Friendship: An experience of a bumpy ride

by

Ankita Majumder, Sem I (2023)

The word itself holds a lot of meaning behind it. The feelings, emotions, memories one gets when they hear, the word is astonishing. Friendship is a term which many hears by on a daily basis but it’s true meaning, is only known by few. It is a term which everyone seems to know, but the emotions attached to it cannot be experienced by a lot.

There are many different types of friendships in this world. Some are short lived and some are for lifetime. But each one of them holds a very special place in our hearts.

Some are like them. The two girls of my school used to be very great friends to eachother, they were always roaming around the corridors together, talking to eachother during a teacher’s period. They used to sit next to eachother, they were inseparable. But then one day due to a fight they both stopped talking.

Might it be misunderstanding, I am not sure, but after that day they behaved like strangers toward each other.

And then these two. They both were eachother’s unpaid therapists, they both would gossip about many people but none of the secrets got leaked. They were in different sections and according to their timetables they didn’t had everyday to meet eachother so they both would come to school on those days where they didn’t had any important periods just to meet eachother. Even the teachers were astonished to see their this habit.

But still there are insecurities and stress laying in beneath of all this. Now that they both are in different institutions, they both don’t get much time to talk to and so there sometime comes when they both would think that their friendship won’t last long.

Now there comes them. They both don’t go to the same workplace, they can’t meet eachother on a daily basis, they both live at different areas of the state. But then again, everyday without fail they both talked to eachother. Even if they continue doing their work while keeping eachother on the call, not saying anything, then also the silence was always appreciated by them. And sometimes days and even weeks goes by when they both aren’t able to talk to eachother but still whenever they would call, there won’t be any awkward moments between them.

They both know very well that their friendship has gone many ups and downs in life to come to this point where they both are certain that they have found soulmates in eachother.

Friendship is like this only. It’s not a smooth walk like a kife in butter. But it has many ups and downs in life, many layers to it. And then there are some friends who are not able to peel of the first layer, some friends who are going through a tough phase in life filled with questions and then some friends who have passed the test of friendship with flying colors.

But no matter what kind of friendship it is, it holds millions of memories which are priceless and irreplaceable. 

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