I’m having a drunken musing about some of my GBF problems, including some of the people in my life who try to treat me as a mascot, or a toy or feel a desperate need to get close to me to be their bestest friend so they can be one of the cool crowd.
It’s annoying. And many of them are annoying for the usual reasons of fetishism/privilege/
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(side note: I know you lot don't really do a turkey day, do you celebrate harvest or something instead? Are you planning to cook? WhatUMaking?)
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Argh Baking! My Kryptonite! That sounds so good.
Ah ha, ok, end of Summer mostly. So there's no real equivalent for our Turkey day then?
As for Yule, that sounds amazing. On this side of the pond, we do basically the same Thanksgiving meal for Xmas/Yule/Etc., some people will do a goose (never had goose, myself) or a prime rib along with turkey. My husband's family does the 7 fishes Italian thing, but honestly, it all sounds sort of boring compared to your treats and trads.
I really want to get into pickling.
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GBF makes no sense as a friendship descriptor, because it only describes one of you. Most of the descriptors I use for friends indicate how I met them, or what we share. If I'm still using that descriptor to introduce them, they are a less-close friend. For example, a uni friend probably has a deeply outdated knowledge of me, while a friend I met at Uni is probably someone I've been friends with through a lot of changes to both our lives.
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I could say more, but it all basically comes down to, "Wut?"
*hugs*
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I was absolutely flummoxed to hear him introduce me to others as his best friend. It was only later that I realised *all* his friendships are based on that one interest. Ah, geeks.
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Not a best friend, that takes years and meatspace interaction. But within some parameters, a good friend.
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