FabSwingers.com forum: Your best friend ever

By *obilebottom OP Man
1 week ago

All over

Don't tell us who they are but just why they are your best friend or had been your best friend but no longer so for whatever reason. Mine passed away in tragic circumstances quite a few years now but was the one I knew that would just do absolutely anything for me and I would do the same without hesitation or expecting anything back. I do have some lovely friends but that was just so special and never to be forgotten. (Ps I do mean just a friend)

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By *inxy777Woman
1 week ago

essex

"Don't tell us who they are but just why they are your best friend or had been your best friend but no longer so for whatever reason. Mine passed away in tragic circumstances quite a few years now but was the one I knew that would just do absolutely anything for me and I would do the same without hesitation or expecting anything back. I do have some lovely friends but that was just so special and never to be forgotten. (Ps I do mean just a friend) "
🥰 x

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By *parkle1974Woman
1 week ago

Leeds

I met my best friend nearly 47 years ago. We have gone through all that life could possibly throw at us and still remain the bestest of friends. I would be absolutely devastated if they were no longer around...that is a void that would be impossible to fill x

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By *eltCuteMightDeleteWoman
1 week ago

Reading

She’s 10 years younger than me, completely different place in her life both when I met her and now. But she’s completely accepting of me, my biggest cheerleader, the person who asks me the toughest questions about myself and holds me to account. She makes me laugh, I love how she thinks, she’s seen me through some of my darkest times and if I could teleport anywhere in the world I would use it to hang out with her as we talked and laughed together doing anything.

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By *loomy GirlWoman
1 week ago

leicester

I don’t have a best friend.

I have friends but not close friends

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By *he ShivsCouple
1 week ago

Fife

We’ve been friends since primary school. She gets me. I can be completely myself around her and she’s never once judged me. Always cheering me on in life’s little wins! She makes me laugh until my stomach hurts and I love her dearly. I would be lost without her 🖤

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By *luebell888Woman
1 week ago

Glasgowish

My best friend died when she was 34 and I have never wanted to find another.

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By *andering_welshman2025Man
1 week ago

Kirkby

Is it weird that my best friend is my ex wife?!!

We met at 17, married at 21 and had 2 babies by the time we were 24….unfortunately things didn’t work out and we drifted apart as husband and wife, however I am her biggest supporter, she is mine and we still tell each other everything!!

I feel like we just went from teenagers into adulthood and we navigated each other through that and I suppose I am who I am because of her - I’m not perfect but she keeps me on that path!!

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By *uchessdoeWoman
1 week ago

Northampton

I've known my best friend for over 10 years and she's the most fiercely loyal, protective, driven, and encouraging person I've ever met. We've supported each other through major illness, loss, and heartbreak, and I trust her more than anyone. We don't actually talk that often - we save all our energy for meeting in-person and talking and laughing for hours and hours. I'd be a very sad, lonely person without her.

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By *aybeLadyWoman
1 week ago

West Dublin

My twin sister.

I well up thinking about leaving her behind: I have an incurable form of cancer but one you can live with. No one knows for how long though. I know she must be afraid but she never admits it to me.

She currently lives abroad with her family. I told her last week that for selfish reasons, I am glad she is coming home this summer for good.

Its heart breaking and so unfair 😢

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By *ollyPocket75Woman
1 week ago

Aberdeen

My daughter is my best friend, she's beautiful and kind, thoughtful and has been there for me through everything. I trust her with my life. She knows everything about me even the swinging side and still loves me unconditionally I've been in some very dark places this last year and she's always there to pick me up 🥰

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By *ools and the brainCouple
1 week ago

couple, us we him her.

Our cat is my best friend, she's my shadow,my nurse when I'm unwell,a great listener plus she's soft and fluffy, love's nothing more than snuggly up in the crook of my arm and having a nap with me.

Meow

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By *ripfillMan
1 week ago

Paris, New York, Hong Kong and Havant

I have 8 very very close mates that I started primary school with when I was 4 in Cumbria

I have been best man to 5 of them !

( it’s in my CV )

We all meet up, enjoy each others company plus go away each year for a long weekend

And have done since we were all 20 ‘s

Best friends each and every one of them, despite all that’s happened in our lives, our friendship now with social media is closer now than it was in our middle lives

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By *assy69Man
1 week ago

West Sussex and Wales

I met my best friend when we were in primary school together, we’ve be n through family deaths, weddings, highs, lows and everything in between. If I need a sofa to sleep on then he willl just leave a key under the mat for me either no questions snd vice versa …: it is one of those “east” enduring friendships and I am so very thankful for it

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
1 week ago

Reading

I'm very close to my daughters so probably them.

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By *uriousscouserWoman
1 week ago

Wirral

I had two best friends but sadly lost one some years ago very suddenly. It was a more painful loss than when my dad died a year later.

My best friend I've known since my first proper job. She saw that I was being treated quite badly, pulled me to one side and explained in great detail to my naive 22 year old self what was going on.

We've seen each other through celebrations and through depressions, through relationships and family feuds and children and grandkids and caring responsibilities for aging relatives.

