(Yes I have got this song stuck in my head!)

They are the ones who will hold back your hair when I'm drunk and vomitting but are still laughing, the one who will tell me that top looks crap, the one who no matter what time of the day or night, rain hail or shine, you can rely upon for advice, a laugh and just to forget for a bit. The one who you want standing next to you when you get married, and who you hope you get pregnant at the same time so your kids can be best friends.

They just get you, and that's always nice.

Who is your best friend? How did you guys meet, any funny story - were you bonded at the hip from the start or was it a gradual thing over time? How has your relationship grown through the years?

:hugs::hugs::hugs:

I am a year older than my best friend so we didn't go to school together but i new of her while we were at the same school. She had no idea who i was and well she thought i was a stuck up snob, which i probably was. We became friends through another mutual friend of ours and because i was forever going to the salon she worked at we got to know each other better.

I have a heap of close friends but i have never met anyone like her before and she also the only person in my life who really knows me. She knows me better than i know myself. We think the same things all the time and sometimes even say the sames things at the same time.

We never argue about anything serious because we just seem to get along well and both couldn't be bothered fighting over something because it probably isn't worth putting our friendship in danger. We argue about things that we dislike and like ect. I love 80's music and she hates it and things like that.

We see each other almost everyday if not we ring each other for a chat. I haven't had this much fun in my life until we became friends.

i don't know what i'd do without her. :hugs:

I love the song too loola. But I'm a desperate Queen fan, so that helps!

This is a lovely thread, and maybe it'll also prompt us to tell our pals they're tops a bit more often? Coincidentally, one of my friends sent me this email yesterday. Call it cheesy (especially coming from a cynic like me!), but it probably hits the mark for some people.

GIRLS IN MY CIRCLE

When I was little, I used to believe in the concept of one best friend,
And then I started to become a woman.
And then I found out that if you allow your heart to open up,
You will be shown the best, in many friends.

One friend is needed when you're going through things with your partner.
Another friend is needed when you're going through things with your parents.
Another will sit beside you in the bleachers as you delight in your children and their activities.
Another when you want to shop, share, heal, hurt, joke, or just be.
One friend will say, "Let's cry together,"
Another, "Let's fight together, "
Another, "Let's walk away together."

One friend will meet your spiritual need,
Another your shoe fetish,
Another your love for movies,
Another will be with you in your season of confusion,
Another will be your clarifier,
Another the wind beneath your wings.

But whatever their assignment in your life,
On whatever the occasion,
On whatever the day,
Or wherever you need them to meet you with their gym shoes on and hair pulled back,
Or to hold you back from making a complete fool of yourself ...

Those are your best friends.

It may all be wrapped up in one woman,
But for many, it's wrapped up in several...

One from 6th grade, one from high school,
Some from the college years, a couple from old jobs,
On some days your mother, on some days your neighbour,
On others, your sisters, cousins, and on some days, your daughters.

So whether they've been your friend for 20 minutes or 20 years,

AND ONLY IF YOU'D LIKE TO,

Pass this on to the women who have been placed in your life to make a difference.

I met my bestie in the second semester of first year uni. We both wanted the same guy and she was going the aggressive route and I was going the "just be friends and maybe he'll fall for me" route (sound familiar? :chuckle: She didn't know I liked him and my crush on him petered out very quickly anyway.) We were all in a couple of the same classes and the three of us became joined at the hip, and became incredibly close very quickly. We hung out at uni together every day, and went out afterwards, and sometimes we'd go to 24-hour places and hang out and drink coffee til six in the morning. We'd hang at each others' houses, all got to know each others' families, etc.

She and this other guy eventually started going out and it was quite short-lived. By this time I had long gotten over him and had no residual feelings. During the time they started going out, she and I became close because she would always call me when they fought (so would he - I'd often have them both on call waiting!). She and I started hanging out individually and became besties very quickly. At the same time, I maintained a very close friendship with the guy (his and my friendship was very solid for a number of years and I would say I was his best friend even though he wasn't mine, if that makes sense. It went off the rails but that's another story.). Eventually I moved to Brisbane and they stopped seeing each other and went their separate ways (he left uni) but I was close to both of them but especially to my bestie. When I moved back a couple of years later we stayed close and nothing's really changed. Our relationship has waxed and waned but we've never had a fight or been on the rocks.

She moved away with her partner in 2005 and it almost broke my heart, but we stayed very (some might say strangely) close, talking 1-2 times a day and texting/emailing/messaging all day. I went down to see her and she came up to see me so it was all ok. They got married last year in June and I was her MOH. Now they are expecting a baby and living in WA and we're as close as ever. We text each other randomly all day and we are the first people that the other one calls when we're stressed/angry/frustrated/happy. We take cameraphone pictures of funny things and send them to each other, and she calls me when her baby is kicking. In fact she told me she was pregnant before she told her husband!! When they got married he mentioned me in his wedding speech and thanked me for allowing him to marry my best friend. He calls me "Camilla" (true story!) because when he married her he married me as well, and there are three in the marriage! :chuckle: It's not quite that bad and I would never interfere in their relationship, but I am lucky that he accepts me as a huge part of her life.

This is a cool thread!

I have a few besties.

Rai - my girlfriend from Geelong. We used to hang out every night until I moved - now we speak every night on the phone. She is a gorgeous, lovely, caring gal. Rai and I both love going out but only for a couple of hours - we like to be home in bed nice and early! Perfect friend for going out - we just get each other and know when enough is enough.

Catherine - we knew each other as kids (our mums are besties!) but when her family moved from Geelong to Melbourne, we lost touch. Fast forward to two years ago when I moved to Melbourne and gave her a call for her birthday. We have been inseperable ever since and she is great when it comes to coming up with solutions for my constant whingeing :) Catherine and I always do dinner and movie dates, and we have dvd sleepovers and always laugh so much and feel better for being in the other's company.

Celeste - yes that's right, double trouble. We met at uni, where we both studied PR. We realllly didn't get along initially, but over the years have grown closer and closer together until we now speak almost daily too. Celeste is so much fun - always has plenty of gossip for me - and is very sweet and sees only the best in other people.

Awww, I love my girls! I have quite a few very close girlfriends so I feel sort of bad leaving some of them from the list, but these are my most special girls :hearts: I am lucky though to still have friends from kinder, primary and high school, and my various jobs over time. There ain't nothing like a good friend :)

Lyn - met at Mr12's school when he was in a class with her son. Ditzy, but lovely.

Marti - Went to high school together but moved in different circles. Met up agian 5 years ago when I moved into this house, she lived 2 doors down. Introduced her to the love of her life, and attended (and half organised) their wedding.

Michele - another neighbour turned to friend. Met when they moved back here 4 years ago.

These women are my support network - they all accept me for who I am, listen, and don't judge. We see each other infrequently, and often go for months without speaking even though 1 of them lives just around the corner. But if 1 of us needs help, the other will be there. All it takes is a phone call, and any one of them would be here, and I would do the same for them.

Maybe it's one of those things that come with age, but I can't maintain a good friendship without regular contact. The best friendships I have are the ones where we send each other texts/emails/facebook stuff and where we have quick catchups as often as possible. Whenever I see someone that I haven't seen for a while, no matter how close we were, I always feel awkward?!

I don't find that to be the case. My best boy friends I see about every 3 weeks-month, although there have been gaps of a couple of months when we have been particularly flat out - and we don't speak on the phone often - but with these friends it feels like we haven't missed a beat. I have quite a few girlfriends like this too.

The difference for me, is when I've grown away from old friends - then it is awkward. I've lost touch with quite a few old friends from Geelong simply because my life etc has changed and theirs haven't, so there is now very little to talk about. But with true friends, I don't think staying in regular contact is necessary - well, not for me!

