- My friend Erin and I met in elementary school, were best friends in high school, and totally drifted aparted once we hit college. About a year after graduating, we randomly decided to get together and hang out, and it was like we'd never spent four years apart. We are still really close today, and she was a bridesmaid in my wedding. It shows that true friendships can weather long periods of distance.
- My close friend Niki and I met for the first time in August 2007 at a going away party for a mutual friend. We hit it off, but didn't end up hanging out again until the winter. We had a ridiculous amount in common, and it didn't take long for us to decide we were "brothers from another mother" (or "sisters from another mister", as someone just told us the other day), and she's probably the quickest close friend I've ever made. She's one of those people that I always look forward to spending time with, and since the friendship is still fairly new, we always have a ton to talk about that we haven't learned about each other yet.
- My "college friend" Lori and I randomly met freshman year in math class. We sat next to each other and I told her I liked her manicure. there were a grand total of 5 girls in that class (including us), and the others were as bitchy as they come. Being the only personable girls in the class, we first became study buddies, and when our planned roommates for the next year both bailed on us, we decided to become roommates even though we didn't know each other that well. It worked out surprisingly well as we also lived together junior and senior year, and eventually were roommates after college for two years. We've drifted apart a bit since moving out and now only see each other once every few months, but when we do hang out, it's as if we still live together and nothing has changed.
- Finally, my husband and I met junior year of high school. We were crazy-in-love high school sweethearts, and we dated throughout college as well. We got engaged after graduation, but broke up a few months later and were apart for almost two years. We always kept in touch, and we decided to get together for dinner one night. The minute we sat down and started talking I felt the empty space in my life becoming full again. The conversation was easy, I felt completely relaxed for the first time in ages, and I couldn't stop smiling. Just a few months later we got engaged again, and in October 2007 we got married. He's truly my best friend, and I'm so grateful things worked out for us.
Friendships come in so many different forms and I am so lucky to have this great group of people in my life.
