We all need friends. Life is good when it has friends in it. There are many types of friends out there. The friends who you see at the school dropping of your kids, the ones you see at soccer/swimming with your kids, the ones you meet at work, the ones that you went to school with, the life long ones, the ones you meet on-line, even the ones you’re married to. It really is an endless list.

I have come to discover that I’m a life long friend type of person. I take my friendships to heart and keep them there.

I have 2 friends that I have known since I was in Jr. High. We’ve known each other for more than half our lives (thanks to now being over 30). In addition to those two, I met my BFF for the 1st time back in grade 3. We haven’t been BFF’s that whole time, but the foundation started there way back when we were just nine. While many other friends have come and gone, these three woman are a constant in my life. We’ve been through the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Some people say “Well, my husband is my best friend.” I agree whole heartedly – my husband is also my best friend. But it is also on a different level than that of the friendships I have with my female friends. I need my female friends as much as I need my husband’s friendship.

The newest friend chapter in my life started when I became a bit of an internet lurker (is that the right word?) It all started simply by reading a bunch of blogs. In my non-computer life I tend to be a bit of an introvert – even at 34 years of age I have never “outgrown” that. My life long friends tend to fit the extrovert definition, and they balance me out. But the internet poses a different sort of courting when it comes to making friends. I was blog reading for a long time before I became a commenter, and there are some really great blogger friends out there who I read daily and enjoy the tidbits about their lives.

What kinds of friends do you have in your life? Do you keep the life long friends near and dear? How many of you have met your online friends? Would you want to if you haven’t?

I would like to thank MMTaM for inviting little old me into her virtual home. It truly is an honor.

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This has been a guest post by Jacquie from Deal With It – Girls Rule. Be sure to pay her a visit at her web-home! Thanks, Jacquie, for blogsitting today!