Four years ago, I got a message on Instagram; I was talking about the new IT movie that came out and someone started a conversation with me about it. She introduced herself as Emily. We connected really well and it was nice to talk to her. After a while we decided to FaceTime for the first time, and I could tell we were both nervous but we still had so much fun talking. I later found out that she lives in Texas, which was a bummer, but I didn’t want to end a friendship over distance so we just got over it.
After about a month of calling constantly and texting and finding out so much about each other, we were basically inseparable. We would call after school and fall asleep on the phone every once and awhile, and we would call while doing our homework.
She’s always there for me no matter what I say. We have always been there for each other no matter what we’ve said or done. For my birthday my mom bought Emily a plane ticket to come down here and meet me for the first time ever but, because of how bad Covid was getting in Texas, her parents said it wouldn’t be the best time. So we changed it to Thanksgiving, but the travel agent never confirmed the ticket for that day.
Her mom and dad are like parents to me and my mom is like a mom to her. Whenever one of us is upset, the other one calls us and helps us or distracts us. We have fought a lot and we’ve said things we regret saying, but we always forgive each other and understand that we were just taking out our personal issues on each other. We don’t have a lot in common actually, but we’ve always made each other laugh. Our music taste is different, our taste in movies and TV shows is different. A lot of the things that make people bond or get close to each other, we have different tastes in. But in our heads, that is what makes us closer. Because something else bonds us together, not just common interests.
A lot of people have or had a long distance friend who you either met and became friends with then they moved away, or you met them via social media/mutual friends. Sometimes those friendships don’t last forever but you have a stronger bond with them because you’re depending on texting and pure conversation, not just on hanging out in person.