I Love My Friends

Shawn: "I just want to note that your profile picture is you and Troy together, and his is him and I together. You have been voted off the island!"
Me: "His profile picture hasn't changed in over a year."
Shawn: "OFF THE ISLAND."


So I have this boyfriend, and he has his roommates, one of them being Shawn. It's kind of funny, because the boys(aka roommates) constantly compete with me for Troy's attention, especially when drunk. I am actually quite ok with this, as it's freakin' hilarious to watch. I think it just has to do with the fact that I don't mind extremely odd behavior from my friends. I.e., my roommate walking around the apartment in her underwear, or playing WoW the same way. 


After highschool, like with almost everyone, my circle of friends changed. Not drastically, but some of them drifted and never came back while in college. Others drifted for a while, but eventually found their way home to the rest of us, if only in a metaphorical sense. Not speaking to each other every day hasn't changed anything between us, and we see each other when we can given our different locations. We simply pick up the conversations as they strike us, and that works for us. When we have our yearly get together, the lack of conversation simply adds to the excitement of our camping trip. 


Last Halloween, I left my backwoods small town up North to move to the "cities." By cities, I mean I moved into a much larger suburb just south of the cities, within easy reach of them, but almost an hour and a half from my hometown. There were many reasons for this move, one of them being the almost crippling need to get away from my mother, and another being the fact that I wanted to be closer to my now boyfriend. 


It's been a struggle, expenses wise. I went through a bad transition in jobs, but it's worked out so far. Not only did I change cities, but my group of friends changed also. Well, more like expanded, and many of them originally started off as boyfriend's friends. It was a hard circle to get into, as they are this hugely tight knit group of people that have known each other since grade school, but had the privilege of being able to stay together after the square caps flew. As a result, it took a while for me to...well...fit in. They are vastly different from my high school besties; drinking and partying were something I'd never encountered until meeting them. 


But, almost two years later, I've found a home with them. It was only recently that I've become aware of how accepted I am, and it is a good feeling. These people are amazing, hilarious, and they love each other. It's all that really matters in the end. It's like that with my circle of friends, but to be honest, I don't think the two groups will ever blend. They have their similarities, but the differences are in all the right places to make the blending impossible.


We can't have everything, right?


Me: "@Skyler should buy me candy."
Roommate: "Me tooooo!"
Skyler: "But I'm not wearing any pants."
Roommate: "I'll buy you root beer if you do."
Me: "I will put your pants on you, for you."
Skyler: "@Patrick help me!"
Pat: "I can't. They make valid offers for candy. You are on your own. :| "
Skyler: "I hate you."


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