5 Years is Way Too Long!

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On Saturday night I received a call from some very good friends of ours seeing if Sunday afternoon I would have time to go to the airport because Demis (the husband) had a three hour layover and would love to see us. Let me think, of course I was going to make time for this. In fact, it was probably exactly what I needed at the time, the only downside was that I didn't get to see the entire family - really, we will make it happen some day. Demis served with Eddie during his first deployment 03-04. We actually joined the Army right about the same time and lived in the same apartment complex. A big Mexican and a short Redneck were bound to become great friends! I think that married adult friendships are very interesting. First off, man do they take work. There are so many couples that I would love to be friends with, but things just get in the way - like life - I know it is a stupid excuse, but I do struggle with making time for people outside of family. For much of our married life Eddie & I have been perfectly content to just hang out together. Luckily with Amy & Demis we were just thrown into a pressure situation and this was the couple that we both could stand the longest (just kidding). Being in a highly stressful situation was part of it, but for me and this will sound totally cliche but we really just clicked. Ok, Amy and I didn't click right off the bat, but do I really click right of the bat with anyone ( I think I have been doing better though). However, there were never any strings attached, weird feelings, having to alter who we were - it was comfortable and we could all just hang out. I think that this is the key to married, adult friendships. We only have so much time in our days so we choose to spend our free time with the ones we are most comfortable with, can trust, and it helps to have some things in common. I think it is just more of a feeling of how both families connect, from the parents to the kids. We have enough stress in our lives that the friendships that we really choose to cultivate have to be worth it. To me, my close friends become more like family. These are the people that I will really let in. Amy & Demis will always be friends like this for us. Sitting with Demis, just talking, after 5 years, I felt that we hadn't missed a beat. My favorite part is that Dash completely took a liking to him, which is so rare for Dash. The pictures of them totally shows this. Close friends are very important - What a great day!