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My husband definitely is my best friend. Next is my two daughters. They are smart and have a sense of humor or at least they appreciate my brand of humor. My brother is also somebody who I wouldn't mind tell him anything.
My husband definitely is my best friend. Next is my two daughters. They are smart and have a sense of humor or at least they appreciate my brand of humor. My brother is also somebody who I wouldn't mind tell him anything.
I wasn't thinking about family but my daughters and one of my brothers are same as yours. Get along great and can be trusted with anything. And we all have a good sense of humor which helps!
A few years ago I was stuck with no place to live...... I had given my notice to my landlord that I was moving on such and such a day, but for reasons I'd rather not go into, I could not move into the new apartment (not my fault). So.... I had to scurry around to find an apartment I could move into within a reasonable amount of time and that would accept pets (one cat). I found an apartment that filled that need, but I couldn't move in right away. So..... I spent about 4 weeks living in a motel.
I knew several women who had houses with spare bedrooms. Did any of them ask me to stay with them? No.
I've gotten to the point where I will not count on anyone. My ex let me down big time with his crap. People can be very selfish.
I do not think it is reasonable for one person to meet all of my "friendship" needs. So one may fulfill some needs, someone else different ones.
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Aside from my DH and 2 sons, who I can completely open up to and trust, I have 2 g-friends from high school and college who are my closest dear friends. Other than that, I'm a pretty closed book and just keep things to myself. My grandfather said, "If you have one close friend in your life, then it's more than most have in their lifetime." I feel very fortunate.
Hmm.......I always thought I was maybe a bit different, not having a coterie of friends. But it seems I'm the same as most of the posters on here - 2 real friends, one is a cousin - and that's about it. Besides DH, of course. I figured I was on the bottom end of the social scale in that way, but maybe it's more common than not to have fewer and fewer real friends as we get older.
Interesting thread. When I was going thru a weird time last year. I discovered that I did indeed have real friends. One couple told me that if I ever found myself living the situation I dreaded, I could live on their property
Three others were there for me
I think the kind of friends one has is based on the kind of friend one is. I am a listener and I' m happy to let other people talk about their problems and their joys
Nice to read this post.
Happy for you, Mr5150.
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