Friends We Love

Is it folly to say we love our best friends? Which means not all friends are equal. I have half a dozen best friends who are as dear to me as family.

Which raises the uncomfortable question of are all family best friends? Family best friends are those whose lives are closely intertwined with us not just by blood but by long sharing between us. Long sharing is of indefinite length as travel over distance or through time can be as intense as decades.

So, do we say we love our best friends? I cannot imagine not loving a best friend if that means holding them as dear to my heart as myself.
I live with one such friend and try to stay in contact with the others though I often hesitate to sign my texts with love.

Perhaps love is too precious an emotion to take too lightly. If you are best friends then you both know it and using the word love is superfluous. Like gilding the Lilly.

I am too often too shy, all evidence to the contrary, to say or sign with love except to the one with whom I live, have lived or who have touched my heart with their kindness and passion. But I still feel the tenderest of feelings, love, for my best friends, family and otherwise. I often sign “as ever”.

Saying or signing with “fondly” seems a bit limp; though, not to say love may spare your best friend’s feelings as few can express their true emotions simply due to good manners and politeness. You must act as you feel best on how far the ripples of your tenderest emotions carry over the pond in which we all live.