F-R-I-E-N-D-S
Etymology
Definition
A group of friends consists of two or more people who are in a mutually beneficial and reciprocating relationship. The comraderie arising from such sentiments is often referred to as a friendship.
I've been thinking lately about friendship and those who are friends. It seems that there is almost no end to those trying to define 'friendship,' so who am I to buck the trend.
In second grade my idea of a good friend was the person who helped me stand up to the class bully. In high school my idea of a friend was the person who let me copy the social studies homework from the night before that I had. In college my idea of a friend was the person who bunked the class with me and discussed how useless the class was.
Maybe the time has gone, but the faces I recall. Things in this life change very slowly, if they ever change at all. The scary part being that we've all been hit with change lately and it doesn't seem to have come slowly at all. Do you remember the day you left home? I'm sure that you do. But I'll bet that what you remember even more clearly were the days in the college before you left. Do you remember standing by your best friend's car after college farewell night trying to sum up the meaning of a friendship you'd managed to maintain through thick and thin for years?
And then you get to a new place full of strangers. You meet people who forget you. You forget people who you meet. But sometimes, you come across some extra ordinarily special people. You learn a lot when you go to this new place. You learn to appreciate the taste of beer-the cheapest of all alcoholic beverages. You learn that you can roll out of bed 10 minutes before class and go to class looking like shit-and no one will notice or care. You learn you really can do things for yourself without your parents looking over your shoulder--but you also learn you never realized how nice it was to have them there, just in case. More than anything, however, you learn how much your friends really mean to you. College friends come to mean a lot to you, but they can never compare to your friends from home. Your friends from home teach you the meaning of friendship during your college years. Because you are apart from them you tend to express your feelings more --- you learn how much these people truly affect your life.
Simply putting�1 million memories..1 hundred thousand inside jokes..10 thousand great times..1 hundred secrets..1 reason..F-R-I-E-N-D-S
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