Friends are just family that we find along the way.
By ljcapps
@ljcapps (1925)
United States
May 28, 2007 11:19pm CST
I just read a discussion from Eaforeman6, http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1099719.aspx
that made me stop and think about this. My wife is only very close to her immediate family and has very little to do with the rest of her family for varied, and honestly, valid reasons. I'm very similiar in that way with mine, only being truly close to my father. However, we have a couple of friends that are family. That are closer to us, than the people that we are blood related to. So, i thought this was appropriate. That friends, true good friends, really are just family that we find along the way. What do you think? Do you agree?
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@cocoanana (94)
• United States
29 May 07
Oh wow - you just put into words what my husband and I have been thinking for years. We're pretty close to our respective immediate families but extended families, well, that's another story entirely. I guess we're sort of close to my extended family, even though they don't leave anywhere near us. But it seems like your wife's extended family and my husband's extended family are similar - we also have little to do with them for several valid reasons.
We do choose our friends in life, but they often become family by extension. My husband and I both have several long-time friends that are like siblings to us, and us to them. It's funny how that works out.
At any rate, you couldn't be more right-on with this.
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@ljcapps (1925)
• United States
29 May 07
Thank you! I know that there are people out there that are close to their entire extended family, but i just can't imagine it. We appreciate those of our friends who are so close, even more because we know that the are more than friends to us. They're the ones we'd go to in an emergency, or to watch our son. The ones we go to for good times, and in bad. In my family i'm really only close to my dad, but my wife considers herself very lucky that she's close to her parents, and her brother is more of a best friend. But the rest of them? LOL We could probably write a book!! But i'm glad that you, too, have found the friends that are family. They're all the more dear for finding them along the way.
@cloud_kicker_32 (4635)
• United States
29 May 07
I totally agree..and i have been using that saying for months now..its so true! I have lots and lots of friends..but the very few i keep close to my heart..are the real special ones and i consider them my own family..like my best friends mom.,,.kidsa call her nana and i call her mom..and we act liek we are blood..andi love them dearly..
@ljcapps (1925)
• United States
29 May 07
That's all that matters. Sometimes we're just complete opposites to the family we are born to, and we find the ones that we really connect with somewhere else. Some of the best supporters in our life are "just friends." Whereas some of the harshest criticisms come from family that are supposed to love us more than anyone. LOL I'll take my friends over most of my family, any time.
@ljcapps (1925)
• United States
29 May 07
Unfortunately, i don't know that i do agree. We've got friends that i trust with my son, which is saying a lot, whereas there are people in my family that i would rather be shot than let them take care of my son alone. Don't get me wrong, we're very close to my wife's mother, father, stepfather, and brother. We're very close to my father, and my grandmother. But that's about it. We're just about completely opposites to the rest of our family, on both sides, and on both sides, they're very judgemental. some people are lucky enough not to have that. And i truly believe, that some people are just family we find along the way.
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