Tell me about your best friend

[Spacemom]

I met my "best" friend in 7th grade. We stuck it out for over 20 years now. She's got 4 kids, I've got 2. She was my matron of honor at my wedding. She was the shoulder I leaned on during my mom's illness and death. She's been there for me in a million little ways over the years. She lives 150 miles away, but we talk just about everyday online.

She's the one in a lifetime type friend. :loveya:

[Heidi]

1. What a great question, Spacemom!

Call Me Wesley is my best friend, but besides him, my other best friend is a man I dated before I met Call Me Wesley. He's about 13 years older than me, an attorney, raised on a farm, one of nine children, Catholic, liberal voter / registered Republican, and one of the most compassionate people I've ever met. Our friendship has survived 20 years; knowing him makes me a better human being. :)

[Strong Atheist]

2. We met on the return home bus on the first week of high school.

That was 27 years ago ...

[kwassa]

3. I met her on the Internets and married her

That simple.

[xchrom]

4. i won't tell you how long ago it was

but i met her in the senior year of high school -- we went to different high schools though.

she is one of the very few close straight friends i've ever had -- and she has remained my best fiend since day one.

she's married now and living in london to a wonderful guy -- and they really spend their time traveling the whole wide world.

[xmas74]

5. Senior year of high school.

I knew a few people from her school and went to a party w/ them at her house (out of town). One girl was acting rather nasty in front of everyone. She had stolen another girl's boyfriend and was "gratifying" him right there in the middle of the room. I was trying to cut my way through the crowd-I'd been in the bathroom w/ the now ex-girlfriend all night long, wiping away her tears. B_ got there first,grabbed the girl by the back of the head and slammed her head down into "something". We each saw rage in the others eyes and, for some reason, knew we were kindred spirits.

It's been nearly fifteen years and we are closer than ever. We've shared good times and bad times together and are each others rocks, shoulders to cry on and secret keepers. We can go for months w/o having the chance to speak yet will be there for each other w/ just one phone call-just by the tone of voice we know we are needed. And we will both drop everything to get to the other.

[last_texas_dem]

6. My best friend

is actually my ex-girlfriend. Obviously, this is a major complication to any friendship, but if one can survive a very hurtful breakup and still be almost as intact as it was at the peak of the romantic relationship (on a different level, of course) I figure it's worth holding on to. And we've now been broken-up friends longer than the period we were dating, so our bond is more stable than I once would have given it credit for.

[Whoa_Nelly]

7. Best friend for almost 50 years

We grew up together, same street, only one house between each of ours. We're 20 months apart in age (Damn! She will always be younger than me! :rofl: ), went to the same (two different) elementary schools, took ballet classes together, and shared endless Barbie doll pretends. I remember when she was learning to walk...and so does she. She remembers the games we would play during that time as I was very maternal toward her, and made up games for her to practice running. I used to beat up any boy, including her two brothers, that dared to harass her. We still see each other 1-3 times a year for extended visits, talk on the phone at least weekly, if not more, still know that we can trust each more than anyone else to be able to confide things about our lives, our children, our families, and still use our "secret signals" to crack each other up from across a room.

What is interesting is that our families go back three generations in friendship. We consider ourselves friends and sisters...her kids always introduce me to their friends as their aunt :D

[JitterbugPerfume]

8. I met my best friend when my oldest daughter was born

Aug18,1959 . She had given birth to her son two days eariler . She was 17 and I was 18 . We were inseperable for years , and then I divorced and moved away . We lost touch for many years . Her husband and my ex were both transferred to a different (same) city . I remarried my ex (who later died) and there she was! We are both old women now and I love her dearly

[HughBeaumont]

9. Don't have one anymore.

The fundies kidnapped him. The end.

[Strong Atheist]

13. How sad. I am not sure I would let that interfere. It would depend,

I suppose, on how much he changed ...

[HughBeaumont]

15. Went from sort of libertarian . . .

. . . to full-on saved, wack-job-level fun-dementia-list Bewsh supporter. Rips on "liberals" all of the time, but if you knew this guy's actual personality aside from the religious part, nothing about him is Republican. AT all. Buys just about EVERY Faux news talking point despite his incessant arguing.

