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Your closest friends

Who is/are your closest friend(s)?

  • Parent(s)

  • Sibling(s)

  • Other relative(s)

  • Person from childhood

  • Person from college days

  • Work mate

  • Church folk

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caitlincares

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In the poll I am allowing multiple answers


Who are you closest to?

Who are the people you go to in time of trouble... for a shoulder to cry on... willing to pray for you.

I have four people I turn to:
My mom - knows me PRETTY well. :D
My brother John - same upbringing and both in information technology field
My college mate John - Attended DeVry together - same field
My dear friend Ben I met via a personal ad over 8 years ago - have remained friends

What I have in common with all these folks: Similar religious and political views.

Excluding my mom, all these friends are single.
At least one of them does not plan to marry.
I have known all these persons at LEAST 8 years.
 

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My younger brother is probably my closest friend. We have a lot of the same opinions (not religious, alas) and exactly the same sense of humour (counts for a lot!), plus he's a great shopping/filmgoing buddy and sooo much fun to hang out with. I feel bad for siblings who aren't as close as we are.

Then there're are my best friends from school. One I met in sixth form and we've been practically inseperable since then, in spite of living in different cities and attending different universities! We talk about absolutely everything - he's the one I know I can discuss anything with. The other I met when I started university. Again, with her I can talk to her about anything, plus I admire and look up to her probably more than anybody else. I want to be her when I grow up :)
 
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Family aside (I am close to them, but don't really think of them as 'friends', they are my family and therefore probably closer to me than anyone I consider a friend)...my closest friend is someone I met online about 6 years ago. There's 10 years difference in our ages and a few other differences that make it a very interesting relationship and one I wouldn't trade for anything even though it's a long distance one.
 
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I have a couple friends who I know I can count on for anything, and I can approach with my deepest darkest secrets. Not surprisingly, they're both Christian... One of them is a trained counselor and associate pastor at my church, which is a great added blessing. :)
 
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I've got my best friend Nick... We've known each other since the 6th grade.

We've done so much wild stuff together, and even have lived a couple states apart at various times... but whenever either of us goes through a rough period, each of us would do anything to help the other out. Has actually been there for me in recent days during a rough patch.
I've got others that I talk to and can seek help from, but Nick knows me better than just about anyone else, and has always been there any time I've ever needed him. Truly my brother.
 
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My best friend Meca

We meet in the second grade and became friends for life. sometimes we lose touch with each other but we always seem to come back together and pick up right where we left off. we both have two kids a boy and then a girl (same order) and our children are actually cousins (very interesting story) so we have a lot of mutual family time together on the holidays and things. very cool.
 
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I have a couple of friends from college I have remained really close to
My best friend is someone I've known since Jr. High
I also have a cousin that I'm close to
And one friend I used to work with. I think I consider her one of my closest friends because she's one of the few people who "get" me. I can be sarcastic, and she always knows how to take it. As does the aforementioned cousin.
 
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I chose other, because for the most part its all of the above.

My parents are my best friends. I am an only child and I have always been very very close to them. I tell my mom pretty much everything. She even knows some of my deepest darkest secrets. I know she will never judge me nor ever think wrongly of me. Thats why I love her so much.
And my dad, we are like good ol lifetime buddies. We go fishing, to car shows and races together, we watch hockey together, he loves music as much or if not more from me, and I can thank him and give him every bit of credit for my love and good taste in music ;) lol

Other then my parents I have 4 friends I would truely call my best friends.
First would be Elise. Shes my sister. Shes the closest thing to a Sister I have ever had, and probally will ever had. I have never had so much in common with one person in my life. OUr struggles, our joys, our hurts... everything. Sometimes I think God put her on this eart simply to be my friend. We are the goofiest people on the earth. We can ammuse ourself with pretty much anything. Togehter we can laugh until we cry, or just cry together. We always joke thatw e would be an amazing reality tv show... because Im confident we would keep everyone in stiches. Sometimes we are so flighty its unreal. Seems like when we are together, we can loose up to half of our brain cells.

Ironically enough, she is my ex boyfriend's sister. Elise and i HATED eachother when Eric and I dated (for like the whole 2 months) anyways, after we broke up, her and I went ouf for breakfast one morning, and the rest, as they say, is history.

One of my other best friends is Mike. Hes a church friend. He is quite a few years older then I am. Hes my big brother and I lvoe him to death. Hes 27, and he was a pastor at a church in Michigan, but just recently moved back home. We is one of the leaders of our college and carreer group at my church back home. Our brains work the same. hahah scarry but true. When it comes to christianity, church planting, ministry all these thigns. We can sit for hours and have the deepest theological discussions. Sometimes we agree, sometimes we disagree. He is also my movie/music buddie. Hes just as big of a music fan as my father and I are. So many times mike, my father and I will sit down and have hour long discussions on myusic and the whole nine yards.

Another best friend of mine is Tim. He's another church/school/ and aas of this summer camp friend. Hes an amazingly goofy guy. He can make me laugh like no other person on this earth. God has given him the ability to turn my worse days around with a single joke... Hes just awesome. We pray together, read the bible together.. you name it. Hes a true man of God, and has such a servents heart. We've led bible study together and hes studying to be a youth pastor.

And last but certainly not leasty is my friend Adam. Adam is special lol... somedays I just want to kill him, but I love him to death. Hes our childrens pastor son. Right now hes not really living for the Lord, but I still lvoe him anyways. Adam is one person who knows things about me that no one else on this earth knows. We haev a completely honest and open relationship. I have no skelletons in my closet when it comes to Adam. He is the lest judgemental person on earth. With an amazing sense of humour... he dose the best chris farley impression I have yet to see.

So in a nut shell, those are my best friends. its pretty long so I doubt any of you will read it, but it was nice for me to beable to sit here and write about the people I love so much.
On the down side, I miss them like crazy right now, being very VERY far away from all of them.
 
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My two brothers. One older, one younger. Which is funny to me because we did not get along growing up. That all changed when my older brother left for the Army. I guess we realized that we wouldn't be seeing much of each other any more and decided to be brothers finally.
 
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2Timothy2 said:
Which is funny to me because we did not get along growing up.
My two sisters would have to be my closest friends. We fought constantly when we were growing up. Now we are very close. Not a day goes by that we don't see or talk to each other. They are always there and I know that I can tell them anything and always can depend on them. They always know when something is bothering me but also know me well enough to wait until I am ready to spill the beans, instead of just prying away to see what it is.
 
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KeilCoppes said:
Yes, some will read it. Praise the Lord that you have such close friends. Some of us aren't blessed that way. :^)
Your right, I am totally blessed. I have amazing friends who love me and care about me, and I have the honor to beable to love and care about them in return.

Bless you brother,:pray:
SOTF
 
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