Yeah I find that with friends who are those, you know, FRIENDS - months can pass, life happens, but when I see them or talk, nothings changed even though everything has.

nothings changed even though everything has.

I love this - so true and so eloquent!

Raspberry's poem makes a lot of sense to me. I have 5 besties and they all have their own things that make them special to me.

Renee: I have known her since I was about 7 yrs old. She started at my primary school in year 1 and I thought she was totally lame because she kept coughing loudly :chuckle:. Anyhoo, her mum called my mum and wondered if they could car pool 'cause we lived close and the rest is history. We have had a turbulent friendship-we didn't talk for about a year in yr 7- you know normal stupid teenage stuff. I really believe she's my other half, sounds weird I know, but we balance each other. I don't speak to her every day, or even every week or month, but when I do see her we have the best fun and chat about just stuff.

Jess: I met her in High School, when I changed schools. I initially thought she was so scary 'cause she glared at me in the stair well. When I was invited to eat luch in her group, I was like "great, I'm in that b*tches group". Haha. Anyway, I entered my first art class and she patted the seat next to her and I went to sit down next to her. We bonded over a love of art and stupid jokes. She is my friend who I go to when I need a laugh, we almost never talk about anything serious. People think we look like sisters, because we both have red hair, but we don't look alike in any other way, but we have the same sense of humour and we just laugh and laugh like crazy when we're together.

Prow: I met her in High School too, but we didn't click as instantly as I did with Jess. Prow was in my tutor group and we made proper friends in yr 10 when we were put next to each other in Computer Studies. Again, we bonded over our sense of humour- her real name is Laura, but I came up with her nick name. Prow is my go to gal when I need to rant about work, or family because we are both quite closed when it come to talking about emotions, but I can open up to her and she to me.

Alexe: She is my brothers best female friend. She is who I call when I need to cry. Usually about boys :chuckle:. She has really been like a sister to me. I don't have a real sister, but she is the best substitute I could ask for. Again I don't see her alot, but I love it when I do.

My Bro: My bro is my original best friend :hugs:. We never fought as children and have always been super close. There was one time recently that we had quite a big fight and it almost killed me. Never again. No one in the world makes me laugh as hard as he does- he loves it, and plays it up so much when I'm around.

So those are my besties and I couldn't live without 'em.

OMG!! Can't believe I didn't mention Nancy! She lives in Canada now :tears: but is looking ot move home in the next 2 years :penguin: She knows ALL my deep, dark secrets, and loves me just the same.

I met my best friend in year 8 when I moved schools. We had a large group of friends but us two were the loudest of our group and were very close. In year 11 when I moved out of home, I lived with her and her family for six months. It was a time of great turbulance and we grew apart and I moved out and got my own house. Time heals though and within a year we were back to being close friends. We are two very different people, with different interests but we get along so well. We have a friendship where if months pass we can still pick up the phone or catch up and nothing has changed and we can't do this with anybody else. She knows me very well and looks out for me! We have now been friends for nearly 7 years and when we both finish Uni we want to travel overseas and work together (we are both studying to be Nurses). I love her! :hugs:

Awww, all warm and fuzzies!

I have a small cicle of friends. I moved a lot growing up so what friends I have really count and I try to make an effort in keeping in touch with everyone even if its a phone call now and again!

N* = is a friend I adore for her energy and passion for living life to the full. I've known her since I was 10 years old. She and I did everything together in 1994 - when I lived in the same town as her. I moved again in 1995, but that never stopped us! ... We saw each other a couple of times a year!, phoned each other regularly and would discuss our life plans with each other. We have been on family holiday's together, had wild weekend's as 16 and 17 year olds. At 18 she moved to South Isl of NZ to start uni and I came back from living in australia to study where I live now. That was the last time we saw each other. We are now both 24. She is married and has a little girl. She lives in the town that we went to school together, although its only 1 1/2 hrs away, our busy lives mean that emailing, phoning each other is the best we can do. She is never far away in my mind, we spoke in January - after we had lost contact for a little while, but it seemed as though we'd just spoken the day before!... I would love to see her at Easter time.

E* = She is probably the only consistant friend who I have fought with, had crazy times with and laughed so much with!!! we met at high school. From about age 12 she stayed at my housemost Wednesday nights and some weekends. Her parents lived out on a farm and her step-dad wasn't very nice. Right up to 16 we were like twins, we did most things together and never had a cross word!... Until boys became important!... E and I went our seperate ways for a short period whilst she experimented, before she dropped out of school to be a chef and I stayed at school. We re-connected again at age 17. I moved away for a year then at 18 up until now its been great. Although many changes have happened. She is Married, owns a house, has a 3 yr old boy. We live an hour apart but try to see each other regularly. We call/text a lot and sometimes email. One of the best times I had with E was at age 15 my family and E went on a holiday for 3 weeks it was fantastic!

J* and N** = these 2 girls are like my big sisters, Im an only child and I always wanted an older sister. I got lucky at uni, when I was 18 I met the girls. Since then We have done all kinds of things - holidayed together, shopped, gone out dinner, drinks, movies all kinds of cool outtings, all worked together as teachers at the same centre. They're great, kind, generous, understanding 'big' sisters. They've helped me out with life has been tough and we see each other most out of all my friends, I guess coz we all live 15 minutes away from each other. I admire J, as she has experienced so much she has travelled, has a great home, married an awesome guy and is an awesome teacher and friend. N is a lovely, special person we are the same star sign and are similiar in nature. She is a great motivator. We have long phone conversations, they're great!. N is married with a gorgeous little girl, whom is adorable.

I have a handful of other friends who are special in my life, which I have to mention -

C* I worked with her at my first job at the bank in 2006. She is loads of fun. She is single like me and we do all the girly stuff like go out on the weekends - or like today have lunch together! to catch up on all the gossip from work or our lives. We are both encouraging each other to go overseas at the moment, as all our close friends seem to be making big moves in their lives so we think we should too. I'm thinking of Melbourne and she's thinking of going to the UK to see other friends and family.

S1* and S2* these girls are the best, they're in Melbourne. I've known S1- for my whole life, her and my parents have known each other for ever. She is a rock in my life, so supportive, such a great person. She is like family. We are both easy going, thats probably why we get a long so well. S2 is lovely, she is S1's flatmate and someone who I only met last year, but has already become one of my favourite people to contact!. She loves music like me and has an awesome since of style which is cool!

I've not had many male friends or boyfriends either but one guy friend, I did loose a few years back, he died. He was unique, outrageous character which made me laugh.


I had a bunch of different friends growing up, which have made an impact on my life too but the ones I've mentioned are the most important to me. I cherish time spent with them and truly believe I am lucky to be part of their lives. Through thick and thin these friends are amazing!

Such a beautiful thread!



It may all be wrapped up in one person,
But for many, it's wrapped up in several...

whether they've been your friend for 20 minutes or 20 years,



RBB, this is a lovely poem. ( I'm not a cheesey type either, but this is pertinent )
The feelings resonate with me. :hugs:



nothings changed even though everything has.


Oh so true Miss loola.:kissing:

Such a beautiful thread!

Yeah - I don't know why becuase i have been having a somewhat difficult time friend wise, so trying to stay positive and it's so lovely to hear stories of how you met friends and of best friends.

I just saw Michele, poor bugger has impacted wisdom teeth. She is soooooo sick. But I made her laugh, so all is right with the world. Or at least it was for 10 seconds.

My Bro: My bro is my original best friend :hugs:. We never fought as children and have always been super close. There was one time recently that we had quite a big fight and it almost killed me. Never again. No one in the world makes me laugh as hard as he does- he loves it, and plays it up so much when I'm around.

So those are my besties and I couldn't live without 'em.

