How did you meet your friends?

There are three women I consider “besties”.

My oldest friend I met in 10th grade. I was having a bad day and she cheered me up.
My closest (geographically) I met through Craigslist. She was advertising for a kid to watch and I thought she looked friendly, so I sent her a message and scheduled a playdate for our kids. We met at the zoo the next day and the rest is history.
My newest dear friend I met right here on Fluther, where I defended her use of animal products in soapmaking.

How I met my best friend is simple in a crazy way: she sat in front of me at middle school. We just talked and talked to each other and, I don’t remember when, we decided we were a good match. We began to hang out more, chatting about everything, cheering each other up in bad time. The rest you already know.

There are two more I’d like to talk about.
One day at university I left my coat on the table. One girl discovered it and decided to bring it home so that my coat would be safe from thieves. The next day she gave it back to me. I was so thankful. I talked to her for a while and now we are good friend.
And at the military camp, I went down with a cold. One girl took care of me and stayed with me all the time until I felt better. She was so kind that after that I started making friends with her. She then introduced me to her “bookworm club” (3 “members”), and now I’m one of the most active members there.

@Seek_Kolinahr you have a friend here? Care to tell everyone who that is?

@Mimishu1995 – Sure! I met @cazzie on here some time ago, and we’ve become fast friends. In fact, her son and mine chat on Skype and talk about video games and stuff. We’re talking about meeting up sometime in the next year. It’s a bit difficult since we live in different countries.

@Seek_Kolinahr You’re so lucky to find a friend here. I wish I found one like that.

My closest girlfriends I met in college. My other friends I met when I moved into a new house, or in zumba class, or at work, or in our car club. I do make an effort to make friends. I talk to people, invite them to lunch, etc.

My closest friends I met in Kindergarten and first grade over 40 years ago. My other closest friend I met when she began dating someone in my social circle. We were in our teens and that was over 30 years ago. These three are more like family than my blood relatives are.

My more recent friendships have been made on social sites – sites that were a cross between Facebook and Fluther, as well as Fluther itself. I’ve met more than 30 people in-person after establishing our friendships online. One of them is now my fiancé, and several of them I consider ‘good’ or ‘close’ friends. I know that some of them would step up and help me out if I were in need, but for most I understand that it’s just a superficial acquaintance.

I also met a number of a Friends through group activities that were organized on Meetup.com. I went hiking, to plays and concerts, to yoga classes, and even skydiving through those groups and have kept in touch with several of those people.

Nursery school – still friends with her. Prego companions, library colleagues, moms of kids’ friends, and recently, meet-up and walking group friends. And the Internet. Where don ‘t I make friends ?

High school. I moved away and have no friends now, just people I work with. :/

My closest 2 friends I met whilst in college almost 30 years ago. Some more recent friends I met in an art class and also my local trans support group. The rest are mostly people that were introduced to me by people who were already my friends.

My wife and I have a group of about ten friends we see two to three times a year. Three of them, my wife has known since kindergarten. The rest we picked up in high school and college.

We have one good friend we met on our honeymoon.

There are also three friends we met through work (my wife and I worked at the same college at one point).

The only friend I currently have independent of my wife, I met at my last full-time job.

“Do friends make your world a better place to be in?” Definitely.

I have two groups of friends. One consists of my sister and two other girls, who are also siblings. We met when I was about five, and we’re very close because we’ve been influencing each other for almost twenty years. We are the classic best friends.

My other group of friends, I met when I was seventeen. We were all part of an after school climate club. I consider two people out of that group best friends. One boy, in particular, is just always there for me.

I recently met a new friend. She may turn into a best friend, too. We’ll see. I try to take things like that slowly.

This question makes me feel grateful.

I met my best fire donor first day of primary school. We were 7 years old so I have known her twenty years!

@Leanne1986 “Fire donor”? Auto-correct, I suspect.

I have several very close friends I shared a house with in the late 70s, I don’t see them often but that has no bearing on the depth of the relationships. Another very good friend I met when we were both taking our preschool daughters to a movement to music class in 1991. And yet another very special friend is a neighbour of hers I had heard mention of for years before I finally met in 1998. There are other good friends but I do not feel quite as close to them as the ones I mentioned.

Usually at work, but yet not at every place that I had worked at ironically.

@janbb Haha… I can’t believe I didn’t spot that. Edit – best friend!