28 Years Later

My word I can’t believe that 28 years ago this month I met my best friend.  Who would have thought it?  We have been together through thick and thin, there have been highs and lows but like any relationship you have to work at it.

We can remember that our first argument was about the size of a killer whale, I think I said it was as big as a house.  Goodness knows.  Anyway, we have had some other disagreements since then but when it comes down to it we are still there for each other.  I think we also know when we need some space and so if we don’t hear off one another for a couple of days it’s not a big thing.

Ms James is my best friend for many reasons.  I know she is always there, she is very good at advice although can do with listening to her own wise words now and again, but can’t we all.  Also she doesn’t judge.  I know I can tell her anything on this planet and she won’t judge me and be nothing but a friend.

I love her quirky ways and know I can have not only an intelligent conversation with her but also a silly one, debating things from politics to whether or not Skeletor is gay or if Evil Lynne was his girlfriend.

Our childhood was filled with making dens in trees and being rivals with the boys in our street, making mud pies to throw at them and god help them if we captured one of them.  One poor lad we tied to the lamp post in the middle of our street and left him there, one we tied to a gate post and another one got taken in tied to a chair and we put make up on him before sending him out to the other boys.  This sounds awful but it was all in good fun.

Friday evenings when we were a little older would see us heading down to the local McDonalds to order a happy meal and a hot caramel sundae, this later developed into a medium extra value meal and a sundae.  Here we would chat about random things and then have a good old sing song walking back up the A48, singing things like “Oh Lord Won’t You Buy Me a Mercedes Benz’ and ‘Its Raining Men’.

In some respects we were typical young girls working out dance routines and gossiping about boys, but we always had our love of Nintendo consoles, PC Prince of Persia and we both loved the X-Files on TV.  It was from an early age we both loved watching Rugby and got into the game, we both still love to watch it now, supporting Wales of course.  We do differ on our regional sides, I am a Cardiff Blues supporter and Ms James is a Llanelli Scarlets fan.  At least its not the Ospreys!!!!

28 years later and not much has changed, we still love our computer games and watching Wales play rugby, but now we do it with some beers or wine.  We also try and have a catch up regularly on a Wednesday and have adopted the tradition of Wine Wednesdays.  Anyway Thank you Ms James for being a friend, the best of friends.