The One with the F.R.I.E.N.D.S

I told my friend today that life is a weird thing. I think it might have been one of my most wise statements ever. 4 years before, I thought I am going to be one of those people who don’t have or can’t form long term friendships with more than one person at a time. I started my college life with this belief but also with a wish that I prove myself wrong. Well, guess what?? I am pretty sure I did. I know its too soon to look back, but I am doing it now and getting amazed at myself in the process. I think no matter what happens there is one lesson that I will always carry with me because of these four years and that would be : Don’t ever dare assume that you know what’s gonna happen in your future, you will never get it right. The guy who actually brought out the evil devil in me every time he spoke is actually one of the few people I trust in my life now. The passing acquaintance to whom I started talking out of curiosity is one of the most important persons in my life. The girl with whom I did not even have a simple conversation for the first full year is the person I can’t be without talking for a day now.  There are so many many more examples that I can come up with. So yeah, life is a weird thing. But I really hope that it doesn’t reverse back on me. I like this phase now and I hope it continues. I think I am going to try and explain what I feel with a small example. For every F.R.I.E.N.D.S fan here, I think you would know this. It is the last scene of the entire series, the place where Monica says that it would be a good idea for all of them to leave their copies of the key to her apartment. She then points out it is an amazing thing that each one of them have lived in that apartment one time or the other. To which Ross replies, that he hasn’t. But it actually turns out that he has when he tried to make it as a dancer in New York. I have always found that incident very endearing. For me it is a testimonial that no matter for how long we stay friends with a person, there is always something that we don’t know, some topic that we haven’t explored before. It is proof that the magical bond never wears off. So I would like to move on from this phase of my life thinking that there will always be an opportunity for me and my friends to meet for a cup of coffee in central perk if we want to.