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It’s Best Friends Day!

TheresaV — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 14:57:39 GMT

Hi everyone

You know much I love to use official days to celebrate all that we have around us. And today I am more than excited to talk about Best Friends Day!

Of course, as with any other day, we don’t need a special day to celebrate our friendships. But as many days before this, it’s a great occasion to reminiscence, share memories and have a laugh. And why not take every chance to celebrate? I sure wouldn’t say no!

May it be on a digital space like our O2 Community or in real life, many of you will have had the chance to meet new people over the years and be able to now count them as friends.

(Lukas and me dancing to ABBA)

I myself met my best friend on the first day of University. And even though we are both from good old Germany, we come from completely different parts of the country. Many of you know who I am talking about, it’s the one and only @LukasB. Always there when I need him with an open ear to listen to all of my troubles, we now have a massive pile of absolutely amazing memories that I never ever want to miss

Do you have any great memories of your friends that you want to share with us?

Re: It’s Best Friends Day!

madasaf1sh — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:02:12 GMT

@TheresaV

I met my best friends at work

One of whom we went to Download Festival every year until grown up life and careers took over, so many good memories and laughs and tears.
My other best friend moved home to Ireland, and again so many good times and trying times,

I love the saying that my missus uses when I get together with my 2 best friends - we pick up where we left off.

I really have missed them both in the last year and missed seeing my god son and just spending time with them...

Re: It’s Best Friends Day!

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 16:13:35 GMT

1. Is it possible to have more than one best friend?
2. I always wonder if the people that are considered a best friend, consider that friend a best friend.

PS I don't have a best friend

Re: It’s Best Friends Day!

jonsie — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 16:19:34 GMT

I have two best friends that I've known since school days
Someone I consider to be a good friend here on the community
Many others who are either family or thoroughly decent people
Hope that covers all the folk on here

Re: It’s Best Friends Day!

LukasB — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 16:34:45 GMT

I would say acquaintances @TheresaV hahaha

Re: It’s Best Friends Day!

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 16:39:05 GMT

@LukasB wrote:
I would say acquaintances @TheresaV hahaha

Well that answers no2 LOL

Re: It’s Best Friends Day!

Cleoriff — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 16:54:52 GMT

I think it's possible to have more than one best friend.

I have a best friend here in the UK. She was once my boss so she treated me quite unfairly at times, to prove to every member of staff that she wasn't favouring me whatsover!!

Another best friend, we grew up together, she eventually moved to Australia, so it's emails and the occasional phone call.

A great friend who lived in Spain, is one I'm very close to. She moved back to Liverpool for the sake of her husbands health.

Re: It’s Best Friends Day!

TheresaV — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 08:20:20 GMT

I think you can definitely have more than one best friend(watch out for when I get a dog Lukas) or even just good friend if you don't want to label it @Anonymous and as @madasaf1sh said I think sometimes it's just about a connection. Even if you live on the other side of the world, whenever you come together you can just pick up where you left off.

It's great to see that everyone seems to have some friends scattered across the globe @Cleoriff. And even though my acquaintance as he calls himself @LukasB only lives around 20 minutes walk away, I am sure he would still love/hate me if I moved to another country

Re: It’s Best Friends Day!

TheresaV — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 08:21:58 GMT

@jonsie wrote:
I have two best friends that I've known since school days
Someone I consider to be a good friend here on the community
Many others who are either family or thoroughly decent people
Hope that covers all the folk on here

It's great to hear that there are such strong friendships formed on the community over the years @jonsie. I keep thinking about people who like gaming as well, they often form such strong friendships online and only meet each other (if ever) years later! Means that there's really no boundaries isn't there

Re: It’s Best Friends Day!

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 09:41:50 GMT

It's all black & white to me (literally & figuratively) & I struggle with this whole multi best friends thing.
I have a pair of shoes, a shirt, trousers for best (not that I ever wear them) I don't have multiple things for multiple occasions.. Same as friends.. I don't see one as better than the other or only suitable for certain occasions.
If you have a best friend, surely they are deemed 'best' because they are just that, the person you can turn to for anything at anytime.

Just my two'penneth

Re: It’s Best Friends Day!

TheresaV — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:33:40 GMT

I think it's different for everyone isn't it @Anonymous. I personally can count the number of my friends on one hand and other people might enjoy having a wider friend group. And if you have a "best" friend, he or she probably knows anyways because of the time and memories you have together

Re: It’s Best Friends Day!

Cleoriff — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:45:00 GMT

@Anonymous

I disagree to a certain extent. My 'best friends' are all different.

One I can talk to in great depth about medical stuff (hers and mine) we have seen each other at our very best and worst. We can also chat about other stuff and as @gmarkj said, we can pick up where we left off.

One other won't tolerate any talk about illnesses but is great fun and we chat about anything and everything. She is full of love and surprises and makes me very happy to be with.

The one in Australia, is based on memories and the things we did as kids. She's not particularly well and uses me as a sounding board. Also an absolute diamond. Is also thinking of returning home from Australia

If you asked me to drop two and only be friends with one, I couldn't do it.

They aren't the only friends in my life....but they are the best.

Re: It’s Best Friends Day!

gmarkj — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 15:25:56 GMT

Much as I would like to claim credit @Cleoriff, in this instance all credit to @madasaf1sh.

Re: It’s Best Friends Day!

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 17:40:53 GMT

I'm the same @TheresaV a handful of friends. Not sure if they'd call me the same (being the oddbod that I am) but I aint bothered.

Some great sentiments there @Cleoriff .. Sounds like your friends are lucky people!

Re: It’s Best Friends Day!

TheresaV — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:09:56 GMT

Either way, I think they all should count themselves lucky having me as a friend anyways

Re: It’s Best Friends Day!

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:17:08 GMT

@LukasB ..... @LukasB ...... @luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuukkkkkkkkkkkkkkkasBBBBBBBBBBB
(nah he's gone)

Re: It’s Best Friends Day!

LukasB — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:38:49 GMT

@Anonymous I am here

Re: It’s Best Friends Day!

TheresaV — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 10:29:26 GMT

Well played @Anonymous

Re: It’s Best Friends Day!

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:03:27 GMT

@TheresaV wrote:
Well played @Anonymous

Re: It’s Best Friends Day!

RunrigForever — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 10:05:12 GMT

FRIENDSHIP

invaluable ..... to be accepted *warts and all* ... ... and to be reciprocated

I don't have a best friend ... I do have a few good friends & then, there are people I know

Thinking about how many Christmas cards I send

I need to be surrounded by good people / friends ..... and ..... hopefully I am as good a friend to them as they are to me

I have a 'Go To' Friend and they are the same to me

Communication by voice down the phone(only occasionally) / text / email / Facebook / in person 1 to 1

sometimes, particularly during Lockdown1, last year, I desperately needed to hear / interact with / a voice (other than BBC Radio Four) ..... so ..... I rang the Samaritans at 7:00am and was sorted out within 1/2 hour, ready to put the kettle on for a cuppa Yorkshire Tea decaff ... = ... Relaxed.

I have founded the 'typed word' sometimes can cause 'mis-information' I've sent and received ..... once in words in front of the eye, it is difficult to take back ... my use of English is not clever = it's either 3 words with me or 333