I forgot about my bros! They are both definitely on par with my other bestie for "best friend" status. I have two (17 & 23) and am equally close to them. We all share a similar sense of humour and whenever I find something hilarious, I know they'll understand! We've all travelled together and lived in other places so sometimes they have a unique understanding of things that my other friends don't. They both know me incredibly well and honestly there is no-one else on earth I'd rather hang out with than those two (most of the time). We've had our ups and downs to be sure - the older one and I used to fight shockingly when we were little. He was also a massive turd as a teenager but he is so great now (most of the time, again). He has been living in Canberra for the past four years but moved back here just after Christmas, which I am over the moon about!! Could never imagine life without them.

My bro is so funny too, he just stood next to my mum and told her she smelled like her mother (our grandmother), then he goes in this Spanish accent: "Santa Maria! It has a mother!". :chuckle:

I love my two closest pals.

C - we grew up together, got drunk together, dated the wrong guys together. An incredibly tough cookie with a heart of gold. We've lived in different cities for a long time and only catch up in person a couple of times a year, but always pick up where we left off; like we've never been apart. That's pretty special.

A - who I met in my first year of uni. Probably the closest I can imagine to a sister. She's a dainty Nordic blonde who gives me seriously good bear hugs, not those silly shoulder-hugs you get from other people. I can talk to her for hours, or sit on the couch flipping through magazines and drinking endless cups of tea. Only she understands my desperate love for Jane Austen. She's top-notch.

Have a few other lovely friends in 'Berra who I met through work, and they're great.

My best friend and I have been together (?!) for a bout 11/12 years. We met in high school, where I spread a rumour about her. She came up to me and said "well, I could either punch you in the face or we could be best friends" and I chose friends. We have been close ever since.

Last year she moved to the gold coast which was hard, but I have to say when we do see each other we really aprpeciate the time, and I always get so excited when I know I am going to see her. I do miss our little rituals though. We used to have breakfast at a cafe for dinner every thursday, and then spend like an hour in our local priceline just browsing and fooling around. We even got kicked out once :whistle:

She is the kind of friend who I could do anything in front of and she would not even bat an eyelid, and when we are together we alternate between deep, brooding conversation and its of sillyness and laughter.

Oh now I miss her so much :shakehead:

Im flying up for her birthday next week, cant wait!!

You spread a rumour? :chuckle: hahahaha. What was it?

That she was a girl lover :chuckle:

I was in year 7!!! And she stole my boyfriend on valentines day. So she deserved it :chuckle:

You twat!

Funnily enough she spent a year as a girl lover when we were 18. So I totally jinxed her :chuckle:

I have two people who I call my best friends and group of around 6 others who are also in the best friends category but not quite up there with the special two.

C - We met when we were around three years old. Her nanna lived next door to me. We played together every day, went through primary school together and then went to different high schools. Nothing ever changed with us. We have been very big parts of each others lives forever. She is living in London and I'm sad to say I don't think she will ever come home to live again but we talk every week on the phone for a couple of hours and e-mail each other almost daily. I love her like a sister and we have always been there for each other thoughout everything. She is going to be one of my bridesmaids when I get married.

A- We met when we were 12 years old and both started boarding school. We were both terrified little girls in this massive place steeped in tradition and discipline. We went through homesickness together and were each others rocks whilst we settled into the new life at school we had before us. We grew up together in sense throughout our high school years. We got in trouble together, got our periods at the same time and ended up going home together almost every weekend. She would come to my place one weekend and I would go to hers the next. When we finished high school I went on to uni and she went straight into her families business to work. We still talked every day though.

When I suddenly go sick she was the first one of my friends to come to the hospital and see me. The others were all too scared at first. She came in after my parents told her I may not have long to live and I will never forget what she said to me "I'm not going to let you get away from me this easily, we still have too much havoc to cause together. Now don't you even think about leaving me or I am going to get really mad ok".

She came and sat by my bedside day in and day out. She would massage my hands and feet, She would put lipgloss on me and a bit of blush to brighten me up she even made my family food hampers that they could eat at the hospital (mum and dad didn't leave the hospital for a while, they even slept there). She was an amazing tower of strength for me throughout this time in my life.

We still talk all the time and see each other every weekend. I hope one day I can be half the friend to her that she has been to me. She is obviously my chief bridesmaid when I get married.

Oh my gosh PCC :hugs: A sounds absolutely wonderful, what you wrote really touched me. What a fantastic and priceless best friend!

She came in after my parents told her I may not have long to live and I will never forget what she said to me "I'm not going to let you get away from me this easily, we still have too much havoc to cause together. Now don't you even think about leaving me or I am going to get really mad ok".

What a woman! Now that's a friend.

Oh my gosh PCC :hugs: A sounds absolutely wonderful, what you wrote really touched me. What a fantastic and priceless best friend!

She is the best ever. She has been my rock throughout so many things. I remember when I was extremely traumatised about the awful scarring from my operation. I didn't think I would ever be able to show anyone my body ever again it was so bad. She came in and she said to me "righty O then lift your top"! I said "no way" and she then said "if you don't show me I am going to tackle you and have a look anyway" I finally showed her and burst into floods of tears thinking she would run a mile.

She looked at me and said "oh for gods sake it's not that bad, ok it's there but what a great talking point it will be in the future, now here's some earrings I got you today and here's some Uno cards and here is the worlds biggest block of chocolate that we are going to eat after I kick your backside at Uno".

I call her my guardian angel I am a truely blessed to call her my best friend.

You are making me all teary PCC (in a good way xo).

You are making me all teary PCC (in a good way xo).

Well you know what A would say to you LB - "Get over it Luvvy now where's the chocolate" She is very much looking forward to meeting you all at the end of the year. She said she's going to wear a netball bib over her dress with Chief written on it :chuckle:

Well you know what A would say to you LB - "Get over it Luvvy now where's the chocolate" She is very much looking forward to meeting you all at the end of the year. She said she's going to wear a netball bib over her dress with Chief written on it :chuckle:

:chuckle::chuckle: Cant wait to meet her!

She is the best ever. She has been my rock throughout so many things. I remember when I was extremely traumatised about the awful scarring from my operation. I didn't think I would ever be able to show anyone my body ever again it was so bad. She came in and she said to me "righty O then lift your top"! I said "no way" and she then said "if you don't show me I am going to tackle you and have a look anyway" I finally showed her and burst into floods of tears thinking she would run a mile.

She looked at me and said "oh for gods sake it's not that bad, ok it's there but what a great talking point it will be in the future, now here's some earrings I got you today and here's some Uno cards and here is the worlds biggest block of chocolate that we are going to eat after I kick your backside at Uno".

I call her my guardian angel I am a truely blessed to call her my best friend.

Oh my gosh. I'm speechless. You're truly blessed PCC, and she's truly blessed to have you too.

I love this thread!

I have two people who I call my best friends and group of around 6 others who are also in the best friends category but not quite up there with the special two.

C - We met when we were around three years old. Her nanna lived next door to me. We played together every day, went through primary school together and then went to different high schools. Nothing ever changed with us. We have been very big parts of each others lives forever. She is living in London and I'm sad to say I don't think she will ever come home to live again but we talk every week on the phone for a couple of hours and e-mail each other almost daily. I love her like a sister and we have always been there for each other thoughout everything. She is going to be one of my bridesmaids when I get married.

A- We met when we were 12 years old and both started boarding school. We were both terrified little girls in this massive place steeped in tradition and discipline. We went through homesickness together and were each others rocks whilst we settled into the new life at school we had before us. We grew up together in sense throughout our high school years. We got in trouble together, got our periods at the same time and ended up going home together almost every weekend. She would come to my place one weekend and I would go to hers the next. When we finished high school I went on to uni and she went straight into her families business to work. We still talked every day though.

When I suddenly go sick she was the first one of my friends to come to the hospital and see me. The others were all too scared at first. She came in after my parents told her I may not have long to live and I will never forget what she said to me "I'm not going to let you get away from me this easily, we still have too much havoc to cause together. Now don't you even think about leaving me or I am going to get really mad ok".

