Ontario CANADA Reserved, kind, loyal, considerate, adventurous, very very sensitive. Jaden, 21
Brampton, Ontario CANADA Hmmm . . . I don't have one best friend. Those who are my friends either share with me a common history, an inquiring mind or a desire to have a better world. Some have all three of these things. Felicia, 35
Lowell, MA USA Smart, funny, caring. Jane, 62
West Linn, OR USA trustworthy, caring, understanding, thinks on the same level, amazing sense of humor, really funny, unbelievable person to know, supportive, always knows what's best for me...always, and a great listener. Patty MY BEST FRIEND IS A REAL INSPIRATION TO ME. I THINK OF HER IF I AM GOING THROUGH TRIALS AND THEN KNOW I CAN BE STRONGER AND HAVE MORE FAITH AND REALIZE MY PROBLEMS ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO HERS. SHE IS ONE I CAN TALK TO WHEN NOT I HAVE NO ONE ELSE TO TALK TO. WE WOULD TRUST ONE ANOTHER WITH OUR LIVES. SHE IS CARING, COMPASSIONATE, GENTLE AND AT TIMES MAKES ME LAUGH TILL I CRY. WE ARE AS CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER AS ANY REAL SISTERS COULD BE. SHE IS THERE TO LISTEN NO MATTER WHAT. I JUST HOPE I CAN DO AS MUCH FOR HER AS SHE HAS DONE FOR ME IN THE PAST YEARS. Marci, 56
Diamond, OH USA I wouldn't... Frodo
age unknown, parts unknown Interesting question. At my stage of life, I tend to have a variety of friends for a variety of circumstances. All of them are intelligent, courageous and endowed with senses of humor and senses of proportion. Jill, 60
Saylorsburg, PA USA I have five "best friends." The first--also my boyfriend--is very vulgar and insensitive, yet intelligent. We share a complicit distrust of society. Another is a hyper, high-strung girl with a deeply embedded set of values. The third is a patient, quiet, very sophisticated girl and the fourth is an articulate, clear-headed girl with a propensity for self-pity. The fifth guy is a frustrated romantic with a fairly big ego and an apologetic manner. Johanna, 18
OK USA insecure, doesn't know her own strength, amazing, beautiful, the best thing in my life. Angela, 18
Bella Vista, AR USA He's sweet and smart and funny and tall and talented and nice to look at, with beautiful eyes. He's good with his hands; he's an excellent conversationalist; he's literate; he's masculine; he's. . .How would I describe him? At length, apparently. Karen, 22
Marshalltown/Ames, IA USA My best (girl)friend, Janet, and I grew up together. There's only three months difference in our age. I don't remember a time when we weren't friends. She has been my confidante my entire life. I can tell her anything and she just accepts me for who I am. She gives me reality checks when I need them. She keeps me honest. We're OK being bored together. Long silences are fine. We don't stay angry very long and she accepts my criticisms graciously. I don't have to edit what I say when I'm with her. She thinks I'm a wonderful, exciting person (which helps my ego tremendously). I can't imagine her not in my life. I'm very fortunate that she is my friend. My husband is also my best friend, but in a much different way than Janet. With the exception of only knowing me for 16 years instead of 36 years, my relationship with Dan is much the same as with Janet. Laura, 36
Lowell, MA USA Friendly. Caring. Loving. Supportive. Always there. Trustworthy. Materialistic! Tracy, 24
Ocean City, NJ USA I don't have friends. Talia, 24
Wilton, CT USA A great listener. I can always count on him to be honest with me which means a great deal to me. Celeste, 30
Colorado Springs, CO USA My mother1 -- sweet, loving, and always understands me. She would do anything in the world for me and I would do for her as well. We have a very special relationship. Melodi, 19
Gahanna, OH USA My best friend is my Mother. She's kind, she listens, she is very honest. She loves me, I love her. We know each other through and through. I respect her, and she respects me. She's warm and wonderful. She knows how to treat me like an adult, and she knows how to treat me like her little girl. We have each others smile, eyes, nose, and thick hair. She's my WonderWoman, and I wouldn't know what to do without her. Lisa J., 23
TN USA My best friend (my husband) is....my best friend. I love him not only for what he is but for what I am when I'm with him. He lets me be me and supports me in ANYTHING I try to do. When I succeed, he is proud of me. He is a returned missionary and is a 'good' guy - honest, considerate, happy, helpful, intelligent, and wise. Reba, 50+
Silver Spring, MD USA Believe it or not - my best friend is my husband. He is the person I turn to, share with, worry about, care about, love and spend most of my time with. We have had wonderful times together and truely aweful times. We have fought the system together and bickered with each other. We have rejoiced and we have cried. We have had wonderful times and found they could not last. We have been through Hell together and come out fighting side-by-side. We have learned and grown and changed together. I would not know how to describe him - because most of his description would involve me. It is like we are a single being - and yet we are very seperate. We support and encourage each other. We fight - sure - but those fights are soon over and we compromise or repair. Life without him would no longer be possible. He is part of the air I breath. Deb ive known kate and cheryl, two of my very closest friends for almost three years and we've been friends ever since. we used to have our own clique, so to say, but a lot of kids moved or left so its just us three now. i love both of them to death and i can trust them with anything possible and i know they wont backstab me or hurt me. my friend sarah and i were very close friends, like sisters or twins for two years but this summer we kind of lost contact. we're trying to get back together now so hopefully that will work out. thats sweet becuz sarah and i have way too much fun together, we both have the same sense of humor and we're both into the same things and we're always there to listen to each other. and katie is one of my best friends because ive known her since the second grade, for eight years, and shes just always been there for me. Karen2, 15
Boston, MA USA
She's stronger than I am. There's no way I could do the things she does and not go on a homicidal rampage in the process.
Kristin, 20IA USA
My best friends are my sisters. I share things going on in my life with them, tell them my woes and gripes and share in my happy moments with them.
Janet, 44
E. Brunswick, NJ USA