Friends

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FRIENDS !
An integral part of my life! People who know me definitely identify me with my friendly nature. Am an easy-going and a very friendly person. Over the years, I met some very wonderful people, whom I can easily call them as buddies. I have a lot of acquaintances, but only some qualify as my best pals, whom I can actually share anything under the sun.

I wouldn't like to mention their names, not knowing how they would react to a public blog. But am sure that they would identify themselves, as they read on.....

My first friend and the best one is my mom. No prizes for guessing that! God has given me a really, wonderful mother who is not only friendly, but also very understanding. I owe her not only my life, but a lot many traits in myself, which my family is immensely proud of.

My brother seconds the list of my best friends. Not having too much of a gap in our age, me and my brother have always been good friends since childhood. There was never a major sibling rivalry amongst us. There was never a fierce competition between us for anything. The only thing we fought over might have been our mom's attention. My brother left us and started his big steps towards the real world, when he went off to study in an engineering hostel in Northern India. It's almost 6 years me and my bro have actually lived under the same roof, thanks to his studies and my marriage, but the bond we still share is totally telepathic.

The next one is a friend, a very dear one, whom I have shared my school life with, whom I was always identified as an identical twin, and whom I shared a love-hate relationship through my teens, and with whom I now share some very warm vibes. She has been my alter-ego as a child, competing with me in every aspect. However, there were very little squabbles as kids and undoubtedly, we enjoyed every phase of our school life. As we grew and were passing through the confusing stage of teens, our social circle grew and so did our friends, thus tearing us apart. At one stage, we just couldn't stand each other for no absolute reason. Please blame our age !! However, as we sobered down, me with my family, and she doing extremely well with her career and looking forward to a great marriage with her college sweetheart, we share a great relation now. She's going to be a friend for life. And no doubts about it.

The next friend am going to mention is a great one. We just studied two years together, but the vibes we share until now are simply amazing. I've been through her lows and highs, and have seen her actually cry in my lap too. We shared some most memorable moments, speaking of boys, crushes, movies and all the silly sweet-nothings in the sands of Vizag beaches. The sands of time passed on, but it only strengthened our friendship. It's not an exaggeration that there isn't a single day which passed by in the past decade without being in touch with each other. We adapt to each other's feelings so well, that it proves that one need not meet each other frequently, so as to share this kind of a feeling. Can you believe that it's almost three years I met her, with us pulled apart with our respective busy lives? But, she's the only friend who's been this constant sweetheart and a great supporter for anything which I attempted in my life, be it my motherhood or even my blog. She even likes me sneeze too.... Silly girl !!

Another great friend is who has actually helped me look into life at a newer angle. I have lots of male friends, but none has ever been this close to my heart. I have no squalms in actually saying this too. People's choice of words maybe different, but I have just one word to describe him, a buddy ! A person whom I can count upon, a person whom I can vent all my feelings uninhibitedly, a person who adores me to the hilt. We've had umpteen number of philosophical discussions, which actually amazes me with his knowledge on the real world. For his age, guys tend to act immature and childish, atleast when compared to the girls of his age...But, he has always amazed me with his child-like yet matured qualities of handling a situation. That being said, he is the only guy I identify my dad with his qualities. That itself is an example of how much he has actually impressed me. Unlucky chap, he's just late by a decade !! hehe... Jokes apart, I keep thanking him for putting up with all my weird ideas, and he is always welcome and acts up that putting up with my goofy nature is a pleasure too.

And last but not the least, I have to mention my husband, for being my buddy for over a decade. Obviously, I don't need to explain the rapport I share with my husband, but I have to give credit to him for putting up with all my childish impishness all these years. He's been a wonderful listener and great outlet for my yakkity-yak, until ofcourse I started blogging. I think he better thank this blog, for relieving him off his duties as a patient let-out of my forever excitement.

Thanks everyone for listening to me. This post is dedicated to all the above-mentioned people. Thanks for being in my life !!