The HOW TO: of the day. :)

Today's topic:

HOW TO: Decide if someone is worth being your friend:

1. They don't insult you.
2. They like the same things that you do.
3. They dislike the same things that you do.
4. They understand where you're coming from on a situation.
5. If they by chance don't understand, they care enough to WANT to understand, and ask you to explain again and again until they do.
6. They want to spend time with you.
7. They let you have time to spend with your other friends.
8. They aren't too controlling.
9. They are willing to compromise on anything that you don't agree on.
10. They don't consciously pick fights with you.
11. They don't try to get you to change your mind about something by prying and prodding and pushing.
12. They can talk to you about nothing for as long as you want them to.
13. They know you. Like, REALLY know you.
14. They'd practically take a bullet for you.
15. They accept you for who you are, all of your faults, imperfections, mistakes and achievements, not because of what your name is, or what you've done, but the kind of person life has made you.

My roommate, and new-found best friend, fits into all these categories. I'm so happy that I met her, and I know that my college life won't be so scary, because she feels the same way that I do about almost everything. She's a great person, and already, she's helped me get through quite a bit. I'm really not scared for Elizabethtown, and I really hope she isn't either. It's gonna be a great year.


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