She came and sat by my bedside day in and day out. She would massage my hands and feet, She would put lipgloss on me and a bit of blush to brighten me up she even made my family food hampers that they could eat at the hospital (mum and dad didn't leave the hospital for a while, they even slept there). She was an amazing tower of strength for me throughout this time in my life.

We still talk all the time and see each other every weekend. I hope one day I can be half the friend to her that she has been to me. She is obviously my chief bridesmaid when I get married.
wow that was a great read, i cried and im a tough cookie, so inspiring you are blessed to have each other.....

Meanwhile, I still have this song stuck in my head! I think I need to put "The Break Up" on (again!)

Meanwhile, I still have this song stuck in my head! I think I need to put "The Break Up" on (again!)

oh god so do I! Every time I look at this thread.......also the I Love It thread brings up sneaky sound system

I get "The Love Boat" in my head when I look at that thread :chuckle:

Meanwhile, I still have this song stuck in my head! I think I need to put "The Break Up" on (again!)

oh god so do I! Every time I look at this thread.......also the I Love It thread brings up sneaky sound system

Same, every time I see this thread title (which is, umm, like ten times a day) I get the Queen song in my head! Have it in my head right now. I love the bit in Shaun of the Dead where they're whacking the buy with pool cues and that song's playing!

I know - I keep coming in here to write my lil story and I'm like ARGGHH! NOO!!! STOP!!!

I know - I keep coming in here to write my lil story and I'm like ARGGHH! NOO!!! STOP!!!

Why??

Oh I get it. You want the song to stop. I thought you meant you wanted to stop yourself from writing in here!

Haha yes - I didn't mind it at first as I love queen and the song - but when it's in your head for a good few days... :chuckle:

How is your bestie going - when is she due?

She's not having the best time, looks like she might have developed gestational diabetes and she also has a f*cked back. Her back got screwed up when she fell off a horse when she was 9 and it has never been good since then, but she's always been drugged up and now she can't be obviously. So yeah her back is getting to her. But she's mentally and emotionaly okay, considering!

Thanks for asking :hugs: cos I am a bit worried about her.

It's good they picked up the GD and is so treatable and will be in hers and bubs benefit if anything! The back thing would suck - I really feel bad with people who have back problems.

Maybe send her a funny letter (who doens't love getting snail mail!) to cheer her up or something and let her know you are thinking of her? When my best firned first arrived in London we were both such losers and would email all day every day as neither of us had anything better to do (this was when I was off sick) and I sent her a surprise letter that was a countdown of funny memories of things.

I did that just last week, I had to send some stuff back to her that she lent me so I gave her a copy of Terminator 2 and 3! :chuckle:

This thread inspired me to send my bestie a bouquet of beautiful flowers today. She was so stoked as it was so random and not something she was expecting.

On the card I wrote: thanks for being my best friend, I love you xoxo

Haha - I think my best friend had some psychic thing that I had done this thread and I got an SMS from her saying "I just saw some homies. I stood in front of Big Ben laughing to myself and thinking about how much I miss you."

:chuckle:

This thread inspired me to send my bestie a bouquet of beautiful flowers today. She was so stoked as it was so random and not something she was expecting.

On the card I wrote: thanks for being my best friend, I love you xoxo

aww that's so sweet of you PCC...will you be my BFF?? :chuckle:

I don't actually have anyone I would consider a 'bestie'. I have actually been a bit annoyed with my friends of late - they are so random and really have no clue about thinking of others when certain events get cancelled :explode:

aww that's so sweet of you PCC...will you be my BFF?? :chuckle:

I don't actually have anyone I would consider a 'bestie'. I have actually been a bit annoyed with my friends of late - they are so random and really have no clue about thinking of others when certain events get cancelled :explode:

I hear ya, I have quite a few friends like this.

I don't actually have anyone I would consider a 'bestie'. I have actually been a bit annoyed with my friends of late - they are so random and really have no clue about thinking of others when certain events get cancelled :explode:

That's no good jaime...maybe they need a 'firm but fair' talking to?? A bit of :whipcrack:

I don't know what made me think of this, but when I think of a best friend or friends, I think who I would want standing next to me when I marry.

When I was a kid and would ask my Mum who her best friend was - and she would say "You Dad" - I'd be like..."Des isn't your best friend, you have to like him, you're married to him". Clearly this concept escapes kids. so glad I finally got it years later though!

Random thought #73

Loola thats so cute

Hope your feeling better by the way :hugs:

My boss told me not to bother coming into work tomorrow :chuckle:

And yes - for some random reason, I would cal my parents by their names when I was a kid :chuckle:

And yes - for some random reason, I would cal my parents by their names when I was a kid :chuckle:

I call all my grandparents and great-grandparents by their names!

Yeah my mum's mum insisted we call her Joan - weird.

Yeah my mum's mum insisted we call her Joan - weird.

What is the Egyptian princess doing with a mum and dad called Joan and Des?:chuckle:

Yeah my mum's mum insisted we call her Joan - weird.

Same with my mum's mum. Not Joan but Bette, haha. It would be funny if she made us call her Joan. She has this huge thing about her age and not wanting to seem old so I think "grandma" was just too much for her.

I think "grandma" was just too much for her.

:chuckle: I am going to smack you for her!:whipcrack:

Yeah I think that is the same as her - it was definitely an ego thing with her. Fair enough - she is probably the most stunning person I have ever seen when she was young.

WIth my parents - dunno. THey didn't question it. THey figured I was the "creative, eccentric one" and let their 6 year old call them by their first name.

I don't know what made me think of this, but when I think of a best friend or friends, I think who I would want standing next to me when I marry.


I always think this too Loola! It is always only one or two of my closest friends as my bridesmaids.

That's no good jaime...maybe they need a 'firm but fair' talking to?? A bit of :whipcrack:

caught up with them for dinner last week and 95% of the conversation was about one of them and her pregnancy and painting the nursery etc. I'm very excited for her but there is only so much of that I can take - I was getting seriously bored! :chuckle:
I was going to do the 'firm but fair' talk with them, but chickened out.

With my best friend currently in Australia, I realised I hadn't written in my own thread!

If I had to say one person as my best friend, hands down it would be Ninja. I call her Ninja, she calls me Yip – don’t ask! I have some other close friends but will add that in a separate post.

We met on the very first day of high school as little, bright eyed 12 year olds. She sat in front of me and turned around to ask me what our home group teacher’s name was. I thought she was a goody two shoes, she thought I was a sl*t, thankfully we were both very wrong!

We would speak on the phone every day after school, and then from year 9 to year 12 I would go to her house every day before school for an hour then walk together. She is so crazy, such a mischief maker, but also very organised and responsible and smart. I love that I can always count and reply on her, no matter what, no matter where.

After we finished school I moved to Melbourne and one of the happiest days ever was me walking through Hyde Park in Sydney (I was there living for work for a month) and she called me to tell me she’d been offered a transfer to Melbourne and it was like this unwritten thing that she would come to Melbourne and we’d live together, which we did for 18 months – it was great. We used to terrorise 24 hour Kmart and go out partying and have the most crazy times. We could hang for hours and not get sick of each other, but were so cool when we needed solo time. God, if she was at work and I had a day off, or I was at work, we’d even prank call each other – so stupid – and would always do the fall back “Hellooo, this is Mr Burns…” In the WORST Mr Burns voice ever.

