Meeting your best friend. How? - Page 3

a1na2 · 08-04-2007, 08:28 AM

Can you only have one best friend?

I have a friend I met in the first grade. We have been friends, more like brothers every since. We only get together every year or so, he works in DC.

I worked in the military with a couple of guys and as it turns out we live in near proximity. We talk weekly and our families get together frequently.

There is also a group of us, 5 families that I would consider best friends. It includes the two guys and their families above. We have dinner parties every other month or so. When there are events in our families, usually happy events, the group is always among the first to know.

I think I answered my own question, you can have more than one best friend.

**HemiEd** · 08-04-2007, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a1na2

Can you only have one best friend?

I have a friend I met in the first grade. We have been friends, more like brothers every since. We only get together every year or so, he works in DC.

I worked in the military with a couple of guys and as it turns out we live in near proximity. We talk weekly and our families get together frequently.

There is also a group of us, 5 families that I would consider best friends. It includes the two guys and their families above. We have dinner parties every other month or so. When there are events in our families, usually happy events, the group is always among the first to know.

I think I answered my own question, you can have more than one best friend.

Best would indicate, better than any other, right? The others would be good friends, but not best friends.

a1na2 · 08-04-2007, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by HemiEd

Best would indicate, better than any other, right? The others would be good friends, but not best friends.

The thing is that I don't classify any of them as better that the other. They are all not just good but great friends and I would put my life on the line for all of them as I feel they would me.

The only person in the world I value more than my friends is my wife, she would truly be my best friend.

Sure-Oz · 08-04-2007, 08:49 AM

Met him at antoher friends house at the time, i was probably 8 at the time, since then been his best man at his wedding, can't ask for a better freind, bascially a brother to me.

**Rain Man** · 08-04-2007, 02:44 PM

So...any theories on why junior high seems to be particularly fertile ground for making best friends?

I guess one theory I might have is that, at that age, you're just old enough to really do things on your own. Therefore, the friends you make may be the first friends you really bond with doing "your own thing". Also, maybe you end up with these folks for half a dozen years through high school, whereas your elementary friends may end up going to different schools or moving or something.

Quite fascinating.

Frazod · 08-04-2007, 03:34 PM

There are four people I'll refer to as my best friend - two I've known since high school, one since the Navy, and one I met right after I got out. But of the four, the No. 1 guy is one I met my junior year right after moving to Kirksville. The first time I saw him, though, was about a month before school started. I was mowing my aunt's yard, a gig he had had until I came to town; she never liked him, and basically fired him when I got there. So I'm pushing the mower, and there's this kid mowing another yard across the fence giving me a dirty look. So our first impressions were "Who's that asshole who took my job?" and "Why is that idiot staring at me?"

Fly O.T. McWall · 08-04-2007, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

So...any theories on why junior high seems to be particularly fertile ground for making best friends?

I guess one theory I might have is that, at that age, you're just old enough to really do things on your own. Therefore, the friends you make may be the first friends you really bond with doing "your own thing". Also, maybe you end up with these folks for half a dozen years through high school, whereas your elementary friends may end up going to different schools or moving or something.

Quite fascinating.

I would say that that is a very defining time for us. We're growing up and becoming our own persons... I think that's the biggest reason. Until then, everyone's friends generally. It's in junior high that jocks start to become jocks, music geeks start to become music geeks, etc.

View Poll Results: How did you meet your best (non-spouse or family member) friend?
We were childhood neighbors	5	7.94%
Our parents were friends	1	1.59%
In preschool or kindergarten classes	2	3.17%
In 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade classes	4	6.35%
In 4th, 5th, or 6th grade classes	6	9.52%
In 7th, 8th, or 9th grade classes	9	14.29%
In 10th, 11th, or 12th grade classes	5	7.94%
In a pre-18 organized school sport or activity	3	4.76%
In a pre-18 hobby activity such a sport, scouts, music lessons, dance class, etc.	1	1.59%
At a pre-18 social event	0	0%
In a pre-18 job	1	1.59%
In a college living situation (dorms, roommates, etc.)	3	4.76%
In a fraternity/sorority	1	1.59%
In college courses	2	3.17%
In a college hobby activity	0	0%
In a college organized school sport or activity	0	0%
At a college social event (party, etc.)	2	3.17%
In a college job	1	1.59%
At an adult social event (party, etc.)	1	1.59%
At an adult hobby or volunteer activity	0	0%
In the military	2	3.17%
At an 18+ job	3	4.76%
We were adult neighbors	1	1.59%
Via an Internet social site (e.g., Chiefsplanet, Facebook, etc.)	1	1.59%
We met during everyday activities (e.g., grocery store, oil change, etc.)	1	1.59%
We were two-thirds of a threesome in a porn flick	1	1.59%
We were in a gang together	1	1.59%
One of us saved the other's life in Nam	0	0%
We had a car wreck and started talking	0	0%
We were cellmates	3	4.76%
I haven't yet met my best friend	1	1.59%
I don't know. I have amnesia real bad.	2	3.17%
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08-04-2007, 08:28 AM	#1
a1na2 Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pittsburg Casino cash: $10004900	Can you only have one best friend? I have a friend I met in the first grade. We have been friends, more like brothers every since. We only get together every year or so, he works in DC. I worked in the military with a couple of guys and as it turns out we live in near proximity. We talk weekly and our families get together frequently. There is also a group of us, 5 families that I would consider best friends. It includes the two guys and their families above. We have dinner parties every other month or so. When there are events in our families, usually happy events, the group is always among the first to know. I think I answered my own question, you can have more than one best friend.
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08-04-2007, 02:44 PM	#5
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-522449 VARSITY	So...any theories on why junior high seems to be particularly fertile ground for making best friends? I guess one theory I might have is that, at that age, you're just old enough to really do things on your own. Therefore, the friends you make may be the first friends you really bond with doing "your own thing". Also, maybe you end up with these folks for half a dozen years through high school, whereas your elementary friends may end up going to different schools or moving or something. Quite fascinating. __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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08-04-2007, 03:34 PM	#6
Frazod Did you hear what I said? Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $-626615	There are four people I'll refer to as my best friend - two I've known since high school, one since the Navy, and one I met right after I got out. But of the four, the No. 1 guy is one I met my junior year right after moving to Kirksville. The first time I saw him, though, was about a month before school started. I was mowing my aunt's yard, a gig he had had until I came to town; she never liked him, and basically fired him when I got there. So I'm pushing the mower, and there's this kid mowing another yard across the fence giving me a dirty look. So our first impressions were "Who's that asshole who took my job?" and "Why is that idiot staring at me?"
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