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southern yankee
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Who is your best friend and why??

Mine is Joyce, We have been friends since 1967. we met at a very strict private school.:( The nuns were very mean. Sister Mary Theodore:-1. was the devil herself. Joyce and i were HA HA birds in a TEE HEE tree.:wah: we could not look at each other without cracking up. which belive me. landed us into a lot of trouble with BOOM BOOM Theodore.

As we grew older we remained the best of friends. More like sisters. Lord, did we FIGHT. But anyone look at either one of us cross eyed and they were a goner.

We have been there for each other through marriages, divorces, children, and death. Other then my husband. She is truest friend and rock. I thank God for her. i will see her this Nov. first time in about 28 years.:-4
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She's still my best friend, even though she's in heaven now... we met in

college, we were sitting in the big "student union" (really just like a

cafeteria thingie, hang-out place) and were sitting across a table from

each other. We had said hi and a couple things and she looked at me and

said "So, ya wanna go to Taco Bell?" and that was IT... we were best

friends for 33 years. She fought lupus for most of that time, and finally,

her body gave up. What I am really glad to have as a memory is that

at the end of our phone calls, one or the other of us would say "I love

you, Laurie" or "I love you, Val" and we did our last talk, about 2 months

before she died.

We just connected, mainly through our love of horses and riding... and

had some really fun escapades. She was the type of friend that could

call you up and never need to say who it was... I remember right after

one incredible win in a Kentucky Derby several years ago, the phone

rang and when I picked up all I heard was "Did you f*cking see that?"

She knew I'd be there and watching.

Her daughter and grandson are now "mine" and I delight in seeing her

in them.

I think of her often and will miss her terribly 'till the end of my days.

How nice that you will get to see your friend again. I hope you post

and tell us all about your visit.

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Lea.

We met in the sixth grade. She had on red Dittos and a goldish t shirt that said "Lea J.... for President." She came over and said "Hi, I'm Lea." Nobody spoke to me much then because I was The Weird Girl and I figured either she had guts or she was stupid. It turned out she wasn't stupid. ;)

We were both only children and stuck out living in the sticks. I admit for a long time I thought she was weird...I mean, weirder than I even thought I was. She moved back to CA in tenth grade and I missed her like my arm had been cut off. But I would die before I'd ever admit that because I was tough and couldn't be shown to have actual feelings for someone. :rolleyes: Finally I contacted her and we picked up where we left off.

Then I went to cosmetology school at 18 and she came back down and enrolled in the same school. Then we had a spat and she left to CA again and we were both too proud to apologize.

Three years later I was sick of having dreams about her (telling me to call her) so I finally did and we picked up again. Then years went happily by until we had another misunderstanding. We disagree even now as to what it was about. About five years went by and I called her and she never returned my call. I got pissed and wrote her off because it hurt.

Then about four years ago, she showed up at my door. I was so shocked I slammed the door in her face! :wah: I didn't mean to, it was just my reaction. She came in and sat at my kitchen table and dumped out all that had happened in those five years like we had never parted. It took me a good two years before I would allow myself to trust her again. But it became obvious that the connection we have transcends a lot of sh*t. We are in each other's life on purpose. It was orchestrated that way. We're not just friends, we each have a piece of the other's soul.

She was there for me in the worst time I had and that proved her to me. My fear of trusting vanished.

We have jokes that are over 20 years old. We finish each other's sentences. We know what the other is thinking without it even being said. She's been to my house when I looked like dog barf and I didn't even care.

She and I have things that no one else would ever understand. I guess we just know how the other works. There's no way you can put a value on something like that. :-4
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valerie;920384 wrote: She's still my best friend, even though she's in heaven now... we met in

college, we were sitting in the big "student union" (really just like a

cafeteria thingie, hang-out place) and were sitting across a table from

each other. We had said hi and a couple things and she looked at me and

said "So, ya wanna go to Taco Bell?" and that was IT... we were best

friends for 33 years. She fought lupus for most of that time, and finally,

her body gave up. What I am really glad to have as a memory is that

at the end of our phone calls, one or the other of us would say "I love

you, Laurie" or "I love you, Val" and we did our last talk, about 2 months

before she died.

We just connected, mainly through our love of horses and riding... and

had some really fun escapades. She was the type of friend that could

call you up and never need to say who it was... I remember right after

one incredible win in a Kentucky Derby several years ago, the phone

rang and when I picked up all I heard was "Did you f*cking see that?"

She knew I'd be there and watching.

Her daughter and grandson are now "mine" and I delight in seeing her

in them.

I think of her often and will miss her terribly 'till the end of my days.

How nice that you will get to see your friend again. I hope you post

and tell us all about your visit.

:yh_flower


Val:-4

You just broke my heart reading your story about your friend Laurie. I am so sorry that she has passed away and love that her beloved children belong to you now.

You truly are a treasure Val.
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southern yankee;920279 wrote: Who is your best friend and why??

