk and another guy was passing in a car they would both still wave in acknowledgement. This is relatively true since I have witnessed it on many occasions.

I joked with my sister as she told her story, that it has been men who have secretly plotted to pit us women against each other; in the hopes of a little girl on girl cat fight in the survival of the fittest amongst women.

But as the fur flies, I ask myself this question; Where does all this insecurity come from in women? The insecurity that seems to conjure up a competitive attitude and what so many people refer to as a catty essence?

I love beautiful women. I love to surround myself with all kinds of women. It doesn't bother me where they land on the scale of attractiveness. I have some stunningly beautiful friends. When I run into a beautiful woman, I soak in the essence of her beauty. I always feel a "you go on with your bad self" attitude instead of the "claws coming out, turning into catty cat"attitude.

Have we women become our own worst enemies? Do we no longer band together and acknowledge the beauty in each other?

Does it come down to a matter of trust?

And if so, what came first? The loss of trust in ourselves or the ones we have chosen to partner with?

It is an honest and valid question to ask...

Have we taken on a "may the best woman win" mentality without being fully aware of it? And doing so, have we only weakened our own self esteem in the process?

Next time you come in contact with a beautiful woman, check in with yourself and see where you truly stand on the matter. And the same goes with the next time you are around other women, notice their initial response to you...

There is certainly enough to go around for every woman. Enough love, enough beauty, enough attention, enough men, enough women, enough friends, enough acceptance and enough trust! Both inner trust and trust of the person(s) you love; whether that is a partner, friend, or any other experience on this road of life.

I think about the connections and experiences that have been lost due to this little tinge of envy that is sometimes present amongst women.

Let's put the catty cats away and come and play nicely...