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    by Kim Latham

    My best friend and I have been in this strong friendship for the past 28 years and still going strong. They say opposites attract and I honestly don't know how much more opposite we could have been growing up. She was a s...read more

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    by Linda Chance

    What makes a best friend A Band of Angels.coming to introduce me to my best friend. My best friend and I were introduced by a mutual friend, her husband. He had tried for several years to have us meet, but due to either...read more

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    by Rex Trulove

    There is an old American Indian saying, "You must be a best friend, to have a best friend." This is true. Likewise the saying, "You must first love yourself before you can truly love someone else." This may sound vain o...read more

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    by Sian Jones

    What makes a best friend? I've often wondered this and I've gone though many 'best friends' in my lifetime. Do you ever really know what a best friend should be? Surely this is more personal than a string of bulletin point...read more

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    by CJKRDG

    Most people dream about falling in love and finding that special someone with whom to spend their lives. We all want to have loving, supportive families too. What about having a best friend? Anne of Green Gables dr...read more

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    by Chelsea Miracle

    Ironically enough, when I met my best, and only best friend, Donald Haney, I couldn't stand him. Laughable, isn't it? I found him vulgar, annoying, childish, and strange as can be. Yet those came to be the same things I lo...read more

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    by Clacky McSnackins

    There are a lot of different things that you have to consider when you are thinking about what a best friend really is. Being that I grew up all over the place, I never really got to stay in a single spot, my definition o...read more

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    by Bailey Landon

    Proverbs 18:24 says, "A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother." Over the course of our lives, we run into an untold amount of people. Some people bo...read more

  • 9 of 125

    by Christopher Stanton

    Of all the people I've come into contact with over the years, one person stands out as being the most influential and 'there' person in my life. He's my best friend. Eight years isn't long for a friendship, but it feels ...read more

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    by Allen Teal

    Three elevations must occur for person to become our best friend. We first meet an acquaintance. If we have nothing or little in common, it is unlikely the connection will progress much farther than that. Then there are...read more

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    by Erin Knight

    To actually write a description of what makes a best friend, would be impossible. Everybody's opinions differ, in what they expect from a friend. You will just know it, when you've found your best friend. Being with them w...read more

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    by Cean Burgeson

    I have known my best friend for over 30 years. We've kept in touch despite what parts of the state or country we've lived in, throughout each stage of our lives since grade school. That's a long time to maintain a frien...read more

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    by Myrna Writewood

    What makes a best friend? A friend who will go to bat for you, someone that will always be there for you with no strings attached. Someone who gives so unselfishly, who listens without being critical or judgemental...read more

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    by Laura Leigh Fields

    Lately, I have been reevaluating a lot of situations in my life. The main one has been friendships. I can never understand why I make the same mistakes over and over again when it comes to picking friends and hanging with ...read more

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    by Jennifer Brister

    "What makes us such good friends? We don't even have anything in common anymore - I mean...we used to...but we've both changed so much. " - A confused and panicky silence quickly followed. Neither of us knew what t...read more

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    by Molly Mullen

    What makes a best friend you ask? For me, it's the person who sits next to you in the jail cell and laughingly tells you that she just can't wait to tell her grandchildren someday about the night you had....I'm joking. W...read more

  • 17 of 125

    by D. Begole

    I have had the same best friend for twenty years. What makes our friendship so long lasting? We bring out the best...and the worst in each other. We can make each other laugh when we are at our lowest. An hour ...read more

  • 18 of 125

    by E.M.Robinson

    My best friend Susan and I felt like Hollywood celebrities when her grandfather came to pick us up for a ride in his 1949 Packard. All the other kids in the neighborhood stopped in their tracks when that cherry-red conver...read more

  • by Ho Tin

    Different people have different criteria for their best friend. In my opinion, best friends do not need to meet up with you frequently. Best friends are those who you seldom see but when you are in need of help, they will ...read more

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    by Nnenna Isika

    We share in every little detail the things that occurred or we experienced during the day and much more. This is the way we always start up our conversations every day my best friend and I. The subject matter of this ar...read more

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