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Originally Posted by Platapus
Questions like this always depend on how one defines friend and best friend.
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That's a good point. We tend to form attachments, and sometimes prefer one to all the others. I had one close friend from kindergarten through high school. There were other friends I hung out with, but he was the only one I was almost attached to. We were regulars at each other's family dinners and did everything together. I saw him for the last time when I was in the navy, and while I thought about looking him up from time to time it just didn't seem important anymore.
When you get married everything changes. Either your wife becomes your best friend or you don't stay married, unless it's out of habit. I don't go out much anymore, so while I'm on friendly terms with my neighbors there isn't anyone I hang out with on a steady basis.
One of my favorite movie lines of all time is from Tombstone, when Turkey Creek Johnson asks Doc Holliday why he's wasting his final days riding the revenge trail.
"Wyatt Earp is my friend."
"Friend? Hell, I got lots of friends."
"I don't."