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myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (15067)   ranked 1 out of 12,298 in friend1 month ago

Honestly, I can't say that I ever remember my mom having what I would call, a best friend - well, besides dad.

Oh, I know she was part of a very tight knit group of girls in college, still sends around a "round robin" letter with them - only now my sister writes it for her.

Still, did she have a best friend?

Well, if she did have a best friend, it would have been "B". And "B" died last Wednesday.

Very sad.

"B" had been on hospice, since summer, her family was basically told that she was on borrowed time.

I know mom had a few issues with her, "B" seemed to have a dislike for food, mom went on a few trips with her and said that she seemed to disapprove of her eating - and mom isn't/wasn't fat!

"B"'s husband was in the hospital dying when my dad died. In fact, he had been in the hospital dying for about 6 months at that point and continued to linger for another 4 or so months.

So, do you know if your mom has a best friend? Is it your dad or her husband (if she's remarried?) or who?

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 71/100. SallyAnna (139)   ranked 5,957 out of 12,298 in friend   1 month ago

Hi Elicbxn, Sorry to hear about your father and mothers friend "B". My mother has several best friends My father passed away years ago but I can say he was her all time best friend.


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (15067)   ranked 1 out of 12,298 in friend  1 month ago

well, my dad passed nearly 25 yrs ago, so the pain isn't as fresh as the loss of "B"... I don't know if mom knows it, or if she did know it, she might've forgotten it - until you mention it again anyway, her memory sure isn't what it was ...

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2. myLot reputation of 98/100. Phaedra_Scythe (1560)   ranked 336 out of 12,298 in friend   1 month ago

That's sad. I'm sorry for your mom's loss.

My mother doesn't really have friends. She and my dad have always been really anti-social and quite content to stay at home, just the two of them. There's a BBQ they go to once a year and the Christmas contacts e-mail family newsletter, but that's about it.

I'm probably quite anti-social because of the way I was raised like that, but I still meet up with people and chat a lot more than either of my parents!


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (15067)   ranked 1 out of 12,298 in friend  1 month ago

I'd guess that your folks are probably my age, and I guess they are each other's best friend. I hate to say this, but if one of them loses their partner, they are really going to be sad - I hope you are able to be there for them.

My parents stayed home a lot - but they did have weekly bridge games and mom went to church.

Alone time is good, but friends are also needed - take the word of an old fart who didn't have many friends as a child...


myLot reputation of 98/100. Phaedra_Scythe (1560)   ranked 336 out of 12,298 in friend  1 month ago

They have no real incentive to change things I suppose. They're both giving up work at Christmas though and I think they'll have to explore other avenues or risk driving each other crazy!


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (15067)   ranked 1 out of 12,298 in friend  1 month ago

my folks were really close, but they both had interests outside the house, I hope your parents find them too

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3. myLot reputation of 98/100. msfrancisco9369 (1705)   ranked 1,557 out of 12,298 in friend   1 month ago

That's sad!

Yes. I know who's my mom's bestfriend. Since childhood they were playmates and schoolmates. It was very hard for mom when one day her bestfriend bid goodbye for good to migrate in the United States. Distance was never a problem with them because kept in touch through letters, cards and even long distance and overseas calls. I met her when she and family spent their vacation in our country. My mom was so happy and they had great time together. Mom received gifts from her bestfriend and as a sign of appreciation my mom made her a crochet bedspread and crochet blouse. Her bestfriend was so happy then. When she retunr to the US she made order... crochet blouses that she made as a gift fr her foreigner friends and co-workers. It was an honor for my mom to do it for her bestfriend. Hehehe she earned dollars from there.


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (15067)   ranked 1 out of 12,298 in friend  1 month ago

That's nice that you know your mom's best friend - of course, she's likely to be my age (50's) rather than my mom's age (80's) and I KNOW I have friends/best friends - of course, I never had a husband either...

