Friends

[HairOfTheDog]

Do you have many? I never did have many other than my immediate family which I consider my only real friends.

I have a couple of friends I grew up with that have gone full on weirdo, so you people are technically the only friends I have. Don't feel pity for me, please.

I have 5 platonic friends and consider myself very fortunate in that regard.

I don't talk to three of them for months at a time, but we're there for each other whatever happens and whenever it happens when the other reaches out. The other two are business related and I see them more frequently.

I've always had many more acquaintances than friends, but the same friends forever.

I'm really close to my sisters and my mom. Don't know why, I've never considered family members to be friends, but now that I think about it, I guess they're the best sort (the sort that's stuck with me, no matter what).

P.s. I think of several people here as friends, too. It's not the same as most in-person friendships, but still a real one that builds after years of hanging out in a place, laughing and fighting together.