"Nobody would choose to live without friends even if he had all the other good things of life."Aristotle
, 384-322 b.C., Greek philosopherI had gone to one of my friends' baby shower, it took place in a Mexican restaurant and was a girls night out. So dads were at home taking care of the kids. All the ladies, except the pregnant one, were strangers to me. It was awkward at first, but eventually, we all became comfortable around each other and had a good time talking about our husbands, life after marriage, kids etc....one girl brought her friend to the restaurant and introduced her to all of us, said she is a very close friend of hers from school. Both of them were lucky enough to get married to NRIs working in the Bay Area. Looking at them talking about old days and laughing made me miss my friend who is married now and is in Bangalore.
Now its not that I dont have any friends here and am a loner. I have lots of good friends, infact, one of them is from my high school . I can just pick up the phone or go and meet them, talk to them about anything and everything under the sun. I am sure my Bangalore friend would have gone on with her life, making more friends. But we had the happiest days of our lives and the things I shared with her cannot be shared with anybody else (pls, iam NOT talking about lesbian love)
All this makes me think.....right from the day we started walking, we have been (are still being) introduced to lots of people, of different age, and gender. Why then, are we close with just 1 or 2?
2 comments:
Hi Priya,Thanks for stopping by--and thanks for appreciating.
It is true even in my case.I have many friends--but am very close only to two.I think it is because we truly connect and are able to be our true selves only to those we really trust and who match us in outlook and values on MOST counts.Brian Weiss has a different explanation though.
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