Close Friendship

My close friend lives back home in India.  Our friendship developed during our College days.  During the first year of College as freshmen we were excited as young, naïve, and confused students.  Our first class was filled with new faces, boys, and girls from all over the place.  In India we did not have to leave the classroom for different classes but different teachers come to give lecture and leave.  So we were pretty much with the same students everyday.  Mini was the girl who sat next to me for first 4 days.  We started speaking to each other and found out that our likes and dislikes were similar.  Slowly we started sharing our secrets, told each other about our families and before we realized we became close to each other.  We supported each other when we had problems; we helped each other and did things based on understanding each other’s feelings.  No matter what and how, Mini is my best friend and will be forever because I have accepted Mini the way she is.  We enjoyed our time all throughout our College and after till I moved abroad after marriage.  I am still in touch with her and when there is something that I need to share with someone special, I run to Mini and vice versa.

  The dynamics of our friendship are same as mentioned in the book because our friendship was also nurtured on trust, acceptance, support, closeness through dialogue and willingness to invest in each other.