F.R.I.E.N.D.S (not the TV series)…

Ashish Sharma
4 min readAug 6, 2017

Fantastic Real Insane ENjoyable Droll Set of people, that’s for me what friends are. Actually I thought of writing about this very topic today morning itself, as today is FRIENDSHIP DAY. So a very happy friendship day to all of you, whoever is reading this, enjoy with your friends, tell them they are important to you and enjoy this very day. I had this curiosity to know why we are celebrating it, and to my amaze I came to know that 30th July is declared as FRIENDSHIP DAY by the General Assembly of United Nations.So it is not a small thing, this day is celebrated across the global in different countries. Some countries like India celebrate this day on the first sunday of August. It was started in 1958 in Paraguay by World Friendship Crusade, which is an international civil organisation that helps in bringing peace via friendship campaigns. I know most of the people would have skipped over the part as I started talking about its history (I know you people). So this article is not about friendship day, it is about what makes this day so special and that are FRIENDS.

They are your partners in crime, they are your well wishers when you need them, they provide a shoulder to cry when you are heartbroken while on the same shoulder they will carry you when you achieve something, they will mock you, make fun of you but if a third party comes in between, then they will first teach him a lesson and then will come after you (Remember they won’t leave you!!). According to me, friendship is a bond even stronger than your blood relations as there are some things which you can’t share with your family. Even if it is the breaking point and you have no other option than to just tell your family about whatever the case maybe, still you have it give it a lot of thought. But with friends, you will first tell them and then you will think whether you should have told them or not. Because in the majority of the cases, when you tell them, they will not give you the solution but they will frighten you with the result of it. It is not that they will not help you, they will, they will do whatever is in their range and even beyond that (those are called BFFs, I hope you all know the meaning) but first they will do for what they are famous and that is BAK*****(hindi language word), which is the most common activity done by friends all over the world.

They give you a reason to enjoy little moments and be happy always. You may get irritated with them sometimes which is quite normal because they are like a speeding car which has no brakes. There can be a time when you are concentrating on something and not getting the best output out of that, then at that moment, please don’t be angry on your friend. You either tell your friend that you are tensed or you better leave that work for now and do it later, but never ever hurt your friends. I know that feeling, even you would have,so please try to avoid it. We boys usually don’t have friend, we have a BHAI, which is hindi for brother and we boys never really show on face what we think of our BHAI. Handshaking, hugging is not an usual activity among guys even if they are best friends, but yes if you meet your friend after sometime, then there is that feeling of hugging him and telling that- “I missed you, saale”. No offence to the girls, but as I am a guy, I can explain our emotions very clearly, I believe even girls bond is very strong.

I will not be writing any specific names of my friends, as if I miss somebody’s name then they will commit a crime but I won’t be a partner in it, I will be the victim. So I have many friends (luckily), which includes my college buddies, my school friends, my childhood friends. I may not be regularly talking to some of my friends but that does not mean you are not important to me. I always have a special place for all you people in my heart, I mostly (95%) never forget my friends, here I am talking about my school friends with whom I met like 7–8 years back. I talk to most of my friends everyday, thanks to all the social media. I just want to thank you all for staying with me, I know I may not be the best friend which you can get, still you are important to me and I never wanna lose any of you. Keep smiling and always be happy, those who need special mention are already taken care of.

Keep your friends safe as world is a dangerous place,

You are lucky you have friends, I hope your friendship never ends,

Keep smiling and spread laughter, as you have little to look after,

To all my friends I want to say I love you, if you are a lace I want to be your shoe

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