How many times have you heard someone say, “We used to be good friends.” Now think about your good friends. Can you imagine anything coming between you and them?
I can only assume there are different definitions of good friends.
Some may think a good friend is a guy willing to be lookout while you free a 7-Eleven of a fistful of Slim Jims.
Another may assume good friends never let good friends know you’re sleeping with your good friend’s boyfriend.
I don’t have a lot of good friends, but I’m confident the ones I do have will always be my friends. Why? Because either I and my friends are astute judges of character, or we’re simply indifferent to the occasional “Oops, sorry I forgot to pick you up at the airport” text message.
Think about that next time someone says, “We were best friends since high school until she said my sudden 350-pound weight gain made me look fat.”
Comedy writer Ben Alper has written for Jay Leno, David Letterman and is the author of “Thank You for Not Talking: A Laughable Look at Introverts.”