When I started getting really sick right before I was 21 I knew I had to move back to Adelaide and I was dreading telling her, but she was SO supportive of me and I could never thank her enough for that. She helped me so much I would have broken down had it not been for her standing beside me the whole way. After 2 years she moved back to Adelaide for a job promotion so we were back together, and then a year ago she moved to London. I miss her so much. When she first got to London after travelling South America, she was unemployed, and at the time I was bedridden with GF, and we would email each other all day every day, was great – when I went back to work and Melbourne and she got a job, we both felt a huge absence, like a missing limb, and make so much more of an conscious effort to have that regular contact, because we want to and care about each other and each other’s lives, but also because we need to.

It’s so strange when we realise we’ve been friends for 14 years – seems like a lifetime! Though I guess from 12-26, it is! Such a pivotal time and constant changes, yet we have always been a constant in each others lives, never had a fight, and it’s so great not having to explain things sometimes, like about my family and health to her, and with her, her crazy family and also her older sister – who is physically disabled and for a lot of people they get really weird around that because of how she acts and especially from how she looks.

So, so many memories have been shared and so many times I will be at the most random places, and see or hear things and thing of her and get huge pangs of “Awww, I miss L!”, but it’s also great having someone like that, who hopefully if I get married, will stand beside me when I do (though not in a red dress – man, this girl puts on red and it’s so hideous it’s hilarious) It’s kinda funny how we are opposite in looks as well – she is blonde and tall – and whilst has big boobs, is not curvy at all, whereas I am somewhat short, dark hair, and curvy curvy. It’s very interesting the different guys we would get approaching us when we were out!

She is in Melbourne for the next 3 days and am so excited to see her, and I can’t think of anyone better to spend my first overseas trip with than her.

I wuv her so. :hugs:

Great story loola but I loooove the "Hello, this is Mr Burns" thing, my brothers and I do that ALL THE TIME!!!!

"Hello, this is Mr Burns, I believe you have a letter for me."
"Ok Mr Burns, what's your first name?"
"I don't know."

haha that's exactly what we do! So sad, but makes us laugh every time. It's like when we'd watch a movie or TV, and the warning would come on about mature audiences, and I'd be like "Oh! Loz, looks like you will be sitting this one out, mature audiences only"

Great story loola but I loooove the "Hello, this is Mr Burns" thing, my brothers and I do that ALL THE TIME!!!!

"Hello, this is Mr Burns, I believe you have a letter for me."
"Ok Mr Burns, what's your first name?"
"I don't know."

that's a good quote :chuckle:

haha that's exactly what we do! So sad, but makes us laugh every time. It's like when we'd watch a movie or TV, and the warning would come on about mature audiences, and I'd be like "Oh! Loz, looks like you will be sitting this one out, mature audiences only"

And it's funny every time - we all do this too :shakehead:

It really is!

Like the dogfood aisle "Nija, what flavour do youwant for tea?"

So sad :chuckle:

Hahahaha I do this with my bros. Something ugly will come on TV, like a monster or an ugly fish on discovery channel or something, and I'll go "Julian! I didn't know you were on TV!". Gets a laugh every. single. time.

He does it with Gollum from LOTR too. Whenever Gollum comes on or he sees a poster in the shops or something he'll go "Kate! You didn't tell me they made a poster of your face!". :chuckle:

DO you do the boyfriend game?

Like you see a guy wearing snap pants with boots and no top and a mullet drinking a VB at 9am, and you're like, "Oh dude, there's your boyfriend,, make sure you say hello"

DO you do the boyfriend game?

Like you see a guy wearing snap pants with boots and no top and a mullet drinking a VB at 9am, and you're like, "Oh dude, there's your boyfriend,, make sure you say hello"

Aaahahahaha no, I should though!

DO you do the boyfriend game?

Like you see a guy wearing snap pants with boots and no top and a mullet drinking a VB at 9am, and you're like, "Oh dude, there's your boyfriend,, make sure you say hello"

When we get bored at work we google ugly photos and send them saying "Oh look its Sarah's boyfriend" ect ect

We are hilarious

It's like the "I don't want to buy that" game. When you're at Coles, you have to put something normal but random in someone's trolley or basket, then watch them at the counter and they're like, "Hang on...I don't want to buy that?"

Oh loola you must do that to me one day. I would wet myself at the counter

It's prety funny, I am pretty cool to hang with, not to mention live with. Ninja and I were hilarious. We went through a NInja phase. then a Homey G phase - was all about the homey G's.

So thought I would write about my other 'best' friends who only fall slightly short of my Ninja, and also because I am having a problem with one of them and don't understand why.

My Starbucks Girls - There is a large group of us which includes guys, but the 4 I have remained close to still 7 years later are L, S, P and E. We were the first group of Starbucks Melbourne and there was a delay in opening shops – so for 4 months we got paid to go to the training centre and make coffee and hang with our friends – we are so bonded from this, and no one else gets what we went though, like a BB experience or something.

L is my angel and couldn't say enough how much I adore this girl - and when I move we will be 5 minutes from each other! She is so sweet and I must admit, the friendship initially was a bit of her in awe of me (without trying to sound up myself!) She always felt like the uncool person at school, and viewed me as the cool chick everyone wanted to be. We used to get the same train home from work and we bonded and she's just - fabulous. Of course, people joke how before she met me she never swore, drank or wore makeup :chuckle: She is going to be right by my side at my wedding. We’ve always planned to have kids at the same time and get matching Tarago’s and is one of those people who I always know is going to be there no matter what. She has a lovely partner as well!

S – We bonded over Macca’s and Big Brother the first day of training. I remember how we had to go around and say our favourite foods, and she was fascinated by my meat obsession, and I found her curious as she described how to make the perfect Milo – she even started closing her eyes, and loser me, without thinking, goes, “Do you need a moment to yourself and a cigarette for afterwards?”. We were instant friends. We lived together in South Yarra for a bit and she’s so crazy – she has the highest self esteem EVER, it’s so cute, of course it is a running joke that she has no sense of humour and we often don’t know she’s made a joke until she starts crying with laughter. She is living in Singapore and I hate it, I miss her so much. She will always call you out on things and give you honest advice. She lost her mum when she was 7 and her attitude and philosophy about it all is inspiring. She is going to sing at my wedding – we spent many a days and nights walking along Toorak Road making her sing “Part of their World” to me

P – this is my crazy cat who is getting married this year in Germany. Everyone jokes that we share half a brain, it is truly odd how we click and work when we are together – it’s seriously like we do share the same brain, and also our goal of having a radio station to take over the world. We think we are the funniest people we know. She is so kooky and aloof in many ways, and people who don’t know her think she’s just a crazy party girl with the coolest fashion sense, but she is one of THE smartest people I know. I can talk to her about everything and anything and we have sat for hours at dinners and pubs talking such crap then such meaningful stuff. Her little sister has down syndrome and is so adorable, I love watching them together and gives you such respect and appreciation. I still can’t believe she is getting married! She is living in Dubai now, god I miss her. Her and S actually went to school together as well.

E – or Mamma G as I now call her – she gave birth to the most ridiculously good looking boy in December. We had a slight rivalry at the start, but quickly became friends and we would sleep at each others houses, I was like part of her family and we spent so much time together. We had many the drunken nights at Marquee! Ugh! I even introduced her to her now husband – which at the time I kinda regretted and wished I had never “planted the seed” of him in her head. She is one of these people who gets a boyfriend and you never then hear from them. She had just come out of a 5 year relationship the year before and asked me to call her out on this, as she lost some friends from it. So I did. Then I dind’t hear from her, which later I found out when she wrote me a letter was because in her mind, if you have one disagreement with someone (I didn’t even realise we had!) that it’s done and over with. Needless to say, we picked back up from where we left off and though we don’t talk as much as we used to, we are always there for each other, and she is in Melbourne, unlike most of my other good friends who are scattered across the globe. Plus, we are accounting geeks together. This girl has the worst rhythm anywhere, S would often watch her, and shake her head, and be like “See, white girls can’t dance!”

