Oh @ydraz - this is such a moving, emotional post about a real friendship. How wonderful that through everything, you have stuck together as friends and given so much love to each other over the years.
I sincerely hope that Rosie's sad times that you mention ease soon, and in the meantime, sending you both love and strength to be the friends you both need to be at such a hard time.
I envy you this friendship. It isn't something I have irl having lost a vast circle of my friends at a rather messy end of a young relationship. It does make me value the friendships I am cultivating now, as an adult though.
Ex (p.s. hope you had a lovely walk on the beach last night ;) )
Oh, I'm sorry to hear you lost some friends in that way. I don't think it matters how long you've had a friend though, if they're right they're just right. I have very few long-term friends and mostly make new friends wherever I spend the most time. But I'm not someone who needs a lot of people around me, I am a bit of a home body and after 32 years, OH is still my best friend of all. Some people think that's boring but somehow we never get bored with each other.
Ha - I'm exactly the same. OH and I are pretty much joined at the hip and he is the best friend I could ever wish for. I'm so glad you have that kind of bond too. I'm the same- quite happy with my own company, and pottering along as I am. And when people fit- yes, they just do.
This is what I think about that circle of "friends" who disappeared... they weren't really friends. x