Who is the closest friend you've ever had? Describe that relationship.

Joanne's FAVORITE answer:
My closest friend is my current closest friend who hasalso been my closest friend for roughly 30 years (andI'm 35, so that is saying quite a bit...) What makeshim my closest friend is most likely simply our sharedexperiences and our enjoyment of each other's company. Like most men, neither of us are big disclosers ofour feelings (although he does listen to me bitchabout things a lot) but we've done so many thingstogether over the years that we have nearly livedparallel lives... in the end we were each other'sbest man at each of our weddings, and continue totalk/see each other several times each week. The bondthat forms between two boys who got kicked out ofChuck-E-Cheeses for pulling on the tail of the poorsod in the Chuck-E suit is indeed quite a strongbond...

Joanne's answer:
The closest friend I ever had was my best friend in college, Jen. We hung out every day at school (or emailed all day long if we were on co-op/working), talked on the phone every night (sometimes even in between TV shows, to discuss what we liked and disliked about them), and went out every weekend (often using fake names and personas when meeting guys at bars, just for the fun of it). We knew every detail of each other's lives, and constantly laughed about the stupidest things. We composed epic tales of dating extravaganzas/fantasies, wrote poems and top ten lists, participanted in a kissing bet, and even made up a song or two. We thought of each other as the smartest, most beautiful girls in the world. Unfortunately, ur friendship went sour after college, when we moved in L.A. together....we actually were not friends for a really long time, 6 years or so...but I'm happy to report that we have made up and even though she lives in Boston now and I in San Francisco, we see each other when I come home for holidays and its always as if no time has passed.

And the other answers!

My sister but I couldn't possibly describe it as I'm not that good with words. It just has about every emotion you can think of. I just know that no matter what she's there.

So sad – never had a close friend before.