my best friends are at my parents' house, 4 hours away, right now, helping them move, and schlepping home a truck load of stuff for me.

 

because i can't do it.

 

that's AJ for OJ level friendship to me.

 

what ridiculously generous things have your friends done for you?

Don't know.

One of my good friend's from high school has always been there for me, even now. In hs, he would always give me rides everywhere. When I had surgery, he was the only one to come over and visit, he carried my books around when I couldn't. We had a book trade and would go over crazy ideas.

 

More recently, he was going to help me move up from Florida, but I ended up coming up early and he couldn't get days off during the week. He's let me crash at his place when I needed to, given me his bed and he's crashed on the floor. He is coming over next week to help paint my new place and move furniture in. He's a great friend who will always be there. :)

And my other best friend is moving from Indiana to come be with me. :)

you have very good friends :)

You do too!

 

Thank you, I'm happy I have them. :)

Those are both awesome friends to put themselves out for you like that. I'd like to add a story but can't think of one at the moment.:(

i'm sorry to hear it, Turin. i'd probably be dead or worse if it weren't for my friends. a lot of the time they've cared more about me than i did about myself. i'd seriously drive the bronco for them, but i still could never repay them for the last... lol, 30 years.

 

and now they're back with a boatload of furniture and no idea what to do with it...

 

i'm thinking bonus day for good will. i want the couch, though. it's a nice one.

A comfy couch is a wonderful thing. And Goodwill can always use what they can get.

Too bad you weren't here Cindy, I still need some furniture.

sorry, lee, wish i was.

 

but with the flood, a lot of people lost everything, so it's a great time to give. and i live in 450 square feet right now, so no point in keeping what i don't need. when/if i move, i'll get more. it always works out.

Yeah, we ended up getting quite a bit through freecycle.org. I know how floods/storms can be devastating and it is really nice when people like you help out.

yeah, a lot of these folks lost everything in 06, and 07, and now again. 100 year floods. might have to recalculate.

 

but all i'm dpoing is giving away what was never mine anyway, so really, it's nothing.

 

and i just got a wingback chair. i love me a wingback.

 

and - in my garage, my friends just discovered a bucketful of mice. so, that's a plus. being rid of them, i mean. i had serious concerns... but i do recall that's how we used to catch the hamster when it escaped. but, you know, we rescued it before. well.

 

not so heartwarming, sorry.

Look on the bright side, the mice weren't in your bed half eaten.

that was my first thought.

 

and also, i wondered where that funny smell was coming from...

 

but now we're good.

 

well, maybe after some clorox we'll be better.

clorox does wonders.

it's actually one of the top things on the disaster relief requests.

 

pine sol's good, too, but you can't drink it.

Look on the bright side, the mice weren't in your bed half eaten.

 

The bright side... of life?

I have a best mate of 17 years that does the same sort of things for my family, cindy.

 

I'm 2,500km's away from my family and often feel bad that i can't be there to do things like drive my sisters around to their numerous commitments. Shannon's always there vounteering to help if something needs to be done.

 

I don't tend to hang onto friends for too long so the fact that we're at 17 years says a lot about what sort of a person she is. Her and her mum would move heaven and earth to help us out and we'd do the same for them. She's pretty much become part of the family. There's nothing better than having people like that in your life that you know you can count on, 100%, no matter what.

she sounds like an angel :)

 

i've always thought of my friends as heaven sent. they're closer than family to me.

 

i also don't make/keep friends. maybe because it's too serious a commitment? or maybe because we bonded when we were still so young, it really is like a family relationship. one or two best friends like ours are all you need, i think. and their families have adopted me as well, like your friend's mom has you. funny how that happens.

 

i have no fear of the future with these folks around me. we'll stand up to all the armies of the dark one together :).

but we ARE the armies of the dark one...

i meant the RL ones, after civilization collapses and we're left to fend for ourselves in a dog eat dog world.

I´m fortunate to have some really good friends. If I need help they will be there for me. Most of my friends don´t live in my town but we try to see each other as often as possible. One of my best friends is very good at telling me want I need to hear and not always what I want to hear. It gets so frustrated sometimes but it´s good for me.

good friends have been better than family in my life. i don't know if i want them telling me the truth though... they figure i'll get it on my own soon enough. they pick up the pieces when i do. or do me the kindness of ignoring my insanity.

 

you're very strong if you can handle the truth .

she sounds like an angel :)

 

i've always thought of my friends as heaven sent. they're closer than family to me.

 

i also don't make/keep friends. maybe because it's too serious a commitment? or maybe because we bonded when we were still so young, it really is like a family relationship. one or two best friends like ours are all you need, i think. and their families have adopted me as well, like your friend's mom has you. funny how that happens.

 

i have no fear of the future with these folks around me. we'll stand up to all the armies of the dark one together :).

 

She is!

Even now that I've been so far away for 2 and a half years, and I only get to see her maybe 3 times a year, we're closer then ever. (sad now, stupid idea to leave family and friends. It's too far!)

 

I think I don't make/keep friends because I don't like letting anybody in. Generally, I don't trust people, they betray, hurt, backstab etc for little to no reason. (this is why I like animals so much, they don't!)

I just couldn't be bothered trying with somebody only to find out later that they're... uh... not very nice. (grrr PG-13)

 

I think you're right with the youth thing. I met Shan when we were 4 (and another close mate at 12). My distrust of humans didn't exist then.

 

I completely agree. I have my lovely family (inc. those friends) and my animals, that is all I need in life.

 

Bring on Tarmon Gai'don! lol