Blood is thicker than water. It was originally German but along with everything else, America has taken it and made it their own. It still has the same basic meaning but over the years its umbrella has broadened and it has become about more than just family but the closest of friends that one has.
Blood, sweat, and tears go into every relationship that is really worth having. Without those things there is really no emotion, no attachment. Its a superficial relationship otherwise, no depth, no real conversation. You're limited to the topics of weather, music, and most often the classes you happen to be taking that week. You have those awkward pity laughs and the lull in conversations where someone sighs and stares down as they swish liquid around in their cup just before looking up with that "this is uncomfortable" grin. Why have a relationship that is forced? Whats the point? There can't be one, at least I can not think of the benefit of it. You have your friends that you have fun with and you have your friends that know about your life and you have fun with. There are always maybe a handful of people that are more than that though, the people that see you through all of it, the blood, the sweat, the tears, they're there through it all. Its not the people you share a cup of coffee with cause you happen to see them in the line at starbucks, or the people you make meaningless babble with at the soda machine. Its the people that see you cry while you're crying, not after when your eyes are red. Its the people that sit on the floor and cry with you, not the people that tell you you've done something wrong and ignore the fact that your heart is breaking. Its the people who give you a band-aid and peroxide when you cut your leg shaving. Some may say that your family are the only people you can constantly rely on and trust. In some cases wouldn't we rather make our own family. Its not about who is obligated to stick around or be by your side, its about the people that don't have to be but are anyways. Loyalty, trust, faith, ...did I mention trust, and blood, sweat, and tears. Its about the things we go through and the people that are not only there at the end of it but the people that you see beside you through it all. Blood is thicker than water, you can't share a lunch hour with someone and expect much or call them your best friend, you must share your life with them, trials and tribulations, random banter about nothing to just pass the time and unwind.
This I'm sure has proved to be nothing more than babel to most of you. But I needed to write it, I needed to at least try and explain my feelings on the subject of loyalty and the levels of friendship and relationships in general.
If by not letting others say things that are in my opinion blasphemous and utter slander about people that have been better friends in a short time and have helped me through more things than I can say most people go through in their lives, you think I'm wrong or stupid or this makes me a bad friend to those who are saying it, disloyal or whatever you choose to believe. Then I'd like to say something to you, blood is thicker than water, and I'd like to think my parents did a great job raising me to be the best person I could be and you should really rethink your loyalties if you will sit by and let someone talk about somebody that has been nothing but loyal to you. Even if the person hasn't been anything but loyal, you are no better than the person telling these blasphemous tales. And having a friend like you, thank you, but no thank you. Trust, loyalty, the good and the bad, thats what friends are.
I'm more me now than I have been, I get by with a little help from my friends.
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