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4. amberhovis (21)   ranked 8,851 out of 12,298 in friend   1 month ago

I believe my mom has four best friends.
-my dad
-her bird
-childhood friend
-me

She knew Kem really good while she was growing up and thats how I met my best friend, Eric. Her and Kem still spend lots of time together and only live 5 minutes away from each other.

My dad, of course, is another best friend. She claims I am to young to be fighting like I am already married, but her fights with dad ends like mine and Shauns, in a kiss and make up. There is nothing stronger than love.

Her freaking bird. GRRRRR. ITs annoying. ITS A BIRD lol.

And then theres me. I believe most moms want to be thier kids friends. I am happy to say me and my mom are so close and we both cried when i moved out 5 months ago. WE talk everyday and night on the phone and I always manage to go back home for a few days, like every week lol.


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (15067)   ranked 1 out of 12,298 in friend  1 month ago

I guess I've never thought of being best friends with a pet - but then again, some of those birds are more than just pets - after all, some of them out live "owners."

I also wonder about being a best friend with a parent, I love my mom and was over there all the time, but I wouldn't call myself her friend... That must be nice to be her friend...

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5. myLot reputation of 87/100. syankee525 (3362)   ranked 685 out of 12,298 in friend   1 month ago

my mom had three best friends, my aunt, and two ladies that lived near us. but my step mom i think she does


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (15067)   ranked 1 out of 12,298 in friend  1 month ago

Living near family and long time friends does let you keep friends from your youth - my mom moved to Texas as a young woman so all those friends from her childhood got left behind in New Jersey

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6. myLot reputation of 93/100. gabs8513 (19271)   ranked 121 out of 12,298 in friend   1 month ago

Hi Elic, yes my Mum has and they are still Friends today they have now been Friends for 42 years this is what I call a Friendship for Life


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (15067)   ranked 1 out of 12,298 in friend  1 month ago

my mom has lived in Texas since I was a small child, and she knows a few people from that far back, but they are only friends, not "best" friends

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7. myLot reputation of 95/100. dawnald (9499)   ranked 43 out of 12,298 in friend   1 month ago

My mom had a good friend, Jeannine. She is a real sweetie. But I wouldn't say my mom had any really close friends that she could tell anything to. She never let anybody get quite that close.


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (15067)   ranked 1 out of 12,298 in friend  1 month ago

I think that may be the way with my mom, except that maybe she'd tell me more than she'd tell most people, well, all of us kids, but I think she redirected that from dad.

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8. sunilcutein (51)   ranked 8,844 out of 12,298 in friend   1 month ago

No she is not having any best friends so she always treats me and my brother as her best friends


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (15067)   ranked 1 out of 12,298 in friend  1 month ago

I guess, as I told someone else, I guess its great that your mom feels that your and your brother are friends, I always felt that my relationship with my parents was more of a parent/child relationship than a friendship - tho I do love my mom very much.

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9. myLot reputation of 78/100. eyeneed30Gs (757)   ranked 2,278 out of 12,298 in friend   1 month ago

Yeah, my mom have a best friend (or had). I say "had" because she hardly mentions "Sista B" in our conversations on the phone. "B" stands for the last name of her friend. In their hey day however, they were tight as sisters. In fact, my mom and her friend did so much together that their relationship was more on the sister-sister level. Yeah, how time changes things. BE BREEZY!!!wink


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (15067)   ranked 1 out of 12,298 in friend  1 month ago

I have a friend like that, except that my sister and I have a very special relationship that doesn't need daily communication to keep strong...

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10. myLot reputation of 81/100. joygracia (216)   ranked 8,846 out of 12,298 in friend   1 month ago

My is a really friendly type. She sometimes tells me about all she had gone with together with her best friends during her younger years. She also does have some what so cold best friends at the present. She does shares with me all her laughters with her best friends and its really funny hearing those because she does find a jolly way to say it. My mom`s kinda a bit like a joker so she`S really fun to be with.


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (15067)   ranked 1 out of 12,298 in friend  1 month ago

how cool, my mom could barely recognize a joke, so all our joking around was done with dad

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