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I have 4 close friends- met one in elementary school, one in high school, one in college and one at my first job after college!

My closest friends right now are from work. I don't think I would be friends with any of them if it weren't for work, but I really like them.

My "best friends" aren't really my best friends anymore, but they were my bridesmaids and I will always care about them and try to stay close. One of them has been my friend since we were 8 - we met in elementary school. The other was my college roommate freshman year. The three of us were roommates in college.

Other than that, I have a few friends that I've met in our neighborhood or through DH's work, but I wouldn't call them close friends. Making good friends is hard!

Not counting my sisters, I have 7 very close friends. One is from HS, three are from work and the rest I met through other friends. I can usually tell right away when someone is going to become my friend! Of course, it takes work on top of personalities meshing and it's all about how much you're both willing to put in. I've been fortunate in my adult life and have met a great group of girls who are super fun and supportive at the same time. I would do anything for them and I feel like they would do the same for me!

@mrbee: It does seem like a lot! I guess what makes it possible is the fact that I see my local friends a lot through work, book club, parties, brunches, etc. and my two long distance friends I email with a few times a week. I'm sure all that will change once I have a little one around, but for now that's the situation! Hopefully we all get pregnant at the same time, lol!!

Not counting my sister who is my very best friend, I have about 3 close friends. 2 from high school and 1 from college.

I have 4 close friends: 2 met in kindergarten, 1 in elementary school, and one in high school. I also have become close with one of my DH's best friends's wives. I have several other friends, I've been a bridesmaid 13 times, however these are my go to girls.

This is an interesting question as I agree friendships change through the years, I would have to go with 7 close friends as well - and they were my bridesmaids! My sister and sister-in-law are right up there and are the people I talk to the most. Then I have my best friend from growing up - I have known her since I was a baby; my cousin and I have gone in and out of being close through the years but now she lives closeby again and I'm super excited to see her more often; the three others are from college. Additionally, I've met a few women recently in a new moms group and I can see us becoming closer as the years go on and we spend more time together. I thrive on girlfriends though so I try very very hard to maintain my friendships with people I am close with! There are probably 5-10 more women who I talk to on a monthly basis - they just all live around the country so it's hard to keep up! PLUS I love all my online ladies who I share so much with too! (Yikes, that's a lot, no wonder I feel like I can never keep up!)

I have 3 friends from childhood-- we grew up in the same church. We're all scattered now, and all four of us have very different relationships with one another, but we were/will be each other's bridesmaids (mixed in with other bridesmaids as well) and we get together a few times a year, usually around the holidays, and we each get a themed birthday present each year (tiffany necklace, gift certificate to a local cool restaurant, etc etc). One of them married Rob Sr's college roommate, and they live down the street, so we are obviously very close with them.

I'm also close with my college roommate, who was my maid of honor, but she lives far away as well.

Rob Sr. and I have a lot of close-ish friends all around us, mostly through church, but we are each other's best friend (cue corny music) and we tend to have close friends that we take under our wing as a couple, like a younger single guy who we have over for home cooked dinners, etc.

I have 2 close friends IRL. Met them in college!