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Dee & CB me too :)

I agree with David I like a bit of everything in a friend but must admit loyalty and be honest with each other, someone when you buy clothes can really tell you if you look good or not and giving you a honest answer. Ive had my mates for years we dont see each other very often but we know that if one of us needs someone they are only a phone call or email away not only that its someone you can meet with for a night out when each other isnt busy. Yvonne

friends that are there to cheer you up when you feel the world has ended and life is not what it has always been.i have good friends on here who are always there to cheer me up when i am feeling low and email me to say they are thinking of me.you know who you are.just like to say thanks/love and hugsxxxxxxxxxx(:

Dee, I like your thinking about friends being people from past lives. It's strange how astrological aspects have cropped up between my own chart and, for instance, friends I've met on GR - people I've 'clicked' with, and then found there are correspondences in birthcharts. Strangest of all, is one GR contact where every single planet in their birthchart is in aspect to a planet or angle in my own! That's something I've never encountered before. CB >|<

i could probably count on one hand my 'real' friends, and some i have met on here! although i dont speak to them every day they know that im always here for them and i know they are there for me! xx

Difficult to describe what it is, in a nutshell. I have two best friends, one being my brother and the other is someone who I've known since we were about 5, although we did lose contact for 10 years until FriendsReunited helped out. Although I've seen and spoken with my brother a fair bit recently, we can go for times without being in contact, not due to acrimony but we know where we are if we do need to speak and when we do, everything is fine. The same goes for my friend although it'll be interesting to see what happens next year, as she's moving to China and her friend is moving to Australia, oh well good excuse for going to China, lol. I have to admit though that I can be lax at keeping in touch with people, does anyone else find this? Lol, I don't mean about me specifically being lax. ;)

Awwww thanks David, met some really nice people that day (you included of course!!!)

some one who will not judge me if i may a mistake like a few have xx and a peep who will listen to me and i listen to them ,, plus all the fun stuff to share xx

David, My friends come into all the categories you've mentioned. They are few in number, but each has at least one of those things in common with me. I also think it's important to be able to tolerate each other's differences of opinion. To me, a real friend is someone you can trust, who doesn't let you down without a very good reason, and someone you feel comfortable with. There are 30- and 20-year age gaps between myself and two of my best friends, but it makes no difference to how we get on. CB >|<

hiya david .i agree with you all. that trust is top of my list too.My best friend is 35 yrs younger than me( i have known her mam for donkeys years.)she is a single mam of 3 works full time and she always finds time for me.we have a good laugh together and we no our secrets are exactly that. i tell her things i would not tell my sister(mind you my sister is a bit of a prude ) lol x

Someone who can make me laff out loud for no apparent reason. Also, when you've not seen them for long periods of time, when you meet back up and you just fall back into your normal routine. I had 3 very close friends at school; Ant who i went all thru all of my schooling with, and was in every single class all of the way thru; Colin lovely fella who everyone thought was v. quiet, but oh how wrong they were; and finally Heather or 'H' as she is now known my best friend of all. When we left school we all went in different directions, but promised to keep in touch. Of course it didn't really happen. About 5 years ago when H was pregnant with her 1st we got back in touch briefly, but nothing really came of it. I missed so much of Rowan's early baby days and i regret that everytime i see the little sod! 2 years ago when she fell pregnant with the 2nd one, she got back in touch and thankfully, this time, we've been in touch ever since. Her little girl is 1 in a fortnight and i'm now known as 'Aunty Claire'. 2 weeks ago, while out taking part of our local pub qiuz Ant stumbled into the pub and spotted us. It was like we'd never been apart! 10 years down the line and nothing had changed. He spent all night with us, missing the party that he was supposed to be going to! Last week, H and me walked into the pub (again for the quiz) and there sitting in the corner was Ant and none other than Colin (poor little bugger had been dragged out with no notice!) 10 years after leaving school, thinking that i'd never see them again, we're sitting together like we'd never been apart. That's what friendship is about. c x

My bestest friend Yvonne, (I've known her since I was 12) is a combination of all of the above - but above all i know i can TRUST her with my life!! She not only knows where the bodies are buried, she's also buried a few for me!! :O) Yvonne - I LOVE YOU GIRL AND ALWAYS WILL!! Thanks for being my ROCK!! :O)

Hmmmm ... great minds... Just like Dilly, I've recently met someone online who has had a significant impact on me. She tells it like it is and takes no s*** which sometimes I need! She also cracks me up and makes me pmsl which we all need every now and then!! Hopefully we'll meet in person but regardless of the origin of our friendship we'll hopefully be lifelong friends now! Love becx

Thanks for answering everyone:) Mike - I think you can make friends just as well via the internet - it's just another method of communication and needs caution the same as mixing with people in the real world. I've met a few people from the site and some I'd had a fair bit of contact with beforehand. Wierd thing was that they didn't look much like I'd imagined or come across the way I thought they would but by the time I'd left them I felt about them as I expected too. Sheila - you didn't come across as aloof or reserved when I met you - thought you might be shy but you were really pleasant:) Karen - it's difficult when it just doesn't happen isn't it - I've always been quite sociable and have a lot of casual/pub mates but don't form close friendships easily either. Maz - I knew you were a woman of taste;)

I agreed with Dave as in Martin Luther King - the silence is the key. I hope I stand up and be counted for my friends in good and bad

Daniel , David Me to - a horse head can do the trick or a rooster nailed to the door is a good one. Mess with me and me mess with me family!!!!

Someone - honest, trustworthy with u thru good and bad, a laugh somone thru tears, tempers tants, all the good times and not say a word about anything to anyone else.

For some reason I never have had many friends :-( I call myself 'Billy no mates', because its true :-( I have quite alot of cyber pals, a few of them I've actually met, but I dont have many 'real' friends, and the majority of the friends I do have are males. I miss being able to have girlie chats, the going out clothes shopping and just being able to be myself :-( Karen

Have found out recently what good friends I have. They will stand by you through thick and thin and never say 'I told you so' or judge you. They will drop everything to be with you in times of trouble. They will listen and hug and dry your tears. I am soo lucky to have so many good friends - 3 from school who I am still very close to - have known 2 them over 30 years (must've met before we were born ...) some from toddler groups, known them 8 years or so, then others from school or work. Then of course there is all you lot on here - I can't imagine being without this fantastic group of people - a worldwide support network and some of the nicest people I have ever come across. I am a person who dislikes very few people, but will form a strong bond very quickly with those I like - especially if they share my bonkers sense of humour. Maz. XX ps I like you TOO David!!

Trust, laughter, honesty, shoulder to cry on (if needed), a rock in times of trouble. Linda was that - four months on I miss her so much. I like to think I was all those things to her also. Ann