Friends

My best friend and I truly can’t have a meal that lasts under four hours. I looked at my watch when we were at lunch the last time we met up and THOUGHT we’d only been there for three and a half, but then when we left at 4PM I realized my watch was on Central Time and we’d been there for five hours.

I love her dearly.

We’ve been friends since 5th grade.

We lost touch for a number of years and then met up and made plans to travel to Europe, my first time there, and we’ve been reconnected ever since.

She is a pro-traveler so I do like the idea of traveling with her if we were going to travel with a couple at some point…though they are fairly vanilla to my knowledge and honestly, I wouldn’t want to risk something going sideways that would interfere with our friendship.

I hope you like her. I hope you are tolerant of our lengthy meetings. I hope you are okay with me traveling with her if you’re not interested in a particular trip we’ve got our heart set on.

She and I talked a bit about you…she knows I’m not vanilla…she knows my fear will give me grief…and the compromises, because I have been so independent. But she is happy for me that I’m set on finding you, she knows you will bring me that happy fulfillment I’ve been seeking.