I'd give her a kidney if she needed it and I'm pretty sure she'd do the same for me. She's the only person on this planet who could turn up at my flat unannounced and be sure I'd open the door.

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
1 week ago

Reading

"Our cat is my best friend, she's my shadow,my nurse when I'm unwell,a great listener plus she's soft and fluffy, love's nothing more than snuggly up in the crook of my arm and having a nap with me.

Meow "

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By *erdyEstLdner 82Man
1 week ago

Ilford

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By *erdyEstLdner 82Man
1 week ago

Ilford

My best friend? We've known each other since we were teenagers, we became really good friends because we have a lot of common interests such as gaming and anime. I really fancied her, but we never went there. We just kind of drifted apart. Although we recently got in contact. These days she makes a living selling furry (not my thing) porn.

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By *929Man
1 week ago

bedlington

We call each other worse than shit and can say anything offensive to each other and not fall out or take offence, I address him as ‘fatass’ rather than his actual name perhaps 99% of the time. Karma also strangely seems to affect us very ironically for example I implied his heart attack was obesity related then about 18 months later I also had one, he mocked my £1000 mot bill for my van then he got the exact same bill for his van but for far less work haha. In times of genuine need we always there for each other though and he’s the one mate I got that I can honestly say had done more for me than I have for him and we have the greatest laughs when we are together

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By *ell GwynnWoman
1 week ago

North Yorkshire

My li'l sister, who I first met when I was almost five. I remember Mum and Dad bringing her home from the hospital and being most perplexed by her lack of teeth.

We didn’t truly become friends until after I’d left home, when she was 13 and I was 17. Of all the people in the world, aside from my children, she’s the one I’d be most heartbroken to lose.

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By *rincipessaWoman
1 week ago

your wildest dreams,

I met my bf around 15 yrs ago on another swinging site. He’s my kinky soulmate, understands and accepts me like no one else. No judgements, unconditional honesty. We’ve shared our lives and the difficulties we had through childhood. We have been there for each other through the ups and downs of our kids growing up, parents illnesses and death. He was the first person I contacted when each of my parents and my cousin died. I was the first person he contacted to talk about his parents and his own cancer diagnosis. We chat, we do drinks we do coffee, go to galleries, go for a hike. We do naked cuddles and sometimes we even fuck. It’s the best of everything

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By *ynamicnatureMan
1 week ago

Doncaster

I met my best mate before I could remember being mates, his mum used to babysit me and my mum babysited him from about the age of 3, we literally grew up together all through school,we played in the same rugby teams, we learnt how to drive cars, tried to get laid and got into and out of all sorts of mischief.

I very much considered him to be my brother from another mother.

He's the reason I'm living in the UK.

He past away in 2013 after being diagnosed with MND a couple of years earlier.

He left behind 4 beautiful children whom I visit every time I go back to Oz, I love telling them stories about their old man and they love hearing them.

And his son looks like a carbon copy of his dad which is pretty cool and often hilarious.

I miss him terribly to this day and often think about all the good times we had together.

It was an honour and a privilege to have been his mate and am for ever greatful for the relationship we had.

R.I.P Steve

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By *oeBeansMan
1 week ago

Derby

I'm a bit sad that I don't really have a best friend. All my friends from school I've drifted away from and my current friend's who I'm very close with, I couldn't pick any of them out as a best friend as that usually tends to happen over a very long period of time. I do wish I one, someone close to confide in but it is what it is.

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By *IXEN200Woman
1 week ago

newcastle upon tyne

I lost my very best friend over a year ago, he was an amazing person, we had been friends for 25 years before we got together as a couple and spent 13 years together, he was great with my kids too treated them as his own right till the end we stayed friends after breaking up and he moved on albeit for a year. I miss him so dearly. I don't have any other real friends now.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
1 week ago

little house on the praire

We've been best friends for 38 years through everything life has thrown at us. We where wild single women when we met and now we are both grandma's and there is only three months between my grandson and her granddaughter.

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By *orthern StarsCouple
1 week ago

Durham

They've stood by me unconditionally whilst I went to hell and back. Every other sane person would of walked away from me, but for some reason they love me so much more than I ever deserve.

My life would totally fall apart without them. I can't imagine living a day without them.

They are such a special person to me and others.

I'm to lucky to have them in my life.

Ruby

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By *aughtylist DuoCouple
1 week ago

Kilmarnock

"My twin sister.

I well up thinking about leaving her behind: I have an incurable form of cancer but one you can live with. No one knows for how long though. I know she must be afraid but she never admits it to me.

She currently lives abroad with her family. I told her last week that for selfish reasons, I am glad she is coming home this summer for good.

Its heart breaking and so unfair 😢

Oh this broke my heart. Not the same but my dad has cancer, it's his third bout and he's just done fighting it. We don't know how long he has but we're not focusing on that, we're spending time with him and having fun xx

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By *aughtylist DuoCouple
1 week ago

Kilmarnock

My best friend saved me and my kids. He came I to our lives when we were really struggling and helped us leave a bad situation. He will never know just what he means to me and how lucky I feel to have met him

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By *aybeLadyWoman
1 week ago

West Dublin

"My twin sister.

