My best friend and I had a ‘date’ of dinner and a movie on Saturday night. We were ready for a fun evening together and a chick flick was icing on the cake. After eating at Hacienda, we saw the movie Sex and the City, which we thought was pretty good. Neither of us has HBO and we’ve never seen the popular series, but the beginning of the movie filled in the back story, so we weren’t lost to the characters and plot. The movie had plenty of laughs, hot sex scenes, and of course, heart-tugging moments between the four friends as they experienced emotional ups and downs with the men in their lives.
Although we live only 45 minutes apart, my best friend and I struggle to find time to get together thanks to our busy schedules. I have two kids and she has three, so spending time together requires savvy scheduling skills. It’s just not the same as when two dads get together. We moms worry about missing an event with our children or finding a babysitter to watch her youngest one. Guys just worry about who’s going to buy the beer, if they worry about anything at all.
The best thing about my best friend is how she’s so supportive of me, no matter how bummed out I am about something. She’s great because she believes in me even when I don’t. She’s my strength when I feel weak. I always feel better after we’ve spent time together– laughter truly is the best medicine.
Our friendship is unaffected by time or distance. No matter how long it’s been since we’ve seen or talked to each other, we can always pick up right where we left off. In fact the older we get, the more we realize how important it is to nurture our friendship and spend time together– even if we have to jump through scheduling hoops to plan a ‘date’ for a Saturday night.
