Do you have a friend whom you already consider as a brother or sister?

@errielle (442)
Philippines
December 4, 2007 11:57pm CST
How did the friendship really start? Did you really think you'd have this very close friendship? I have a friend for 4 years now whom I consider as my closest friend and my sister. She's 7 years younger than me. When we met, i didn't think we would be very close. It was a simple acquaintance and turned into a very close friendship. Now, even if we are separated by distance, we still keep that friendship. When she comes home to our place, she's very much welcome to our family like our own sister. Do you have that kind of friendship with your friend?
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@niranjans87 (1077)
• India
5 Dec 07
Sure I do.I have one blood sister and 2 adopted sisters.I mean not legally but they are both my sisters and they both consider me their elder brother.We are so close and we know so much about eachother that well we are a family together.Its quite col having such relationships and i really love them both.
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@errielle (442)
• Philippines
5 Dec 07
HI! wow.. that's quite a family to consider!!! It must be real fun to be with your sisters!
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• India
5 Dec 07
Ya it is.And you know since you are not forced into this relationship but something that you have considered and accepted its much stronger and beautiful.
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@chari_dc (492)
• Philippines
5 Dec 07
my best friends is like my soul sister. we feel like we were sisters in our past life. we met back in college (hmmm...20 years ago already!) we were inseparable from the time we became friends. we shared lots of experiences and memories. we even vowed to each other that if ever one of us suddenly has amnesia, we will tell each other what our life before was like. when we graduated from college, we went to work for different companies, started living our own lives but we kept in touch, always met up for female bonding until she left for the states. every so often, she comes home to visit but she's permanently residing in the states now. i miss her but we still have that spiritual bond. we know that whatever the distance, we can still rely on each other for anything.
@errielle (442)
• Philippines
5 Dec 07
Yeah... we also became inseparable... we'd like to meet up every after work. we'd go around the city or watch the sunset together.it's really wonderful to have that kind of friend!
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@Celanith (2327)
• United States
6 Dec 07
Yes I can say I do I actually have about seven women I consider closer than my sister and a couple of men much closer than my brothers. Suzan, Julia, Betty, Jean, Flossie, Marion, Amaryah, are dear to me and more than friends. Jimmie, John, Marty are like brothers. Marty especially and I miss him right now as he is in Arizona for the winter.
@errielle (442)
• Philippines
6 Dec 07
wowweee! That's quite a number! That must be real fun with such a big group :)
@Ohara_1983 (4117)
• Kuwait
5 Dec 07
I have lot of friends but i consider only my best best friend & called sister is one person that i never knew her, just only for 2 yrs only, we share each other our secret & problems i know & my tell me that she is the real person to be trust.we talk in the phone almost whole till phone is off of battery.that is me & my bestsister.
@errielle (442)
• Philippines
5 Dec 07
hi! Thank you. yes, we have many friends, and sometimes, we only get 1 or two whom we can consider really close and call them sisters!
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• Saint Lucia
5 Dec 07
of course. i got lots of friends i consider as a brother but i don't think i have any i consider as a sister. when growing up around certain people you tend to form a relationship that's powerful with them. i can also reLate to you errielle. because i have a friend in canada and we talk online all the time. i have never met her in person but i believe that she is special to me and i hope that our friendship will not be separated by distance.
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• Saint Lucia
6 Dec 07
that's good. keep that friendship alive.
@errielle (442)
• Philippines
6 Dec 07
Hi keminem001. Thanks for understanding about me and my friend. We don't see each other often since she works and lives in another place here in the philippines. But we make sure we'd see each other every time we go to her place or when she comes to our place.
@czhi520 (26)
• China
5 Dec 07
Friend is often our listener when we are unhappy. Friend is our hand when we need help. Your word told me that friends are our most imporent. I have a lot of friends ,but a few is very ture. Do you think it ? In one's life he can have one or two ture friends is enough. so I think we should protect our friendship!
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@errielle (442)
• Philippines
5 Dec 07
yes we should protect our friends!
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@jillbeth (2705)
• United States
6 Dec 07
Yes, my friend Jannette. Although we have been acquainted since high school, we weren't actually friends until our husbands started a friendship. When her husband was in critical condition last spring, and hospitalized, her own sister couldn't be bothered to visit. Since only family was allowed in ICU she told me I was her "sister" so the nurses would let me in. He passed away and now we keep in even closer contact. I am closer to Jannette than I ever was to my own sister.