We all have such a history together, I love how we are still so close regardless of marriage, babies, jobs and oceans - I don't even mind most of the time when they joke about how they are all settled down but never wanted it - and I always did and I'm not. Sometimes.

Ok - I will add the next 2 (including the problem one) in a new post!

Loola you sound so blessed :hugs:

Yeah - sucks that I don't have physical access to most of them though, I have found that especially hard the last 6 months.

Loola :hugs:

It's ok - I am beocming a t one with being a loser nanna nigel no friends :chuckle:

Thats like me! :shakehead:

Ok – so the final 2…

D – This is probably the sister I never had, along with Ninja. She actually knew my brother who she was seeing at the time, and we met at a quiz night – these was this guy there who was slightly obsessed with me and I took the initiative of nominating her as my buffer and made her come with me everywhere that night – we were joined at the hip after that. I moved back to Adelaide a few weeks after that and we spent so much time together – we knew each other’s families, I went to all her families birthdays and Christmases, we went out every weekend, did everything. She had another friend N, who I was friends with, but always felt this jealousy from her as she wanted D to herself, and hated sharing, which is kinda stupid as D is the person you can take anywhere and make friends with anyone and everyone.

We have had a few bumps in the friendship – I got to a point where I found it a bit exhausting being her friend – took a lot of energy and she is QUITE the drama queen, and when I would tell her my opinion when asked for advice, she would be like “That’s not what I want to hear!” and then get mad. Got a bit much so there were some months that went past with no contact which was hard, we have the funniest memories together, and knowing my family so well, knew things without me having to explain. She got it. I think a lot of it was some immaturity and not used to having people not agree and coo over everything you did, which is totally what I was not.

Anyway – we are back in almost daily contact as she has just recently moved to Melbourne – she seems more grown up as well, and know things will be like they were, but better (and not so much drinking, I think we drank ourselves out!) – she is living on the other side of town out in woop woop, but will organise regular dates, and I can’t wait to meet her man. She hates it because we tell her how it is, but lover her regardless, and she pretends to get mad, but I tell her that’s why she loves us so much hehe.

J – we met at work 4 years ago and clicked – we both had the same sense of humour and social tendencies, plus we both would speak about boys and sex like the weather, so were destined to be friends. We spend alotta time together, at work and play and she has been there with the “boy” saga from the start – he actually kissed her first by accident! People think we’re sister’s which is weird because we look nothing alike. Of course, we went with this so for a long time people though we were half sisters, mum was a *****, her dad was a garbage man, and mine was Egyptian royalty hehehe. Everyone at work and amongst our friends just referred to us as “trouble”. I was devastated to leave her when I moved to Melbourne, in the absence of my other friends interstate and overseas, she was my touchstone for everything and was there with me through some really bad time and health problems.

Then I moved, and after a bit, things got all weird. Things were then ok towards the end of my stay in Adelaide when I was sick, she had jut met a new boy and had a new role at work. I came back to Melbourne and things were just odd. I felt like a desperate girlfriend sometimes, she wouldn’t respond to emails or voice mails – I saw her briefly at work on Christmas Eve, and then we were going to go out afterwards – I was waiting to meet her, and then she texts me that she forgot and was on the train home, but was going to this pub and to meet her – a pub that is 2 hours away from me, it was Christmas Eve, and I had no car. I was really hurt. The boy was so good about it, he knows her quite well and has beena good sounding board – he was actually really mad when she didn’t acknowledge my birthday and SMS’ed her. He never heard back. I had already reached the point of not trying, there was only so much you can do and put up with until you reach your limit. I was so hurt, and so confused as to why.

Anyway, about 2 weeks ago, she emails me saying she is going to be here next week for work and to do dinner – I didn’t respond for a few day, was feeling wary and her email was so normal, then I did, and she asked me all these questions (she didn’t even know M and I were together again!) she asked for a lot of details – and I just couldn’t bring myself to answer them, I just don’t know if I can trust her, and also how normal she was being.

M just emailed me before and apparently she is here today, he just spoke to her. I didn’t even know. He tells me to play it cool and casual and be on guard. I just am so confused, and still no idea why she’s been so weird, and I am sorry, I don’t take “I’m busy” as an excuse!

*sigh*

DO you do the boyfriend game?

Like you see a guy wearing snap pants with boots and no top and a mullet drinking a VB at 9am, and you're like, "Oh dude, there's your boyfriend,, make sure you say hello"

Err.. yes, we do this one too!! Never loses it's appeal :chuckle:

So true - we even started doing it on each other's Facebook walls - and it's still funny every time.

One of my closest friends had a baby today, and I found out by a texted image!

It happened so suddenly she didn't have time to call me. A little boy called Jackson, five weeks early.

I am so choked up right now. We grew up together and I only see her about once a year, as she lives a fair drive away. She's the first of my buddies to have a bub :tears::tears::tears:

One of my closest friends had a baby today, and I found out by a texted image!

It happened so suddenly she didn't have time to call me. A little boy called Jackson, five weeks early.

I am so choked up right now. We grew up together and I only see her about once a year, as she lives a fair drive away. She's the first of my buddies to have a bub :tears::tears::tears:

awwww my gawd! How lovely RBB! :hugs: :champagne: that's awesome

I totally understand RBB, I experienced the same feeling a few weeks back now...

:hugs: RBB

One of my closest friends had a baby today, and I found out by a texted image!

It happened so suddenly she didn't have time to call me. A little boy called Jackson, five weeks early.

I am so choked up right now. We grew up together and I only see her about once a year, as she lives a fair drive away. She's the first of my buddies to have a bub :tears::tears::tears:


:glee: how exciting for you.... :kissing: best thing ever...

:champagne:RBB , so many mixes emotions :hugs: will u get to see "them" soon ?

I hope so fuss. I'd like to give her a month or two to enjoy the newness of it all and wait for the family/friends rush to be over, so I can really spend some time. Hard though, wish I was there now!

:champagne: for Jackson!
It is an exciting feeling when your best and oldest girlfriends start having babies... scary too though in a strange kinda way. Makes me wonder when my turn will be.....:spin:

I know what you mean RBB, my bestie only recently got to take hers home from the hospital so I have been patiently waiting until the crowds die down...I don't want to overwhelm her

dying for a cuddle :clapping:

My bestie's having her bub by C-section THIS Thursday, eeek!! I'm so excited for her but disappointed for her as well. She and her husband live in WA and her family have no real interest in coming over to see them when the baby's born. She's been trying to persuade her parents to come over but they make excuse after excuse. The husband's mum and sister are coming over for a week to help them out after they are home from the hospital but that's the only family who are going over. I feel cranky on the one hand that her family aren't being more supportive but I also do understand that WA is an exxy trip. I wish I could go over but I have essays and exams for the next month and I probably wouldn't be able to afford it anyway. Why does Perth have to be so far away? :shakehead:

its what makes us special :chuckle:

that's a bit sad for your friend. :shakehead:

bummer Oz that u can't be there :(

can't believe her family aren't going over :shakehead:

hopefully his parents go over about 2-3 weeks after they get home , that is better timing

Sorry you can't be there Oz :hugs: know how you feel!

Does she know what she's having or will it be a surprise?

That's a bit lame of her family Oz. Making excuses is not on particularly when you would be there if you could. Is it their first baby? If so, just change the word "lame" to "*&%@!#%"!:whipcrack:

Sorry you can't be there Oz :hugs: know how you feel!

Does she know what she's having or will it be a surprise?

