15 Stories About Friends Who Still Stand Strong Even Years Later

Few things in life can compare to the value of having a loyal friend. When you know that there is a person who can support you in the most difficult moments and sincerely rejoice in the happiest moments, the world around you seems kinder and better.

• “Marry me already, stop running from one jerk to another, I’ve been in love with you for 10 years, and you know it very well, but you pretend that everything is fine!” said my best friend after 10 years of our friendship.
  Except, I had no idea he was in love with me. I thought I was the one in love with him, without reciprocation. You should have heard my laughter after that marriage proposal. We got married a month later and have been happy together for 7 wonderful years. © Chamber 6 / VK
• Once at a school concert, I stumbled at the most important moment, fell and pulled half of the band with me. The people in the audience laughed, the teachers looked in horror, and I thought it would be better if the floor just broke.
  After the concert, my friend came up to me and suggested that at the next concert I fall down even more epically, so that everyone would laugh. Her joke saved me that day. We still laugh about that moment and remember it as the beginning of our real friendship. © Caramel / VK
• When some people say that female friendship doesn’t exist, I feel bad. My best friend and I have been friends since third grade and have been through a lot together.
  When I was in fifth grade, my mom passed away. It was very hard for me, just unbearable. My dad let me stay out of school for a week, and then he said that we had to learn to move on with our lives and I had to go to school. And I couldn’t. I just couldn’t see anyone except my dad and my friend.
  And then my friend (by the way, an excellent student who just loved to study) suggested that we skip school. For 3 weeks, we went to my friend’s place instead of classes, lay next to each other and kept silent for hours. Gradually I felt better. My friend literally brought me back to life.
  When my dad and my friend’s parents found out that we were skipping school, they didn’t even scold us, they understood everything. That was the first, but by no means the last, moment when I became convinced that female friendship does exist. © Caramel / VK

• My best friend has a bad habit of not picking calls. I tell her, “What if something happens to me, I’ll call you, and you won’t pick up the phone!” One night, I had a panic attack and called her at about 3 a.m. She picked up the phone and talked to me for about an hour. © ******_00 / Reddit
• I saw an old lady selling flowers and decided to buy a bouquet for home. I approached her, and there were actually 3 of them sitting there, all with beautiful flowers. Well, I decided to buy from the one who I approached first.
  The lady gladly gives me the flowers, and in parallel also advertises those other 2 saleswomen with beautiful flowers. It felt so strange, where is the competition? And it turns out that they are 3 friends: they pick flowers together, make bouquets together and sell them also together.
  “It’s a little scary to be here alone at my age, but together we are not afraid of anything, and we also talk all the time,” said the lady. So I decided to buy a bouquet from the other 2 old ladies too, so that I wouldn’t break their friendship. © Caramel / VK
• When I entered the university, it seemed to me that everyone already knew each other and were friends. Everyone except me.
  But on the fifth day, a girl with bright green headphones sat next to me. During a break, she leaned over to me and said, “You know, there’s a café here that sells the best hot chocolate in the world. Shall we go try it?” I was shy, but I agreed.
  Since then, she and I have been discovering things together, looking for the best places in the new city. We have a whole list of traditions: from eating breakfast together before exams, to spontaneous picnics. It turns out that the strongest friendships start with hot chocolate and a few brave words. © Caramel / VK

• Our friendship began long before we were conscious, when we were a few months old. Our mothers were in the same ward and joked, “When our girls grow up, they will be friends.”
  Then we went to the same school. We communicated, but not closely. Then college. But we just said hello to each other. After graduation, we drifted apart.
  By chance, I met a friend whom I hadn’t seen for a long time and invited him over. He came with his wife, that very girl. Now we are big friends. Apparently, every joke has its grain of truth. © Overheard / Ideer
• Met a friend at a party, we had never spoken much earlier and were just casual acquaintances. The party turned into a smaller after-party with just a few women. She just waited an hour at the party, insisting she’ll take a cab home with me, just so that she could make sure I reached home safe.
  We hit it off and became really close friends soon after. Friends who look out for each other, is a huge green flag! © nitya_moorthy / Reddit
• My best friend and I were separated by a guy 5 years ago. He messed with both of our heads, we had a fight. He ended up picking a third girl and dumped us. Since then, we didn’t communicate.
  And recently I was walking in a shopping mall, and I saw her frozen like a statue when she saw me. Within moments, we were hugging in tears. We spent the whole evening talking, apologizing, laughing about how stupid we’d been. Now we’re friends again. © Caramel / VK

• I’ve gone 6 months not talking to my best friend. We were in the middle of an argument.
  One day I wanted to talk to her, called her up, and asked what we were fighting about. She didn’t remember either (we agreed it was probably something stupid), and picked up where we left off, like the 6 months never happened.
  We’ve also been each other’s worst enemies. Told each other truths that we didn’t want to hear. Had each other’s backs through some real bad things.
  Been friends for 23 years now. And still going strong. © SkyfireDragono / Reddit
• Last summer, I met a girl named Valentina. We spent some time together, but then our paths parted. This spring, however, we met again. She moved to my city, we began to see each other and became friends.
  And now we are sitting with Valentina in a coffee shop, I am telling her about the day, when suddenly she interrupts me and says, “You know, actually my name is Samantha. I just didn’t think our friendship would go this far!” © Ward #6 / VK
• I was recently at a friend’s hangout in the country house. Barbeque in nature, near the lake. And there was a strange couple. The girl began to ask her boyfriend for grilled fish, and he decided to catch it with his bare hands.
  He swam for 2 hours, but to no avail, and didn’t want to return without a catch. So his best friend went to the shop, bought a live fish, gave it to him while his girlfriend couldn’t see, and thus saved the poor man! Is this true male friendship? © Not everyone will understand / VK

• Every year, on the same date, my wife doesn’t talk to me. I just have a female friend whose birthday party I attend every year. Yes, we had a relationship, but that’s in the past. She has been married for a long time and has kids.
  My wife is pissed by the fact that we had something in the past, and we joke about it among friends. She especially doesn’t like the joke about how one of the kids looks a lot like me (he’s not mine, 100%). My wife used to go to these parties with me at first, but then stopped and tried to ban me from attending.
  She didn’t succeed and chose the tactic of silence and complete ignoring of me and chores a few days before this birthday party and a week after. I don’t understand her, she suffers herself every year and spoils my mood before the party. © Overheard / VK
• My best friend and I have been best friends for over 25 years. What’s made it last isn’t what we have in common, our similar lifestyles, and shared goals. What made us last that long is that there’s no disagreement that can ever happen to us strong enough to break apart the friendship. This woman and I fully plan on being grouchy old retired ladies together. © *******Reddit / Reddit
• When I was in university, I had a roommate in my dorm. We were always fighting, arguing, harassing each other and doing nasty things to each other. And then I broke my leg.
  I couldn’t go home, as I am an orphan, so at first I just lay in the dorm. And what do you think? All my “friends” turned away from me, and only this roommate took care of me, cooked food for herself and me, helped with laundry and cleaning.
  That’s how we became friends. Both she and I are married now, we have our own families, but our friendship has lasted for 11 years. She has never once let me down. She is my truest friend. © Not everyone will understand / VK

And these friendships, unfortunately, didn’t stand the test of life.