[RumpusCat]

10. I met my best friend in the cafeteria in 4th grade

We had to sit alphabetically and wound up next to each other. It was my first year at that school and neither one of us had any friends. We were instantly kindred spirits and have been best friends with no fights forever now. Her mom and my dad used to live on the same street as kids, our parents married two weeks apart, we were born two weeks apart, and started our periods two weeks apart (she was first every time). She is currently struggling with a severe mental illness and it breaks my heart to see her like that but she is still my best friend and confidant!

[1gobluedem]

11. Met my bf the summer before kindergarten

I've known her for 41 years now; in fact I've known her longer than I've known my brother! Our families are close; fathers both taught at the high school, older sisters are the same age, each has a younger brother. Our mothers are also close friends and our grandparents lived in the same town. We went to school together from kindergarten through college, graduated together, and were roommates our junior and senior years.

She lives in Florida and I live in Michigan so we don't see a lot of each other nor is she big on e-mailing. But, whenever I talk to her, there is never any awkwardness; we always pick up right where we left off.

There was a third in our friendship from kindergarten through seventh grade until her family moved to the next town. She had an older sister the same age as ours too so it was always 'the big girls' (them) and 'the little girls' (us). We stayed somewhat in touch but it was never the same after her family moved and we weren't all in the same school. But she was the type I could also pick right back up with no matter how much time had elapsed. That came to a halt, though, when she was kidnapped off the side of a freeway May 24, 1990, and never seen again. I have made it a mission in life to make sure she's remembered.

[Magrittes Pipe]

12. I have three.

I've known Tom for 16 years. We're probably each other's biggest reasons for not having killed ourselves during high school. We talk about music and we talk about life; and as we equate music with life, that works out well. He thinks internet forums are stupid, so you'll never see him here.

I met my ex-wife our first week in college. We were inseparable the rest of the time there. Although the marriage didn't last, the friendship has. And that friendship is something that will never be surpassed in its value to me. The only thing I can think of that we don't want to share with each other is the romantic stuff.

Half my life ago, I was smitten with a barmaid at a Cincinnati concert hall. Two years ago, we reconnected here in the Lounge, and a friendship blossomed. We were both going through some rough times, and we bonded immediately. Last October, we were married.

That's all I have to say.

[Spacemom]

14. I'm loving all these stories

It's amazing how you can bond with someone in an instant, and have the friendship for decades.

[Bassic]

16. Met him in high school.

We actually used to annoy eachother in the beginning, but we've been best friends for over 10 years now. In two months he'll become the godfather of my firstborn son.

[WeRQ4U]

17. Met him in college.

He lives in Oregon right now counting dead salmon for the Forest Service. He fly fishes, has a border collie, loves his jeep, is dating a PA, wears turtlenecks all the time, wears cowboy boots just to piss me off, and toggles between clean, short cropped hair and shaggy, chewbaca-like locks.

[LaraMN]

18. Her name is Amy. She lives in Oregon.

I have alot of friends who are dear to me in different ways; I have an oldest (longest-standing) friend, and a closest friend (the one I talk to at least every other day, and spend alot of time with,) but Amy is my soul-mate, bosom buddy best friend.

We've been friends since the tenth grade. We were inseparable in High School. She's every bit as liberal as I am, and she teaches English at a Christian University. :rofl: She hates it.

I don't see her more than a few times a year, but it never matters. Things never change between the two of us. As cliche as it sounds, she really does know me better than I know myself. She is my loudest cheerleader, and she's always forgiven me my faults, and loved me unconditionally. I hope I've been as good a friend to her.

When I was nineteen and found out I was pregnant, I freaked out terribly. Amy was away, serving as a camp counselor for the summer. She called me out of the blue within several days. She said she felt like something was wrong with me and she needed to call. I hadn't expected to hear from her until later in the summer. I was surprised, to say the least.

Her Mom is dying of cancer right now, and it's hard to see. Her whole family, even the extended members, are like my own. I'm dreading her Mom's passing. I'm already worrying about how I'm going to be able to help Amy, if and when it happens. Her Dad will be just lost without his wife- they're very close.