@errielle (442)
• Philippines
7 Dec 07
oh, that's a sad story. however, you were an angel for her. She really needs you during those times. You're really nice. =)
• Janesville, Wisconsin
6 Dec 07
I do with most of my friends.. I was adopted at the age of 2, grew up in foster care, so naturally accepting anyone I grow close to like a sister or a brother became naturally normal for me... Especially when at times we were forced to room with and accept people as our brothers and sisters we really did not like... Not always easy growing up in that situation. We had 15 people total in our household most of the time in my gradeschool years... .. I also had 5 other adopted family members, and one sister who was adopted to another family... So as children we did not understand how the heritage thing worked we all accepted eachothers heritages since we were brothers and sisters right? ... So over time I come to feel and see as the whole world as being family.. I just have some very close brothers and sisters and relatives, and some extremely distance ones :) - DNatureofDTrain
@errielle (442)
• Philippines
6 Dec 07
wow... it's really nice that people who care for us do not necessarily belong to our bloodline. and this people do not only treat us a person but a real member of the family such as the people who care for you. God bless!
@subha12 (18441)
• India
6 Dec 07
yes i have such a friend whom i consider as my brother. i met him at my first job place. we used to study during the training days. But how we have grown the beautiful sister brother realtionship that i don't know. It is still very deep.
@errielle (442)
• Philippines
6 Dec 07
yes, sometimes, if you try to trace how the friendship/ relationship really started and have grown to be what it is now, you really cannot imagine. sometimes, it's all like it happened and on how is something that can be called magic :) Good luck!
• Philippines
30 Dec 07
Yes, I do have friends whom I considered as my brother and sister as well. They are really very supportive to me. I am so grateful that I have friends like them. :-)
@errielle (442)
• Philippines
30 Dec 07
Hi Braveheart! It's really great to have real true friends around... whom we can consider brothers and sisters... take care and happy new year!!!
@nkhanna (922)
• India
6 Dec 07
yes i do have friend who is like this.actually we are are friends from our childhood only.our friendship started in primary school.though many a times in life we have been separated due to studies,however we still keep the friendship.now we two are in two different countries but still our friendsip is there.she is like my sister and is being treated as such in my house.she is the only one person after my loved ones with whom i can talk for hours and hours and never get bored.
@errielle (442)
• Philippines
6 Dec 07
NO dull moments with friends! yes, you can talk and talk for hours and you don't get tired listening to the same stories! hahahah thank you for sharing!
@irene_27 (542)
• Philippines
7 Dec 07
I have several close friends but i have only one friend whom i've considered as my older sister, my aunt, my second mother-- all rolled into one. She's seven years older than me and we've been best friends for about 14 years already. She's so nice and kind not only to me but to all my siblings as well that we all regard her as part of our family. On every occasion we have in the house we all expect her to be present and join us in our celebration. I'm so happy to have met her as my bestfriend.
@fanji008 (775)
• China
5 Dec 07
Hi,there! I think I'm very lucky to have such a friend.I consider him as my brother and he considers me as his sister as well.We have very good relationship with each other.When I was in the university,we often met each other and went out together.We could share many ideas with each other. He's really like my brother(I don't have a real one),he cares for me and helped me a lot.I really appreciate that.We're not at the same place now,but we still keep in touch with each other.I think it's my great fortune to have this friend,this brother:) Thank you,my brother! Best wishes for you and him.Thanks for your discussion!
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@errielle (442)
• Philippines
5 Dec 07
Wow! It's really great to have a friend. Sometimes, it's really nice to have a friend in a different gender. you can see things from a different point of view. Wish you luck!
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@hunandi (288)
• United States
5 Dec 07
yes I have two of them one is older by about 10 year older and shes been part of my family for 14 years and she adopted two of my nieces the other ive known for 8 years shes 1 year younger then me , I have 4 real sisters and one step stepsister that makes for a big christmas party once you start counting the kids and all
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@wzly666 (75)
• China
6 Dec 07
Yes i have.I have lots of friends in my life,at least one or more are cosidering my brother or my sister.I love them.