I don't have a lot of friends.
...That sounds weird, right? Its both true and untrue. I have a lot of friends, in the sense that I have a lot of people I know and can call them more than an acquaintance, and we are friendly. I went to an all-girls school, I was in a sorority, I would say I was relatively "popular" in college. But when it comes down to it...there aren't a lot of people in my life I would classify as true friends. It is hard to explain.
One of my good friends has spent the past month out of the country for his work, and he is enjoying it to an extent. We talked a little tonight, and he told me how he broke up with his girlfriend. They hadn't been dating that long, she lived a long way away from him, he didn't see it being a long run thing...I support him always in his decisions. Sometimes I don't agree, but I try and talk with him about his choices and support what he wants to do.
I love him a lot, and I find that I serve often as a sounding board, and ear and a shoulder to him, which is fine by me. We've known each other for almost six years now, and have been through some strange stuff. He is someone I would consider to be one of my best friends, whether or not he sees me the same way.
I think that the relationship of a friendship is strange sometimes. Obviously when you are friends, there is give and take and it is a mutual thing. But the level of friendship is something weird. How many people consider me one of their closest friends, that I don't feel that close, and vice versa?
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