Where Did My Friends Go?
I've never been without people around me. I have 3 brothers who have 3 wives and 6 kids split between them all and one on the way. We all live within 8 miles of each other. I work with them. I go to church with them. I babysit them...not much, I admit. Needless to say, I always have family around me and I cherish that, but I haven't always had good girlfriends around me. I always had girlfriends throughout elementary, junior high and high school. Then, in college, those girlfriends moved off and my friends turned into a slew of guys that I hung out with regularly. I was convinced they enjoyed my companionship for nothing else than good times and platonic connection. That was proven incredibly wrong when I got a boyfriend. I was hurt over that transition. I missed my high school g/fs. I missed my guy friends who were awkward and distant now. I loved the sweet time with my boyfriend and that he was finally in the same city as me, but I missed the connection that reaches deep down...