"Amen"

I don't believe in best friends.

I have regular friends, good friends, very good friends, close friends, even closer friends and some rather special friends.Each one is aware of a different side of me. There are only 2 common things with all of them:

One, I am surper duper zuper comfortable with them. No pretentions, no watch-what-you-say, no taking-3-hours-to-pull-out-the-perfect-thing-to- wear [ok maybe this still applies], no fashionably-late, no low-fat-super-skimmed-sugarfree, no hold-back-that-gossip and absolutely no I-hate-discussing-this-but-I-must-act-i'm-interested..blah. In other words I am present mind, body and soul as a whole, with all my imperfections in place, and am genuinely satisfied being that way around them.

Two, they all say I talk a lot..

For me, a conversation with a friend is a stress buster. It's mostly figurative, but there are times when real punches could be involved, depending on how moody I'm feeling.

Therefore, if I am sitting with you and I am trying to impress you, you aren't a friend.[surprise!]

If you are sitting with me and trying to impress me..ah well there is no exception to the rule there..it's working..

[Did I just lose myself some friends??]