BFFs

When I was younger, I always thought my popularity depended on how many "best" friends I had.  And aside from my imaginary friend, Bill, I had none.  But really, after graduating from high school and then college, I realized that all the friends I thought I had, ended up being phases in my life - mere acquaintances.  My true best friend stayed with me from middle school to the present.  I call him my best friend not because we spend a lot of time together, text every day or BBM every minute, but because we can go months without any communication and when we reconvene, it is like we were never apart.

Collin is to me, someone I can randomly call and have  a two hour conversation with about the most heart-wrenching situation, or the funniest line Michael Scott said on the latest episode of The Office.  We had a love-hate relationship in middle school - he would tease me and beat me at knock-out in his driveway - a "Bonnie and Clyde" partnership in high school - I would cover for him when he snuck out of his parent's house when grounded - and an almost undefinable relationship now.

Think of the person or people you identify as your best friend(s).  What qualifies that person as such?  What is a best friend and how are true friendships cultivated?  What kinds of friends are Gene and Finny and how can you evaluate their friendship thus far in the first five chapters?

If you still aren't sure what friendship means, take this statement into consideration:

"Friendship is being there when someone's feeling low and not being afraid to kick them." - Randy K. Milholland

(EXTRA CREDIT: to the student who can identify the grammar mistake in the above quote - goes to the first person to catch it!)