Our Beginning
We started out 25+ years ago as “business friends”. We took our relationship outside the workplace and started stopping for an occasional cocktail at night. Soon we started bringing other gal pals in and before long we had a gang of regular cohorts we would come to depend on for almost all of our emotional needs. Husbands and boyfriends would come and go, but our gang of gal pals offered a consistent stability no one else could offer. We could sit in a restaurant talking and laughing and before long notice every one in the place was listening in.
A couple times a year we would travel someplace that offered a different venue of great food and drink. We knew more about each other than our respective husbands knew about us. Little things like; I always read a magazine from the back, I only eat one thing at a time or that time I went through a divorce, I went a bit crazy.
We always had a partner in crime and through the years we’ve all grown and changed. Our gang of girls has been whittled down to a few, but the ones remaining are here for the duration. Each knowing things about our successes and failures and willing to accept them.
We’re much wiser than we used to be, both individually and collectively. As we are all spread around the country now looking for other friends, the one thing we can acknowledge is we wish we had known then what we know now.
Check it out! 30 Years of Friendship!
I found you through Twitter and came to see your blog. Looks great. I can’t wait to read more. Followed your FB page as well.
Fabulous and welcome! We’re thrilled to have you join us! Looking forward to exploring YOUR site!
I still have a few friends from High School and I cherish those friendships. There’s so much that I don’t have to explain, they just know. We have a rich history together and I’m so glad these relationships have endured.
That reminds me of my best friend. I ran into her at the gym a few weeks ago. We stood up and talked for the first hour, then we sat down and talked for the second hour, then we were hungry so we sat at lunch and talked for the third hour. Finally my husband called to ask why I hadn’t come home from the gym three hours later. I’m still talking to Anne, I answered. No wonder, he said. Now that’s a true friend.
Adrian, I can count the number of friends who have been with me for 30 years on one finger. With today’s technology just because we live on opposite ends of the country we can still be just as close. I can’t thank you enough for reading and taking the time to comment! We LOVE hearing from people!
It seems when you get to midlife you starting counting your friends in terms of quality instead of quantity doesn’t it!
Adrian – that’s a fabulous story! Barb and I have been through think and thin together and we both know where ALL the bodies are buried! ; ) Thank you for taking the time to read about us. Stop back when you can – there’s always something going on on middleSage! Have a good week!