She knows, it's a little boy, they have also picked a name although they're not sharing it with anyone, not even me!! :explode::chuckle:

That's a bit lame of her family Oz. Making excuses is not on particularly when you would be there if you could. Is it their first baby? If so, just change the word "lame" to "*&%@!#%"!:whipcrack:
Yes Luisa it is completely lame......she was really hoping they'd come over and give her some help around the house after her operation and also of course to see the baby. And yes it is the first grandchild! She's not surprised though. They're just crap parents. First they said the flight was too long and her mum couldn't go for that long without smoking.....then it was going to be too cold down in WA....then (this is the kicker) they didn't have enough time to plan and save!! HELLO she has been booked in for six months!!!!!! They're just miserable sacks of crap, always have been. They never helped her out through uni and were pretty bad parents in high school too. It's just sad to see how much she was hoping to see them. :(

Yes Luisa it is completely lame......she was really hoping they'd come over and give her some help around the house after her operation and also of course to see the baby. And yes it is the first grandchild! She's not surprised though. They're just crap parents. First they said the flight was too long and her mum couldn't go for that long without smoking.....then it was going to be too cold down in WA....then (this is the kicker) they didn't have enough time to plan and save!! HELLO she has been booked in for six months!!!!!! They're just miserable sacks of crap, always have been. They never helped her out through uni and were pretty bad parents in high school too. It's just sad to see how much she was hoping to see them. :(

That is sad Oz, particularly as it is the first grandchild and going through a major op. Imagine not planning to save, they have probably known about it for the last nine months! Only consolation is it's good they are keeping the cigarettes away from the newbie.:shakehead:

Yeah they're lame. I have always hated them and will continue to do so. Anyway I spoke to her this morning and she seems happy and excited! :clapping:

Gosh what an exciting time for her. Imagine waiting around for the day you book into hospital to have a baby and actually knowing you will have it on that day! I would be so nervous!

Gosh what an exciting time for her. Imagine waiting around for the day you book into hospital to have a baby and actually knowing you will have it on that day! I would be so nervous!

My sister is going in on the 4th of July at 8.30am to have her 2nd baby, she think its great o know exactly what is going on so she can organise everything before she goes in. She is getting her hair straightened the day before lol

that's 4 days before our birthday!!:chuckle: yeah I guess you would be better prepared! I think I would rather be surprised so I wouldn't have to think about it! I tend to stress out otherwise :rollthoseeyes:

that's 4 days before our birthday!!:chuckle: yeah I guess you would be better prepared! I think I would rather be surprised so I wouldn't have to think about it! I tend to stress out otherwise :rollthoseeyes:

I know only 4 days before our birthday!!! I was like couldn't you ask your doc to do it on the 8th lol

I think because she has her little boy to think of aswell she is happy to be prepared and because she had to get induced last time and it was a long and painful process, so she's happy to get it over and done with.

My sister is going in on the 4th of July at 8.30am to have her 2nd baby, she think its great o know exactly what is going on so she can organise everything before she goes in. She is getting her hair straightened the day before lol

Right on!!! That is SOOO what I would be doing! I'd book in for the works - mani/pedi, facial, kini wax, brow/lash and hair! You're going to be in so many photos and have so many visitors and your bits are going to be seen by so many people.....man I would be groomed to within an inch of my life!

Right on!!! That is SOOO what I would be doing! I'd book in for the works - mani/pedi, facial, kini wax, brow/lash and hair! You're going to be in so many photos and have so many visitors and your bits are going to be seen by so many people.....man I would be groomed to within an inch of my life!

She wants to get a brazillian before she goes in because last time they shaved her and when it grew back it was so inchy, she asked me if it would be funny to have a brazillian to have a baby. I said hell no!!!! Better than get shaved like a dog.lol

My sister made sure she was waxed before having her baby.

On the weekend I realised I have no friends.

On the weekend I realised I have no friends.

awww Vee why?

awww Vee why?

Well, I looked though my phone log and it looks like this:

S
Mum
Mum
Dad
S
Bro
Bro
Dad
Mum
Mum
S
Mum
Dad
Bro

etc.

It's quite depressing really.

u have more than me Vee :hugs:


alot of people have brazilians b4 a caesar

no polish in the op theatres though;)

u have more than me Vee :hugs:




Aww fuss. That means alot to me :hugs:

On the weekend I realised I have no friends.

That means I have no friends too! Mine was this:

Pardner
Pardner
Dad

I am a total hermit!

That means I have no friends too! Mine was this:

Pardner
Pardner
Dad

I am a total hermit!

:chuckle: we are awesome!

well to be honest mine is:

my sis
partner
mum

on rotation :rollthoseeyes:

I have only recently received sms's from some friends because they RSVP'd for our party

Mine's the same just to make you feel better :chuckle:

Me too VeeE.....of the friends that were on my call log, they are located in:
WA
Brisbane
Washington DC

And yep, the rest were Mum and my brothers.

I actually have NOT ONE local friend in my call log for the past week or so! No wonder I never feel like I have anyone to go to the movies with or to hang out with. Booooo. I think it's our age too - it's all about partners at this age and (generally) not about friends, at least not more than a once-a-fortnight catch-up.

Yeah i think thats it Oz. People start to settle down, start families, become more career focussed. Everyone's wrapped up in their own little worlds. I think this is normal though as you get older?

yeah definately. We all get careers, partners, move towns, have kids and it all starts to get complicated. I know it takes me and my closest friends about 4 weeks to settle on a catchup date because it nearly always doesn't work for someone...

if you can pick up from where you left off last time as if no time has passed, you know you have great friends.

Well, I looked though my phone log and it looks like this:


It's quite depressing really.
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Babe mine looks like that too... xx A couple of friends thrown in but mostly family.

Thanks girls, yu actually did make me feel better! :chuckle:

I am just feeling really lonel lately is all...

At least your man lives in Australia :chuckle:

Thanks girls, yu actually did make me feel better! :chuckle:

I am just feeling really lonel lately is all...

Vee you are forgetting about us! We might not call you, but we are still your friends :hugs:

Vee you are forgetting about us! We might not call you, but we are still your friends :hugs:

Yeah, I'm soooooo glad I have you guys!

I am really lucky because my best friend lives 6 houses down the road and i basically talk to all my other friends through email.

Also i would like to add that i alwasy think of your girls on the forum as my friends, when i talk about something i've learnt from the forum, i always say "a friend of mine". :hugs:

Also i would like to add that i alwasy think of your girls on the forum as my friends, when i talk about something i've learnt from the forum, i always say "a friend of mine". :hugs:

same!!

Along with my list on mentionable friends I wrote about earlier (N*, E*, J* & N*, C*, S1* & S2*)

I forgot to mention J* - Not intentionally but ... I met J* In 2005. She is a generous, great friend who has moved to the South Island, but her parents do live in Melbourne, so thats a plus so she'll visit me now and again. I loved visiting her at her house on the West Coast of the city, it was so cool, her and her partner were decorating it to sell it and move on. By trade we are both early childhood teachers (although we no longer, proactively practice) she is amazing, she taught me a lot I was her 2IC and she & I just connected. We lost touch for a short time, but we can talk forever on the phone, have similar interests and passion especially for learning... like she's done masses of night school and extra university study too. We had fun working together but most of all now I like knowing shes a friend.

S* is like a surrogate mum(excuse spelling) an absolute treasure. We worked together for a short time before we went our seperate ways. We have regular catch up's with Coffee, I think I replace one of her daughters in some ways as she is currently Overseas. She has an awesome heart does S*, so special.


yeah definately. We all get careers, partners, move towns, have kids and it all starts to get complicated. I know it takes me and my closest friends about 4 weeks to settle on a catchup date because it nearly always doesn't work for someone...

if you can pick up from where you left off last time as if no time has passed, you know you have great friends.

:worship: so well said. Complicated seems to be all my friends middle names - all are buying houses, having babies, moving or going overseas. We are all going in opposite directions, but still care for each other. Our friendships largely revolve around the internet these days (emails) some phone calls. To meet for lunch or catch up at each others houses is difficult but a treat never the less.

same!!

Yay! Me too!