Although our lives could hardly be different (she's a professional, single, childless gal- I'm just the opposite,) we connect completely. I miss her so much. She expects to move back to MN eventually, and for my own greedy sake, I wish she would. I love her like a sister and she's irreplacable in my life.

[anarch]

19. She's my best friend.

She's my best friend
Certainly not the average girl
She's my best friend
Understands me when I'm fallin down, down, down
Oh it hurts to be that way
Down, down, down
Oh it hurts to know
That that kind of fellah is a newspaper Joe
Dropped his teeth on the floor
Caught his hand in the door
Guess that's the way that things go
If you want to see me
Sorry but I'm not around
If you want to be me
Turn around I'm by the window where the light is

She's my best friend
Better than a dog or car
She's my best friend
Understands me when I'm fallin down, down, down
Oh it hurts to be that way
Down, down, down
Oh it hurts to know that that kinda fellah
Is a Mulberry Jane
She made jam when she came
Somebody cut off her feet
Now the jelly rolls in the street
If you want to see me
Sorry but I'm not around
If you want to be me
Turn around I'm by the window where the light is

She's my best friend
Certainly not the average girl
She's my best friend
Understands me when I'm fallin...

Fallin down
Fallin down...

[u4ic]

20. My best friend...is my ex

Together for 6, split up last year, and still remain the best of friends. No left over romantic feelings, or expectations, which probably has helped the friendship thrive.

In all the time we've known each other, we've NEVER run out of things to talk about. It is the most intellectually stimulating relationship both of us have ever have.

He's an actor (who, like most, can't practice his craft full time), but has a vast array of characters and accents and bad puns that always keep me laughing.

We know each other better than anyone else ever has. We still finish each others sentences, bring up a segue in a conversation that the other was thinking, etc. He used to get a bit unnerved because I knew him TOO well.

He always stands up for the underdog, and is probably the most emotional person I've ever met.

We stood by each other in some unbelievably difficult times, and still continue to.

Tomorrow is his birthday (he's a leap year baby). Happy Birthday, m'friend!! :party: :loveya: :hug:

[rustydog]

21. Mike is my best friend..we met in Junior High School

and somehow became fast friends. High school track, basketball and general troublemaking cemented the friendship.

We'd sleep outside on the lawn, listening to the AM radio until the station signed off at midnight then went on "walks" around town, nothing illegal, just being boys.

We fought over a girl and he broke my collar bone. Se'd shoot baskets for hours on end at my house or his neighbor's driveway. We'd walk to the city pool in the summer and ogle the girls.

My best memory though is : On my 50th birthday, my son treated my wife and me to a Mariner's game.
My family showed up which shocked me..then, walking up the stadium steps is Mike, my best friend I haven't seen in years!!!

Cool.

[rbnyc]

22. We were THE girls to hang with in college.

We met our freshman year when we were 17. I was a little more socially awkward than she. She took me under her wing a bit. She's a very caring, loyal, energetic, fun and attractive person. People want to be around her. She has serious charisma. She's very smart. She graduated at the top of our class with a very tough major, and was very involved in theater. She directed one of my favorite plays, Aunt Dan and Lemon by Wallace Shawn, our senior year.

She played guitar in my band, porridge for a little while.

Anyway, we've been through tons together and are still best friends to this day.

Here's Hew's a picture of her:



Here's her page at IMDB:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0137856/

EDIT: typo

[sinkingfeeling]

23. My best friend passed away last October. I had known and loved

him for 32 years. We met at work...we were both divorced. He had a daughter and I had a little boy, just a couple of weeks different in age. We dated and debated marriage for 5 years. He was leery of being a step-father due to his experiences with having one. I took a promotion and moved away. We stayed in contact and upon occasion, renewed the relationship. We both retired from our company....he in 1998 and me in 2003. He developed cancer in 2002. I miss hearing his laugh and voice on the phone.

[BigMcLargehuge]

24. Mrs. McLargehuge is my best friend (however...)

As for best friends to whom I am not married...

My best friend and I met in 4th grade. We both shared a love of Star Trek reruns, The Benny Hill Show, and Star Wars. I write for his website, www.horrorview.com and we talk every day, more than a couple of times ususally. He still lives in the old home town, while I am 120 miles north. We get together every couple of months for movies and shooting the breeze.