Comments on: Friends http://jauntyquills.com/2006/10/15/friends/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:37:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kimberly Logan http://jauntyquills.com/2006/10/15/friends/comment-page-1/#comment-5212 Kimberly Logan Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:46:25 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/2006/10/15/friends/#comment-5212 What a wonderful story, Shirley! Robert sounds like a great friend! (Love the pencil, btw!) My best friend all through grade school and early junior high was a guy, but we lost touch after that. I was such a tomboy back then that I just naturally found that I had more in common with guys. Boy, did that change by age 13! ;) Like you, Haven, a lot of my current friends I have met online through my writing. I met my old crit partner, Monica Burns, at RWA 2004 for the first time in person, and it was like we always knew each other. (Hi, Monica!) And I have felt the same way about my fellow JQ members that I have met in person. (BTW, it was nice chatting with you at the KYRW booksigning, Robyn!) I think writing can be a very lonely profession, and it's at the times when you feel most isolated that you truly come to appreciate your writing friends the most. :) What a wonderful story, Shirley! Robert sounds like a great friend! (Love the pencil, btw!) My best friend all through grade school and early junior high was a guy, but we lost touch after that. I was such a tomboy back then that I just naturally found that I had more in common with guys. Boy, did that change by age 13! ;)

Like you, Haven, a lot of my current friends I have met online through my writing. I met my old crit partner, Monica Burns, at RWA 2004 for the first time in person, and it was like we always knew each other. (Hi, Monica!) And I have felt the same way about my fellow JQ members that I have met in person. (BTW, it was nice chatting with you at the KYRW booksigning, Robyn!) I think writing can be a very lonely profession, and it’s at the times when you feel most isolated that you truly come to appreciate your writing friends the most. :)

]]> By: Haven Rich http://jauntyquills.com/2006/10/15/friends/comment-page-1/#comment-5195 Haven Rich Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:37:13 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/2006/10/15/friends/#comment-5195 I actually don't have friends anymore. I have online friends who are very dear and many of whom are like you said above...like you've always known them. I'm a friendly type so I can talk to anyone about anything and everything. But I think I can be too much for people. Think of me like a little puppy. I get so excited about talking with people and I tend to blabber on and on. Typically about stuff the other person never wished to know. Anyhow, right now I'd consider my husband my very best friend...as he listens to be babble and Isabel. After a typicall phone call lasting 4 hours, she quits haha. BTW those are typically four hours of non-stop romance chat..which my husband kindly rolls his eyes and exits stage left...as quickly as possible. So where do you rent very best friends? I need one that lives close so I can go visit during the day. I actually don’t have friends anymore. I have online friends who are very dear and many of whom are like you said above…like you’ve always known them. I’m a friendly type so I can talk to anyone about anything and everything.

But I think I can be too much for people. Think of me like a little puppy. I get so excited about talking with people and I tend to blabber on and on. Typically about stuff the other person never wished to know.

Anyhow, right now I’d consider my husband my very best friend…as he listens to be babble and Isabel. After a typicall phone call lasting 4 hours, she quits haha. BTW those are typically four hours of non-stop romance chat..which my husband kindly rolls his eyes and exits stage left…as quickly as possible.

So where do you rent very best friends? I need one that lives close so I can go visit during the day.

]]> By: Shirley Karr http://jauntyquills.com/2006/10/15/friends/comment-page-1/#comment-5191 Shirley Karr Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:15:18 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/2006/10/15/friends/#comment-5191 No, Rainy, you can't borrow Robert. :-) Shane, I'm like that with my sister Sandy. No matter how much time has passed since we last connected, we're soon giggling again as though we just talked last week. Emotionally we're much closer as adults than we were as kids, though the 8-year gap in our age may explain that. (I'm the youngest of the girls.) I was closer to my other sister when I was little (she's ten years older than me) but as adults we just don't have much to say to each other. Weird, huh? No, Rainy, you can’t borrow Robert. :-)

Shane, I’m like that with my sister Sandy. No matter how much time has passed since we last connected, we’re soon giggling again as though we just talked last week. Emotionally we’re much closer as adults than we were as kids, though the 8-year gap in our age may explain that. (I’m the youngest of the girls.) I was closer to my other sister when I was little (she’s ten years older than me) but as adults we just don’t have much to say to each other. Weird, huh?

]]> By: Rainy http://jauntyquills.com/2006/10/15/friends/comment-page-1/#comment-5188 Rainy Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:44:24 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/2006/10/15/friends/#comment-5188 I guess I misinterpreted the question into male friends. My mistake. Yes, I have a wonderfriend that is my dearest confidant. I can tell her anything and feel safe that I am not judged and my stories are safe with her. And you're right, some people just slip into friendship, like comfy slippers. I guess I misinterpreted the question into male friends. My mistake.
Yes, I have a wonderfriend that is my dearest confidant. I can tell her anything and feel safe that I am not judged and my stories are safe with her. And you’re right, some people just slip into friendship, like comfy slippers.

]]> By: Shana http://jauntyquills.com/2006/10/15/friends/comment-page-1/#comment-5186 Shana Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:59:09 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/2006/10/15/friends/#comment-5186 My friend Amy is like this. No matter how long we go without talking or seeing each other, as soon as we get together, it's like no time has passed. We met in college and were roommates, and I felt like I'd always known her. My friend Amy is like this. No matter how long we go without talking or seeing each other, as soon as we get together, it’s like no time has passed. We met in college and were roommates, and I felt like I’d always known her.

]]> By: Rainy http://jauntyquills.com/2006/10/15/friends/comment-page-1/#comment-5184 Rainy Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:56:37 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/2006/10/15/friends/#comment-5184 Unfortunately, no. A good friend, whether male or female, is a tremendous gift. There is something unique in such a friendship between the opposite sex, I believe. But, can I borrow Robert? Unfortunately, no. A good friend, whether male or female, is a tremendous gift. There is something unique in such a friendship between the opposite sex, I believe.

But, can I borrow Robert?

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