Friendship can be in quite a few forms however for purposes of this hub I will use a women to women or girl to girl friendship.

One of my most long standing friendship is with a girl named Shane - we lived across the road from each other during our high school years. We walked to school together, walked home together - went running at night together and she spent most of her afternoons at my house due to the fact that my mom did not work and she used to bake the most divine goodies. To this day Shane still remembers that. We used to be also inseparable. Her grandparents lived down the road from us so quite often we would stop by there as well. Its little things like stealing her grandpa's homemade brew (just one Bottle) and waiting for her folks to go to sleep before we opened it - little did we know that homemade brew does froth so amidst lots of giggling and passing the bottle we consumed it. I often wonder what her folks thought we where up to! Her grandfather however did profess to know what we had been up to! She moved away and then it was me spending week ends at her new home. To date we are still friends and now span over many years - she has moved to Cape Town many years ago, had two sons and to this day if we phone each other or get together its like time has stood still. We will be friends for life.

Then there are friends we thing are true friends who are just into the friendship to see what they can gain mostly. However our friendship did last many years until I was being abused by the so called friends while she was at home cooking supper I was running after her older kids - not an option so eventually due to work pressure and pressure on the home front I lost it with her and became good friends with her brother instead!

Then I met another friend who had a baby just after I had my youngest son and both being single moms formed a friendship - we where friends for 10 years. Friendship meant helping wherever necessary and when she was involved in an accident running her business for her and still doing my day job, and having a father in hospital. That's what friends should do for each other no matter what to the extra mile. You become like sisters. You talk about everything and share everything no matter how bad or good. We also went away together as single moms was fun. However in this friendship i learned a very hard lesson. She sold the business she had and bought another - when her partner left her stupid me said I will help! Hence end of friendship!  So no matter how good friends you are do not mix business and friendship.  However the experience and fun we had will be remembered for a very long time.