The Boy Friends
Girls know it’s essential to have a set of girl friends whom we go to for countless girl talks: for fashion and gossip; boys and men; and to vent out all your life’s complaints and knowing they would comfort you in the end. It makes life so light and fun to have them, they are the sisters we never had.
On the other hand, even if we know life is easier when you have girl friends it is also wise to keep guy friends around. As girls we get bored and tired at times when we hear our friends’ ramblings about the same stuff over and over. For boys, since they are more on the practical, they won’t get tired as much, well as long as you have a round of beers during the talk. Haha. But seriously, I thank them for all the logical and emotionless advice that I need from time to time.
The Mirror-The Devil-The Angel
Luckily, I have these different types of boys as friends.
1. The Sweet Devil–the one who is closest to what can be the traits of a girl buddy. He listens with emotions and doesn’t give you the crap of telling you what you wanted to hear but what he thinks and feels you should do. He would be sweet because he would not want to see you droning and droning on the problem at hand when you both know it’s useless to give a damn about it. In short, he would be the one to tell you that you are better off and to just let go of the problem while you can.
2. The Agreeable Angel–the opposite of the devil, clearly. He would be the one whom you can expect to hear what you wanted to hear–that there is still hope and that you should just carry on. He, of course, would not want to see you hurting yourself to but he would be the one to support you with your mindless decisions that stems not from your logic but from your emotions. He will always be the one positive about whatever fucked up thing is happening.
3. The Mirror–this would be your boy version. The one who thinks like you do and feels like you do regarding problems of the heart and at times, life in general. He is the friend who speaks out what you really feel when you cannot find the courage to say it. He might even point out something that is just hidden in your subconscious since he thinks the same way. He would be the best one to ask for the “what would you do if you were in my shoes” advice. Simply saying, he would be the talking pensieve that you would need.
4. The Wonderwall–as the song implies, this would be the friend who saves you. He might be the combination of the Angel and the Devil and a little bit of a mirror. He would be the one who gives you the entire scenario in black and white. He would not push you to quit it or to hang on, but he would be the one bombarding you with questions that can make you think of what you are really thinking. He would be the one who gives you advice in the manner of letting you talk to yourself. A shrink, simply saying.
While I can categorize these boys in the manner of their problem-solving and handling capabilities, anyone of them can be counted on for a night of drinking session when you just have to drown yourself for a while with alcohol, green jokes, stupid conversations and an overall good time.
