In Praise Of Old Friendships

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“We have, in short, grown up together. We've known each other longer than nearly anyone else, longer even than our husbands and children,' Julie Wittes Schlack writes in an ode to lifelong friendships.

Last week, marinated in sunblock, stepping gingerly into the heated pool, dutifully exercising the way we’d been taught in water aerobics and Zumba classes, my friend Anne and I were probably almost indistinguishable from all the other 60-something ladies in her Florida condo complex. But to one another, we were unique and deeply familiar — her explosive laugh and my snorting one, her long fingers and my perpetually tilted head, her quiet ferocity and my annoying morning cheerfulness.

In the 48 years that have followed, we’ve seen each other through bad boyfriends and some decent ones, through marriages and miscarriages, through parenting joys and some challenges that would make even the most resilient woman swoon. Now aging orphans, we’ve navigated the disorientation of becoming the people we once brought our kids to visit.We have, in short, grown up together. We've known each other longer than nearly anyone else, longer even than our husbands and children.

And oh, what a luxury it is to be known! Though it’s been decades since we’ve lived in the same city, getting back together feels like stepping into a hot shower. Taut muscles relax, the accumulated grime of daily life washes away, and I can finally, deeply relax., “Old friends sat on their park bench like bookends.

 

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My lifelong best friend is my sister joaniewon. ❤️❤️❤️

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My best friend and I lived next door to each other when we were 3 and 6 months old. This June we're headed to Mexico to celebrate our 50th birthdays. 👭

My bestfriend and I knew each other since before we can remember, due to our parents. We are almost 50 yrs old and talk everyday, see each other a few times a week. Nothing better than a lifelong bestfriend

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