Thoughts on the nature of friendship

[Nana]

I agree with Nana, if you have really good friends you are so very lucky. I have known "friends" in the past who have treated me badly, DH says I'm too trusting or maybe I just have bad judgement. So now I am very cautious when it comes to making new friends. I do have a couple of girlfriends who I am comfortable with but otherwise it's acquaintances rather than good friends. My best friends are DH and DD and that's fine

Enfys, you could be my twin....apart from the girlfriends. My OH tells me I'm too trusting too. I've had some bad experiences with 'friends' I thought would be lifelong friends. Rotten eh? When I look back it was when I was at my most vulnerable. As I said in a previous post I'm so pleased to have made so many friends on here.💖

[Enfys]

That's why I'm pleased about having the internet Nana. Friends here and also on a couple of craft forums I subscribe to. It's always so nice to have someone to chat to, laugh over something or even have a moan . Though I try not to do that too often!

[Daisy]

It's great to hear that members here feel they are friends with each other - it's an aspect of friendship that couldn't have existed pre-the Internet. I think we are very lucky to have found each other, and I certainly think of you all as friends I couldn't do without. xx

[Gemini]

I don't know what I would do without my friends.
I am so lucky to have a supportive partner who is also my friend, and 3 daughters who are lovely friends as well.
Sometimes we need friends outside our family circle though, or at least I do.

I have lovely online friends, and you are generally the ones I turn to first with my troubles, as well as to share my joys, and my pride at my grandchildren.
Being a female couple OH and I probably have more 'couple' friends than average. This is fairly common with same sex couples

I have several friends who are mine, rather than ours. One, M, I met when our children were at toddler group. Many friends I met in those days are long gone , but she and I have remained friends

My oldest friends are the ones we are going to Stratford with. C and I met at school aged 11. I met her husband, P, when we were 16, when they started going out together.
Sometimes we look at each other and wonder how these kids became people in their 60's! They are wonderful friends, get on so well with my OH, and have supported me in my reflexology business from the start. Luckily our GDs are great friends, even though they only meet a couple of times a year.
C took my mum to a friends funeral when I couldn't as I had the GC, and when I was on holiday last year, they both decorated mums living room for her! They go the extra mile, are caring and non judgemental, I love them!