It depends a bit on a ladies in question, what they need, and what they have to offer. It's a camaraderie thing at its most basic, though.
Between me and the woman I most often go out with, it's even a bit different from one of us to the other.
We don't do this as often anymore, since we've sort of grown out of spending long nights at bars, and we're both attached. Now-a-days, we mostly do this if we're meeting the other's SO or friend for the first time in a public place.
I'm the consultant. I tell her what I think of that guy she's been talking to (new friend, new SO, etc). Reading people quickly and well is one of my talents. She always wants my opinion as soon as humanly possible.
She's the cheerleader. I'm an introvert, and I need to take a break now and again and get re-amped. She is the world's most amped woman. Gets me back in the game and shields me from particularly draining people.
We have a sort of unspoken agreement of when we go, if it's in a bar -- usually at the end of a drink. If one of us needs to go before both our drinks are done, one stays behind to stand guard, or we decide to just ditch them both.
Women tend to stick together. No one looks out for us quite as well as other women, in some respects.
So, yes, we're probably talking about you.