Mine is Joyce, We have been friends since 1967. we met at a very strict private school.:( The nuns were very mean. Sister Mary Theodore:-1. was the devil herself. Joyce and i were HA HA birds in a TEE HEE tree.:wah: we could not look at each other without cracking up. which belive me. landed us into a lot of trouble with BOOM BOOM Theodore.

As we grew older we remained the best of friends. More like sisters. Lord, did we FIGHT. But anyone look at either one of us cross eyed and they were a goner.

We have been there for each other through marriages, divorces, children, and death. Other then my husband. She is truest friend and rock. I thank God for her. i will see her this Nov. first time in about 28 years.:-4


Hello Southern Yankee...

Thank you for this lovely thread. Hope that you have a spectacular time with your mate....very exciting.

I think that I've finally found an address for my long lost friend Brenda. I'm trying to get in touch this week through a letter that will be sent to her addy...I hope...wish me luck please:-6
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RedGlitter;920498 wrote: Lea.

We met in the sixth grade. She had on red Dittos and a goldish t shirt that said "Lea J.... for President." She came over and said "Hi, I'm Lea." Nobody spoke to me much then because I was The Weird Girl and I figured either she had guts or she was stupid. It turned out she wasn't stupid. ;)

We were both only children and stuck out living in the sticks. I admit for a long time I thought she was weird...I mean, weirder than I even thought I was. She moved back to CA in tenth grade and I missed her like my arm had been cut off. But I would die before I'd ever admit that because I was tough and couldn't be shown to have actual feelings for someone. :rolleyes: Finally I contacted her and we picked up where we left off.

Then I went to cosmetology school at 18 and she came back down and enrolled in the same school. Then we had a spat and she left to CA again and we were both too proud to apologize.

Three years later I was sick of having dreams about her (telling me to call her) so I finally did and we picked up again. Then years went happily by until we had another misunderstanding. We disagree even now as to what it was about. About five years went by and I called her and she never returned my call. I got pissed and wrote her off because it hurt.

Then about four years ago, she showed up at my door. I was so shocked I slammed the door in her face! :wah: I didn't mean to, it was just my reaction. She came in and sat at my kitchen table and dumped out all that had happened in those five years like we had never parted. It took me a good two years before I would allow myself to trust her again. But it became obvious that the connection we have transcends a lot of sh*t. We are in each other's life on purpose. It was orchestrated that way. We're not just friends, we each have a piece of the other's soul.

She was there for me in the worst time I had and that proved her to me. My fear of trusting vanished.

We have jokes that are over 20 years old. We finish each other's sentences. We know what the other is thinking without it even being said. She's been to my house when I looked like dog barf and I didn't even care.

She and I have things that no one else would ever understand. I guess we just know how the other works. There's no way you can put a value on something like that. :-4


Beautiful story Red...you made me cry. I hope that you remain friends:-4
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Kathy Ellen;920715 wrote: Beautiful story Red...you made me cry. I hope that you remain friends:-4


Oh wow, Kathy Ellen. Thank you. I'm very sure we will. I count on it. :)
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Browsing through threads this morning I saw this and started to read it dawned on me that although I know lots of people ( one since I was 11) I really wouldn't regard any of them as a 'best friend' in the way you guys do.

I think its lovely that you can do that, my mum has a best friend and they do loads of stuff together but Ive never had any interest in that kind of commitment and never really understood what people get from it.

I don't like the thought of having a hanger on so to speak.

I love my OH and my kids to bits and of course I have my dogs who never let me down but the thought of someone outside my family kinda clinging on expecting something from me... Yuk no I just don't get it.

I'm happy doing this no commitment, no personal connection, no ties and if I want to I can disappear tomorrow and no-one will care. :)
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J has been my best friend since we were babies, our mothers were friends and worked together, we also lived a few doors away from each other. I have never had a crossed word with her. We went right through Nursery to High school together. We enjoyed holidays abroad every year for 4 years with two other friends. After the last holiday we decided to go and work in Spain. We did so for nearly 2 years. We came home, met our husbands, I was her bridesmaid.

We have gone through many heartaches and terrible tragedies, some I cant mention, others like her son being diagnosed with Autism, her father dying, myself losing my 3rd child. We helped one an other through each heartache.

Today were both happy, married, gorgeous children, working and enjoying life.

We may not call each other daily but were both there for each other any time of the day.
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Kathy Ellen;920714 wrote: Hello Southern Yankee...

Thank you for this lovely thread. Hope that you have a spectacular time with your mate....very exciting.

I think that I've finally found an address for my long lost friend Brenda. I'm trying to get in touch this week through a letter that will be sent to her addy...I hope...wish me luck please:-6


Wow that's great!! I did lose track of Joyce for about 10 years. Was sad I did know her sister and father died. And she was not there when my mother died.:( She would have been with me if she would have known.:-1 But if that is not her address. there are serveral places you can try/ Classmates or reunion. Plus the on line white pages is how i found Joyce.
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