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re: Do you have a best friend?

Posted on 11/24/24 at 7:02 pm to
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
153968 posts
Posted on 11/24/24 at 7:02 pm to
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I know it sounds weird, but I tell guys now I am unable to have good friends. We stand around and drink a beer, but why do I want to lose another three or four good friends before I die?
maybe you'll create some great memories that are worth it

BTW you are a favorite poster of mine. I really enjoy your nostalgia posts about Jxn MS in the 50s & 60s
Posted by Rabby
Member since Mar 2021
1478 posts
Posted on 11/24/24 at 7:12 pm to
Yes.
Married her.
And many years later, we are still happy about it.
Posted by foj1981
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2013
4175 posts
Posted on 11/24/24 at 7:42 pm to
Yep, we’re both old as frick now but we met in 6th grade nearly 55 years ago. We talk everyday
Posted by Sampson
Drusilla and Jefferson
Member since Mar 2012
25030 posts
Posted on 11/24/24 at 7:47 pm to
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Hank Mardukas.has been my closest friend since our first year at IBM. Talk to him 2-3 times a week on the phone for 30 years now.


Hank Mardukas. fricking legend
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
80440 posts
Posted on 11/24/24 at 7:52 pm to
Yes. I do.
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
20733 posts
Posted on 11/24/24 at 7:52 pm to
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Do you have a best friend?


Nope
Posted by H newman
Member since Oct 2021
1962 posts
Posted on 11/24/24 at 7:56 pm to
My mom used to say if you have one true friend you are blessed.
Mine died in Vietnam.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
216049 posts
Posted on 11/24/24 at 7:59 pm to
My best friend passed away on Oct. 4th. I miss her so much…
Posted by TheWalrus
Land of the Hogs
Member since Dec 2012
46135 posts
Posted on 11/24/24 at 8:00 pm to
I have someone I think is but I don’t know if he would feel the same
Posted by BregmansWheelbarrow
Member since Mar 2020
3108 posts
Posted on 11/24/24 at 8:02 pm to
People tend to have different levels of happiness when I see them. My dog is always happy.
Posted by Mr Clean
Power I-Formation
Member since Aug 2006
53090 posts
Posted on 11/24/24 at 8:03 pm to
No, but one of my bosses is a good friend
Posted by gizmothepug
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2015
8501 posts
Posted on 11/24/24 at 8:10 pm to
My wife, outside of her it would be her Uncle that I’ve known my whole life. I had a couple best friends growing up that at the time I thought would be for life, but that’s not the way life works.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
120027 posts
Posted on 11/24/24 at 8:12 pm to
I would think most people have at least one friend that will help them out in a time of need and vice versa
Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
25161 posts
Posted on 11/24/24 at 8:25 pm to
Did. Lost my Dad last year.
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
33900 posts
Posted on 11/24/24 at 10:04 pm to
I have all my best friends from different stages in my life, and I’m still great friends with all of them.

I don’t consider any specific one to be THE best friend, though.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
72021 posts
Posted on 11/24/24 at 10:42 pm to
Yes. Been married to her for going on 28 years.
Posted by Clark14
Earth
Member since Dec 2014
26095 posts
Posted on 11/24/24 at 10:58 pm to
One of my best friends passed away last month, I’ve been fortunate to have friends I made over 50 years ago who, even if we haven’t seen one another in years, can just pick right up like we’ve never been apart.

They are like family rather than friends to me and I’ll never take them for granted. I’m very lucky.
Posted by TigrrrDad
Member since Oct 2016
7927 posts
Posted on 11/25/24 at 3:15 am to
Only have 2 real friends, so they are co-best friends. Known them both for nearly 50 years. Though I should say “had” because I ran one off back in July. We were on a snake-catching trip in West Texas and I told him to stop being a pussy. He never got over it and we haven’t talked since then.
Posted by AlterDWI
Pattern Noticing, Alabama
Member since Nov 2012
5963 posts
Posted on 11/25/24 at 7:01 am to
I have a best friend. We talk maybe twice a year.
Posted by Brown Dog
Member since Feb 2019
64 posts
Posted on 11/25/24 at 7:29 am to

Yes. 3 My Dad, my wife (no pix) and a fella I met 70+ years ago.

My Dad became a best friend after I had enough sense to realize his actions, whippings/punishments, while growing up were to make me a responsible/better person.

My wife could not be more supportive and we almost never fight. Even with the added age and poor health, I still look at her and see the smoking hot 23 yr old flat bellied race horse that first caught my eye. Still in love as she is my everything.

Met my bud at kindergarden in 1953 and were inseparable. Were together when each shot first dove, squirrel, deer. Together when smoked first cigarette, drank first beer. Double dated on our first dates.

Probably never went longer than a couple of weeks without talking to each other since college even though he moved a good ways off. His work took him all over the world, but we stayed in regular contact.

He died last December and after 70+years and left a large void in my life. Still think about him almost daily.

Reflecting on all, I have been a extremely fortunate person.
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