i have a friend...we started young both after college...now its like 20 over years that we have known each other..but we live far apart miles away each from another country..we share by post then ...technology allowed better and faster means
he travels ...and we get to meet it seems every other 8 years ...wow imagine that...first we thought we loved each other romantically at that ...he made a proposal too soon...i said no..then we became more friends after that
he now has three kids - no teens, i mean  ha ha he is that old and looking really old with white hair and big tummy..grouchy old man he is
i am proud because i really dont look his age (he will totally disagree, i know)
we started to share our innermost selves to each other - less the romance (by the way he is far from being romantic at any time)

so we felt more n more friends than ever.   so friends we scold each other...
chance allowed me to move in to this country where he is ...
initially it was hard to believe we now live in one small place and can meet up anytime

yet as of this writing we have not meet up for months now..how ironical
life is such...