I still love the "How did we become friends?" conversation starter. (Not as a pick-up line. But as a legitimate, "We're friends now. We weren't a year ago. How did that happen?")
J and I were talking today. We're not quite sure how it actually happened. But my favorite line "I knew on the first day of class that I wanted to be friends with you."
"ME TOO!" I squealed.
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Not all of my friends are like that. One of my best friends now is someone who I knew for years before we were more than acquaintances. Sometimes it takes a while.
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And sometimes friendship just happens. Today, I celebrate the easy friends. The ones that are reminiscent of preschool best friends.
"Hey, didn't we click right away? Weren't we meant to know each other? How are we friends? For real? How could we not be friends?"
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PS--Leave a comment. Or e-mail me. Or bring it up the next time we talk. How did we become friends?
You and I became friends in a group. Our whole cohort was just such a fantastic support network during a rough first year of graduate school. I feel like I talked to you more than almost anybody, though, because of our shared experience as teachers and because you're just so nice. :)
Brady, I meant to respond earlier and then I didn't. Hopefully I'll remember to tell you in person (since I'm betting you're not noticing the comments here).
Yes, to the group. But I think I'd identify actually being friends with you to winter quarter, first year. Our office hour habits overlapped more than the rest of our cohort and we had lots of our "I miss teaching" conversations then. And it was during one of those times that we decided too go to Sara Watkin's concert, which is what absolutely sealed the deal for me.
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