Is somebody you can call at 3:00 o'clock in the morning from jail and they say "I'll be right down to get you out" A best Friend is sitting in the jail cell with you and says "man, that was some kind of fun lets do it again sometime" Do you have a best friend or just a few really good friends? And how do you tell the difference?
The difference between a best friend and a good friend is easy, bro. It's the friend that sticks by your side through thick and thin. The friend who is not afraid to tell you the truth and knows when you're telling them the truth, they know you have their best interests at heart. A best friend is the one you turn to when life is piling too much shit on your plate and just listens while you rant about it. A best friend knows when to listen and when to talk and when you just need a hug. A best friend is with you no matter what, good and bad.
So, if the shit hit the fan at the wedding with DIL, and the beautiful BumbleBea had to take matter into her own hands a good friend would try to restrain you and keep the peace BUT a best friend would be right there throwing left hooks right along side you? Now that's what a BFF does and then says "that was some fun shit let's do it again"
That's about it. LOL! I wouldn't need any help though, the people who would try to pull us apart would. That won't happen. No invites sent to her or her family.
I don’t have just good friends, I have great friends who are more like family to me and the majority of them are people I met when I joined the old forum a little over 4 years ago. What makes them great friends? They’re kindhearted, caring, gentle souls who have somehow managed to keep a sense of humor about them despite all the suffering they endure from their battles with MM. They’re honest and will tell it like it is but they do it in a way that’s uplifting and never hurtful. They celebrate my little victories with me and they cry when I’m hurting. They check on me when they know I’ve been sick. They encourage me when I’m down and unable to pick myself back up again. They’ll do anything to make me laugh when they know I’m sad. They selflessly give their time, their love, their compassion and their hearts without any expectations in return. To me, that’s the very definition of a great friend and I feel truly blessed to have these wonderful people in my life and I feel doubly blessed to have met many of them in person. I hope to meet the rest of them one day soon because there’s nothing better than getting a hug and sharing a laugh or two with a great friend. I love every last one of them with all my heart and I’d truly be lost without them. ♥
No big head or ego for me, I get put into place everyday by mommy and her sister and 3 kids who aren't afraid to kick me when I down. I feel like I should be the one taking karate lessons to protect myself in my own house. The only place I feel some sort of importance is at the pool on Wednesdays when the old senior citizen ladies doing water aerobics ask me the same question every week, "how old are you and are you married"? My worst nightmare is coming home on a hot summer day and finding a young buck named Duncan Sitting by my pool drinking my Corona flirting with my SIL and eyeballing my wife as the say "watch me dive in the deep end Duncan" I need some new best friends!
I think the youngest one is 70. I swim laps and they do water aerobics on other side of pool. They are very nice to me and sometimes I give them a free drink/coffee coupon to Dunkin Donuts.