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I have a handful of close friends, the ones I trust my life with - I have known them a little over 20 years now, and even though we do not live close (as in the same state, let alone street), I know that if anything ever were to happened to anyone of us the other would be there in a heart beat to help out - even with a tight economy.
Similar to trainlady (Donna) I have a friend who I will miss so much when she passes, but not the person she has become. In school she was a Betty Rizzo / Frenchy (mix) and I was Sandy Olsson / Marty Maraschino (mix) - but that was the 80's and we were kids back then...
I've met probably close to a hundred people over the internet and can share my secrets in trust with about three of them - I have known two of them for just a little over ten years, and the third one, whom I've met, I'm not certain because it seems like I have known this person all my life, but know s/he and I haven't met on line until about the mid 2000's... so I guess anywhere from 1 - 5 years.
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