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Supple Cow · 04-08-2005, 03:06 PM

I've noticed that there's something special about friends you grow up with - the ones you can sit around with and talk about anything and other times just hold each other's hands and say nothing for long stretches of time. There's a love and a history between friends like this that is visible on their faces and in their body language. My mom and her childhood friends are this way, even though they have lived far away from each other for years at a time. One has lived far away for 45 years (since they left the Philippines) but they are as close as ever. Another used to live far away, (they didn't speak too often then, but were still friends) and then when she moved to our town, they just picked up like they were schoolgirls again. They go to the movies together every week and hang out and talk on the phone pretty much every day.

This thread has two purposes: one is to ask if anybody has experienced this kind of friendship with someone they met after high school (because I haven't and I'm beginning to wonder if adult relationships just don't develop into this kind of thing); and the other is simply to celebrate the girl friends we keep for a lifetime.

The three that I have are girls I met in junior high - between us, we've been through college in different states and countries, heartbreak, drug addiction, rape, and any number of family crises. We have endured periods of being arch-enemies (for childish reasons), practiced the ancient art of boyfriend-stealing, went the almost inevitable route of kissing each other to experiment, and shared masturbation and sex tips (long before any of us started having sex). Robbie and I only get to hang out about once a year and always catch up on all our sex and music/art for the year and then say good-bye until next time. Nads always forgets my birthday, but is always good to call during a love/sex crisis because she always has a bigger, funnier one to tell me about and we always have a good laugh. Funnel and I are like two, old-lady kindred spirits and call each other often to share our academic and familial strife. I'm confident that we will all still be doing this (and eventually maybe more age appropriate things) on into our golden years.

Now I want to hear all of your stories!

04-08-2005, 03:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
Supple Cow Americow, the Beautiful Location: Washington, D.C.	Friends for a Lifetime I've noticed that there's something special about friends you grow up with - the ones you can sit around with and talk about anything and other times just hold each other's hands and say nothing for long stretches of time. There's a love and a history between friends like this that is visible on their faces and in their body language. My mom and her childhood friends are this way, even though they have lived far away from each other for years at a time. One has lived far away for 45 years (since they left the Philippines) but they are as close as ever. Another used to live far away, (they didn't speak too often then, but were still friends) and then when she moved to our town, they just picked up like they were schoolgirls again. They go to the movies together every week and hang out and talk on the phone pretty much every day. This thread has two purposes: one is to ask if anybody has experienced this kind of friendship with someone they met after high school (because I haven't and I'm beginning to wonder if adult relationships just don't develop into this kind of thing); and the other is simply to celebrate the girl friends we keep for a lifetime. The three that I have are girls I met in junior high - between us, we've been through college in different states and countries, heartbreak, drug addiction, rape, and any number of family crises. We have endured periods of being arch-enemies (for childish reasons), practiced the ancient art of boyfriend-stealing, went the almost inevitable route of kissing each other to experiment, and shared masturbation and sex tips (long before any of us started having sex). Robbie and I only get to hang out about once a year and always catch up on all our sex and music/art for the year and then say good-bye until next time. Nads always forgets my birthday, but is always good to call during a love/sex crisis because she always has a bigger, funnier one to tell me about and we always have a good laugh. Funnel and I are like two, old-lady kindred spirits and call each other often to share our academic and familial strife. I'm confident that we will all still be doing this (and eventually maybe more age appropriate things) on into our golden years. Now I want to hear all of your stories! __________________ "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." (Michael Jordan)