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I'm a firm believer in the small group of friends having had both at different points of my life. Large groups are all well and good but I prefer the close relationships that a small group offers. And everyone in my small group has some different aspect of my own personality that they relate to best. It was not intentional and I didn't realize it for some time.

My friend Kris has been my best friend for a decade now. It took two years to get to that point but as a reward I have a friend that has had my back through some tough points in life. He was also best man at my wedding because he was the best man for the job. He's the guy I philosophize with about life, God, the universe, science and everything else.

Jake has been my friend for about 8 years now. He lives across the street from Kris and that's how I met him. We started a band 5 years ago and even after the band's hiatus we have remained friends and collaborated on other projects.

I met my friend Dan while working together in Virginia. He was the first and only friend I made up there. (My wife doesn't count because she's more than a friend.) He's the guy I go to to talk poetry and video games.

Josh is the last member of the group being that he's the most recent. We work together now and became friends while taking Medical Responder courses together for our job. He's the friend that you pick around with. Being the one with the sense of humor, he's the one that I crack jokes with (usually at each other's expense). He's also the one I nerd it up with whether playing RPG's or watching Kevin Smith movies.

They all have some things in common with each other. For example, Josh is a musician also so I'll talk music with him from time to time. Dan and Jake both had hard lives growing up and I relate to both of them when it comes to life experiences.

When it was larger groups in my life they fell apart after a short time. You just don't get close enough to anyone to keep them around, especially after major events like a graduation where everyone follows their separate life paths. Except for Kris, I don't have any of the friends I had in high school. The small group allows me to be tight knit with everyone in it. They all have my back and I have theirs.

I have other acquaintances but these four are true friends. These are the people I would loan money to without a second thought, the ones you call to help you hide the bodies as the joke goes. They have my back and, more importantly, I have theirs.

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