friendship

C.S Lewis got it right: friendship is born when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one!"

Jungle Cat, Leader of the Wolfpack
He wasn’t just our hockey coach, he was a role model, and he wanted us to call him “Jungle Cat”. He was known as “Jungle Cat” because he was fiercer than a lion, though he roamed with the wolves. His life was guided by the laws of the jungle. He used to tell us that “the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack,”, and we lived by those words. One glance at the Jungle Cat and you could tell his dampened wrinkly face was aged with years of wisdom. His crackly voice suggested he smoked multiple packs a day, but it was his constant shouting that had worn his voice down. He sounded like a dog without his voice box. Every day that season he would show up to the rink at 5:30 a.m. in his tracksuit, hat, and glasses and get straight to work. The rink was where he brought his hard hat, and lunch pail, and it was his office.
By Riley Fonger5 years ago in Humans
6 Reasons You Should Quit Your BFF
Have you ever hung around someone who’s very presence was draining? Even over the phone? They don’t have to say a word and you can just feel the inner static.
By Conscious Cafe5 years ago in Humans
A FUTURE, FATASY LUNCH: LOWER EAST SIDE— NYC
I have this fantasy, I know exactly how it goes. I watch it play out in my brain like I watched One Tree Hill in high school, A LOT. I’ll tell you how it goes, a play by play as if we are rewatching season 4, where Chad Michael Murray saves Payton from her Psycho-brother-lover? Re-igniting their love and passion for each other and setting the coursework for the rest of the show’s history.
By sky serge5 years ago in Humans
Amongst wolves II
Rebirth One year later Dottie sits waiting patiently for her bus to Dallas, Texas to arrive. The bus station smells of body odor and cigarettes, hiding from the smell she hides her face in her sweatshirt, carrying only one duffle, with a couple jeans inside and $500 stashed inside, the most she was able to save from little petty marijuana sales.
By Krissy Romero5 years ago in Humans
“HE KICKED ME OUT OF HIS CAR”
It was the mid-month of May back in 2017 and senior prom was finally coming to an end. After getting into an argument with an irrelevant female and seeing not ONE but TWO of my ex’s and a few of my side pieces all at prom… I WAS READY TO DIP 🛴 with no hesitation. On top of that, people was starting to get a little fonkkyy 🤭 and I was TIRED of seeing the females who all wore the same dress dance like this...
By brunzei5 years ago in Humans
Curiosity killed more than the cat
Ever found yourself drawn to the most unlikely of people? No, me neither. Until I was ...and the novelty was so overwhelmingly enjoyable I jumped right in there with both feet. And my head... and a little bit of my heart.
By Gillian Lesley Scott5 years ago in Humans
7 Traits of Subtly Toxic Friends
When I went to college, I was popular for the first time in my short, nerdy life. I’d been a bookish dweeb until the age of 18. Suddenly, I was hot and I was cool. People wanted to hang out with me, get my approval, be in my circle.
By Zulie Rane5 years ago in Humans
A Best Friend
In the hierarchy of relationships, friendships are at the bottom. Romantic partners, parents, children—all these come first. This is true in life, and in science, where relationship research tends to focus on couples and families.
By Kranthi_Reddy5 years ago in Humans
Season of Friendship
She sat across from me with darkness in her eyes. My body went into shock in disbelief. I could not breathe my heart was pounding so hard I can hear it, "WHY!" I cried. The curtain was pulled in front of my face. The person that I shared my personal life, dreams, goals, children, love, heartbreak, etc. Everything that encompass my world was shared with this person. I genuinely built a friendship a connection with her instantly, with no doubt. I turned my back and she stood there with her tongue sharp and bladed, she stabbed me multiple times the pain was unbearable. I fell to the floor unable to catch myself losing my balance. Hours of shock as I laid on the floor, my strength from with in allowing my body to rise. My left arm dangled, my dominant arm was paralyzed and I walked closer to the door as a golden walkway of faith was laid out for me to exit the toxicity and finally close the door. As I closed the door I than realized that no matter how pure my heart is not everyone is meant to see my vision. Right then is when I realized my WORTH. I had to reflect back on myself and understand there are things I could of done differently as well and learn from my imperfections. Therefore, this lesson has brought me to a new outlook.
By Melissa Novak5 years ago in Humans
What to get a Friend for Birthday who has Everything?
Looking for birthday gifts for people who have everything? Well, It's quite challenging to find perfect birthday gifts for people who have everything in their life. At times you will fall into a dilemma about what gift to select and what not. You have to do a lot of homework on them to know about their likes and dislikes so that you can find something that would be useful for them in their daily lives. In this case, you can be a little more creative about gifts and worry a little less about fulfilling your needs. Therefore it is better to search for the gifts online rather than roaming around every nook and corner of the city to find the gift of your choice.
By Jyoti vedi5 years ago in Humans
How Someone Can Be Your Friend by Not Contacting You
We think our best friends are the ones who call us more regularly. Sometimes we even measure the degree or value of a friendship by the number of interactions we have with the person involved.
By Zen Michael5 years ago in Humans
Friends
In the last two years of my life, I have had to learn to leave people behind. Stop cycles of loneliness by bringing toxic friendships back just so I don’t feel alone. This isn’t the easiest task. I have learned many times that these types of people will also “get bored” and ask to come back. They peak your curiosity of who they are now, have they changed?
By Moon Child 5 years ago in Humans