"We're you're friends..we're you're friends to the bitter eeeeeend"

       

      No matter where you go and how awesome you think you are, friends really do make life worth it! Yes, I know it must sound very cliché and you must have heard it thousands of times; from songs, films and even ridiculously boring television shows, you know the ones that you watch because nothing else is on at the time. But even the best and most bustling city could redefine loneliness and when you're new to town, getting through that 'I don't know anyone and no one knows you yet' phase is the worst! And having gone through my own share of relocations to different countries, this is something which never changes, no matter what! Make one really good friend and you are set!

        It opens a social world like no other...it's similar to a domino effect, once one leans your way, the others consequently do the same, and suddenly you are unsheathed from that cloak of invisibility which you seemed to be disguised in. Your confidence grows and soon you start falling in love with the city you live in and somehow the world doesn't seem as dark and gloomy any more. All the whining, complaining, and bitching to your parents about how all the people in class are stuck-up and no one really gets you, goes out the window!

Of course, finding out who your true friends are is a whole other issue and battle in itself. It may take a while and may be initially hard to accept the fact that they could be using you or even going behind your back. But when you do find that person who holds your hand, or comforts you by stating that it's their loss to not know the real you, or could just simply listen as you rave and storm about, it really is worth it. All the hard feelings, bitterness and betrayal somehow vanishes and that space is filled. Because that person may not have been someone you liked initially or someone who didn't like you initially, or you had no idea you had so much in common because of what your “friends” told you...in the end, I believe friends somehow find each other, and somehow stick, through thick and thin, ex-gfs and bfs, quarrels with parents, bad grades and even worse bosses, demanding family life and even more demanding in-laws. 

          So this lucky no. 7  post is for anyone who believes in the existence of true friendship!And for all those amazing friends of mine, you know who you are, because I don't even have to tell you, the smile on your face will!