Thanks girls, yu actually did make me feel better! :chuckle:

I am just feeling really lonel lately is all...

I know the feeling V. My best friend lives in QLD and most of the girlfriends I have in Sydney are my boyfriends mates girlfriends. Yeah they are nice but they arent MY friends you know?

We should make an effort to get the Sydney girls together... and I know I suck at that :chuckle:

I know the feeling V. My best friend lives in QLD and most of the girlfriends I have in Sydney are my boyfriends mates girlfriends. Yeah they are nice but they arent MY friends you know?

We should make an effort to get the Sydney girls together... and I know I suck at that :chuckle:

You do a bit! :chuckle: you know I love you.

Maybe we could organise to go to the markets near you that I am dying to go to!

You do a bit! :chuckle: you know I love you.

Maybe we could organise to go to the markets near you that I am dying to go to!

Yes yes! I am going to look up the next date

Thanks girls, yu actually did make me feel better! :chuckle:

I am just feeling really lonel lately is all...

Me too sometimes VeeE. Honestly I speak to you guys more and you probably know me better than a lot of my regular friends these days! My friends (the local ones that is.....I have so many friends who have moved or whom I have moved away from and it's bloody annoying) are good for "dinner next weekend" or "coffee next saturday morning" but rarely have any time for real quality time. I totally understand being too preoccupied with a partner, I do, but it's sad. I understand people marrying for companionship when they're not madly in love with each other for this very reason.

Me too sometimes VeeE. Honestly I speak to you guys more and you probably know me better than a lot of my regular friends these days! My friends (the local ones that is.....I have so many friends who have moved or whom I have moved away from and it's bloody annoying) are good for "dinner next weekend" or "coffee next saturday morning" but rarely have any time for real quality time. I totally understand being too preoccupied with a partner, I do, but it's sad. I understand people marrying for companionship when they're not madly in love with each other for this very reason.

Totally. Or getting heaps of cats.
I spend waaay more time with you guys than people who live near me. They are always preoccupied... The weird thing is, I am someone with a boyfriend, but I can still find time for friends. Something that some other people don't seem to get...

Totally. Or getting heaps of cats.
I spend waaay more time with you guys than people who live near me. They are always preoccupied... The weird thing is, I am someone with a boyfriend, but I can still find time for friends. Something that some other people don't seem to get...

Snap. Me too.

Maybe because we are secure in our relationships.... :whistle:

Ain't that the truth!

Haha, yes. That's it!

I am really lucky because my best friend lives 6 houses down the road and i basically talk to all my other friends through email.

Also i would like to add that i alwasy think of your girls on the forum as my friends, when i talk about something i've learnt from the forum, i always say "a friend of mine". :hugs:

Same here! Unless it's from Oz, then I'm like. "Yeah some Skank said..."

Also i would like to add that i alwasy think of your girls on the forum as my friends, when i talk about something i've learnt from the forum, i always say "a friend of mine". :hugs:

Haha I do that too!!

Same here! Unless it's from Oz, then I'm like. "Yeah some Skank said..."

Hey if I'm a skank that makes you the twin of a skank, ha-ha.

Going by my SMS log (I don't do calls really) I have Oz in there at least!

Woot! Then you're automatically cool.

I just looked through my SMSs and apart from my bros, mum, long-distance friends and work, i realised i have twice as many messages from my friend C's boyfriend than I do from C herself, wattup with that?

He wants to boo yah?

Dunno. Don't think so. Whatevs. He just texts me a fair bit.

Eh. Maybe he finds you interesting and funny and witty. He is only human.

That's true. I consider him to be a pretty crappy human being but credit where credit is due, he's funny as and we do play off each other a bit.

Maybe you are just due to run into someone from the past. Who know how this crazy world works.

Could be. I'm cool with it until the messages start to become annoying.

In other news - what's with all these caesarians???

In other news - what's with all these caesarians???

Quicker for the doctors to get in and get out??? i dunno, maybe they are sick of look up womens skirts all day long :chuckle:

Speaking for my location, a lot of the OBGYN's prefer them, as it allows them (and the mother's) to decide when the baby will arrive, and reduces risks. Apparently it also makes for a more efficient system?

Should only be used as a last resort or if there is some reason she can't give birth through her vagina. Seems so wrong to schedule in birth, imo.

Speaking for my location, a lot of the OBGYN's prefer them, as it allows them (and the mother's) to decide when the baby will arrive, and reduces risks. Apparently it also makes for a more efficient system?

A Caesarian is higher risk though????

In other news - what's with all these caesarians???

All what caesarians?

A few pages back, V V! I was just reading it now and was like, What the?!

If I had a baby I would have a caesarian. That's just me! My SIL had 2 and she thinks it's the best invention ever :chuckle:

A few pages back, V V! I was just reading it now and was like, What the?!

Ohhhh, okay. I was a bit slow on the uptake :rollthoseeyes:

A Caesarian is higher risk though????

They say it's a controlled risk, and that the necessary people are right there (in the room) on the off chance something goes wrong. As opposed to having to wait if it's a natural birth, and they have to find the doctors.

A friend of mine had a C-section a while ago, and this is what they told her. They wanted her to have a C-section, she wanted natural.

I'd only have it if I had to.

I'd only have it if I had to.

Fair enough. Maybe I am just a pansy, which is likely. :chuckle:

As much as it hurt, I am glad I went natural. I am not good with going under - I despise the fact that I am utterly at someone else's mercy.

I'll probably have to adopt anyway, so I will just put them under my shirt and pull them out and pretend anyway.

If i have a choice i will be chosing c-section when i have a baby in 2020

My sister wasn't given a choice because the doc didn't want to put her through the dramas she had with her first birth and he is a very busy Ob, so i think it is easier for him to schedule in 20 c-sections a day.

Fair enough. Maybe I am just a pansy, which is likely. :chuckle:

Well i know i am a pansy and what the less painful way out for sure. I'm a selfish Wuss and i admit it :chuckle:

Well i know i am a pansy and what the less painful way out for sure. I'm a selfish Wuss and i admit it :chuckle:

Haha. Yeah.

High five!

Haha. Yeah.

High five!

Oh yeah

High five!!

P.s we need a high five smilie

P.s we need a high five smilie

Totally.

Should only be used as a last resort or if there is some reason she can't give birth through her vagina. Seems so wrong to schedule in birth, imo.

I totally agree with this :spin: ....but that's just me :)

Less painful is debatable but it it a higher risk for sure!

Less painful is debatable but it it a higher risk for sure!

My SIL who had the twins by c-section said it wasn't painful for her, only thing is she felt manhandled by the doctor when he was tugging the boys out. Even after it all was over and she was up walking around, she said it wasn't that painful, she was expecting more pain.

But like someone said each to there own, everyone feels pain differently. I'm a wuss and wanna be put out of my misery when i have stomach cramps :chuckle:

my bestie had a ceaser for her twins, and the one thing that is making me :vomit: is that there was a stainless steel sheeting on the roof and she could see the doc cutting her open and pulling the babies out - she spent most of the time with her head turned to the side

my bestie had a ceaser for her twins, and the one thing that is making me :vomit: is that there was a stainless steel sheeting on the roof and she could see the doc cutting her open and pulling the babies out - she spent most of the time with her head turned to the side

Woah. That is gross!

my bestie had a ceaser for her twins, and the one thing that is making me :vomit: is that there was a stainless steel sheeting on the roof and she could see the doc cutting her open and pulling the babies out - she spent most of the time with her head turned to the side

Woah! That is pretty horrific :shakehead:

I doubt that would happen often...just pretty unfortunate for her!

I doubt that would happen often...just pretty unfortunate for her!

Yeah, that sucks. I remember getting a mole removed and I could see the whole thing in the nurses glasses. Lucky I have a fascination with that kind of thing... I just couldn't look away!