My closest / best friends aren’t geographically close to me.
One has three kids (I have two) and we call after the morning school drop off every day. It’s our routine. It’s only a few minutes but that’s all it needs to be. Then we sometimes message through the day, often we don’t speak at the weekend and in the holidays because we’re both busy.
We know what’s going on with the other, and we love each other’s children immensely. We can drop in and out, and we are there when things get hard with no explanation needed. Since covid, we’ve only seen each other face to face once, for 30 minutes and that’s okay.
The other is my oldest friend. She doesn’t have children, although she would give anything for them. She has a job with long hours and high stress. We rarely call, but we message lots. We know the important things, and we drop everything for each other.
I drove hundreds of miles in early pregnancy when my relationship was in tatters because her mum died.
She drove hundreds of miles to come to my 20 week scan.
We are there, no matter what.
I couldn’t go to her wedding last year, because of my mental health. It was abroad and I just couldn’t. I was in bits but she understood. Because our friendship has such a solid foundation.
That’s what true friendship is. That’s the women supporting women that matters.
Not the shit that Ashley spouts.
True friends are there no matter what. Distance doesn’t matter.