Friends that I can count on

My mother always makes fun of the number of friends I have. Compared to her and my sister, my meagre number of friends, 6, is a testament to my being unsocial and an introvert. Believe it or not, that 6 is indeed the total number of REAL friends I have. Of course, on my Facebook and Friendster accounts I've got more than 50 "friends" but the majority of them are acquaintances or relatives.

Of these 6, 2 are from high school, 2 from college and 2 from work. Just goes to show how many friends I make, or rather, become close to, in every stage of my life!! And, of these 6, I can even catagorise them. First, let me "name" these 6: YL, SW, TH, HG, ML and MY.

You see, I've been having a rough time these past two weeks. I've been so angry, so frustrated, felt so useless....I just felt low. And during this time, my beloved 6 has been there for me: listening to me complain, comforting me, bitching WITH me. Ahhh....And so, like I said, I can categorise my beloved 6.

SW, TH, HG and ML fall into the 'I'm-here-for-you-and-I'll-bitch-with-you' group, where, I can bitch and rant and just completely lose my head and they'll happily join me (even though they do not know the person I am bitching about personally). They make me feel good. Knowing that I have friends who are always there for me is really comforting; and it feels good coz I know I can trust them to tell me when I am wrong.

YL and MY fall into the 'I'm-here-for-you-and-everything-will-be-alright' group. This 2 don't join me in my rants, but they comfort me by telling me to be positive and that everything will be fine. You could say that they are my version of "Dear Thelma". :-)

And so...despite having only 6 friends, I know that I can trust them. They are a bunch of people with different personalities and I don't think that all 6 will get along if I were to invite them to dinner at one go. However, what I do know is this: as different as they are, these 6 are people I can rely on, be it to cry, rant, bitch or laugh. I just hope that I am someone they can rely on too!!