I have an ability to bond quickly and meaningfully to strangers, so I have a mob of quality acquaintances, but only an elite number of these blossom into something cozier. My closest friends are semi scattered and few, but I�m not lying when I say they are the most amazingly supportive and brilliant souls on earth. Few and far between are the ones who grow with you, change with you, and still manage to understand you and make you feel like you might actually be the person they�re describing when they tell you they�re glad to know you. Darn tootin. Those are the friends I�m keeping.
My family is also scattered and few, and fairly mental, but I must have hit the jackpot where communication and genuine supportive company is concerned. They�re fun to be around, and somehow we never run out of things to talk about. We disagree plenty, but we share a certain family-specific cultural dialect of shared experience, a history full of good times and bad. Yet we still love hanging out all night talking and doing jigsaw puzzles? They�re definitely keepers.
And my husband. Well I find it odd, and I find it odd that I find it odd, but I like him. So much so, that I love him. I had enough insight to know he was a prince disguised as a man and now after so many years and my juvenile fuckups I still know it. Even when we're cranky retards, I still know it. I think we�re both mighty worth it. We�re authentic. It�s ridiculous, but it works. It better than works. He is mine and I am his, and we�re ourselves, and I like it. Yes. I�d marry him again in a heartbeat, and I don�t care if this sounds dramatic, but I want to live a lifetime with him, and when our hearts cease to beat, I�ll die by his side.
In all categories of human relationships, I've had many who were wonderful, and also some who were really terrible. If the terrible human relationships have served one useful purpose, it's shown me what gems the good ones are, and that I should never take them for granted. Hold onto the ones who treat you right. What a short life we all have together. Enjoy it!
12:48 a.m. - 2008-03-06