"Quote"  I realized after a while that what I watched for, was the sense that in my worst possible moments of isolation and pain, I would have given my right arm to have a best friend who knew exactly what I was going through because she was going through the same thing.  I imagined what it would be like for us not to have money woes, and we could share a beach house together with a big open floor plan and a modern kitchen and listen to the sound of the waves in La Jolla while we worked through all the pain and confusion.
That's what I was hooked on.
"Watching Season 2, episode 5, "The Test". Grace decides to try reconnecting with 3 old friends by hosting a lunch at the beach-house. The 3 are visibly awkward when Grace talks about finding out her husband "coming out". Very shallow banter... Apparently, they went on vacations together with their husbands. They used to bowl together; the women invite Grace, even give her a bowling shirt. They don't use balls, they use a Wii System instead; I guess it is easier on the joints...
    I feel the same way, walkbymyself, yearning for the kind of friendship that Grace & Frankie seem to have.  However, I have noticed both women seem to depend on drugs a lot. Grace always drinking, Frankie doing drugs of some type or another...
I think I am "too straight" to be either of them, (sigh)

walkbymyself wrote:

.... in my worst possible moments of isolation and pain, I would have given (would give) my right arm to have a best friend who knew exactly what I was going (am going) through because she was going through the same thing......

 

Ditto