My best friend has held that title for 30+ years. We met in our old neighborhood riding the bus to junior high and have seen each other through college, marriage(s), divorce(s), affairs, motherhood, illness, death, turning 30, 40 and so on. Every year we take a vacation together and it’s non-stop laughter the whole time. Our first vaca was a roadtrip to San Francisco spring break of our senior year in high school. Our last was Maui this February. For the first time since high school, we will be living in close proximity to each other and I’m wondering how this will change the friendship.
It’s great to have one person in your life who knows all your secrets, can pretty much handle any hard truths you need to tell, the one you call when the mammogram comes back scary etc. I envy those of you happily married to your BF.
For those who met your BF early in your life and stayed in touch, have the dynamics of your relationship changed or do you still relate the way you did when you were kids?
Great question!