I well up thinking about leaving her behind: I have an incurable form of cancer but one you can live with. No one knows for how long though. I know she must be afraid but she never admits it to me.

She currently lives abroad with her family. I told her last week that for selfish reasons, I am glad she is coming home this summer for good.

Its heart breaking and so unfair 😢

Sorry to hear about your dad ❤️ Give him as many hugs as you can and tell him you love him. My dad is gone 10yrs this month, his bday is tomorrow. Would give anything to hug him one more time.

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By *idssissyTV/TS
1 week ago

Birmingham

Am fortunate have a few close friends, though lost one year and half ago and still miss him.

One is someone who texts me every day, checks in, listens to me (and vice versa) and will raise the alarm if she doesn't get a response within a certain time.

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By *oxy-RedWoman
1 week ago

pink panther territory

I've known my best friend since I met her in hospital after the birth of our two youngests 36 years ago, we have been through the good and the bad times together,bringing up our kids to 80s music and dancing and singing with our hairbrushes

She's my girl, my rock I couldn't imagine my life without her in it

To quote Tina Turner,she's simply the best

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By *ucka39Man
1 week ago

Newcastle

Id have to say the one I grew up with from nursery and even in adulthood we lost contact then obviously social media he had been searching for me and I made the effort but eventually found each other lost contact at the age of 16 then regained 33 years later

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By *adagastMan
1 week ago

Rotherham

The wonderful woman who us effectively the sister I never had. She has been the shoulder I cried on more times than I can remember and has talked sense to me when I needed it.

I have been the shoulder she has cried on, but I still owe her more than I can say.

I can always talk to her and she won't judge, but listen and provide the best advice and support she can.

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By *izzy.miss.lizzyCouple
1 week ago

Pembrokeshire

Mine was called Maggie... Or Sis because she was more like a sister than a friend. She passed away and my whole world went dull.

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By *arker secrets 321Man
1 week ago

West Bromwich

My best friend av not know each orther as we grew up next street 2 each orther same school same everything. But we are so close trust him with my life .but could go months without talking and then 1 of us will need something and it's like we spoke yesterday real friendship and we av never ad cross word x

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By *adagastMan
1 week ago

Rotherham

One of the traditional toasts in the Royal Navy is 'To Absent Friends' and I raise this toast now to all the wonderful people mentioned on this thread who are no longer with us. May they always be remembered and cherished.

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By *obilebottom OP Man
1 week ago

All over

"One of the traditional toasts in the Royal Navy is 'To Absent Friends' and I raise this toast now to all the wonderful people mentioned on this thread who are no longer with us. May they always be remembered and cherished. "

I waz not going to interrupt the flow of the thread and the posts of wonderful friendshops past and current but do so as me too would like to toast to that having lost my best friend tragically. As you say, never to be forgotten.

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By *h3rry Bomb80Man
1 week ago

the moon

She’s in heaven 🕊

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By *adagastMan
1 week ago

Rotherham

Amen. They're never really gone as long as we remember.

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By *idlandiaMan
1 week ago

Birmingham

I don't have one, or friends really.

I did, J, we knew each other from babies, spent every day together and were the undisputed Kings of our school year.

But then my parents moved just before I turned 7 and they forced me to cut all contact "to make it easier for me to make new friends".

Except I didn't, at the tiny new school the friendship ties had all been made and there was no room for the new kid, so I finished primary school as basically a loner.

Secondary school was no better, as as soon as I tried to reach out, the children from my primary said, avoid him, he's the weird loner.

It wasn't helped by my being intelligent in a time where that was frowned on by other kids. So I was doomed to lack any close friends throughout secondary school too.

College came and went, made friends but I didn't live anywhere near them so socialising fizzled it to class acquaintances.

University was more promising, made friends but after uni, despite my trying, distance made it difficult, and after one birthday where they all pulled out in the last week before it, I gave up on them.

Now this is where the heartfelt comedy film version of my life would hit hard, I randomly bumped into J by total accident. We were both so excited, chatting about transformer toys and the fun we had etc. And him telling me that for years after I left, the group of friends I had, with him as bestie, often talked about me wondering how I got on.

But as we chatted it became obvious we were strangers with some early memories, we hadn't grown up together, we split to early, before creating that shared bond that would last. We did try, but were just too different and again distance didn't help along with the lack of actual shared history.

Now onto my career, I looked for work, eventually got a job that I didn't think I'd get as I was totally unqualified for, after 6 months the guy (one of 3 people) who interviewed me got back from deployment and let me know he was the reason I got the job as he thought I was hilarious. We got on like a house on fire, bounced off each others interests. Fast forward a few years, my marriage was failing, career stalled.l, then collapsed, I left the marital home and asked if I could stay in his spare room for a few days until I got set up with new digs, apparently it was going to be a bit inconvenient so no. He literally let me be homeless rather than stay in his spare room (he was single).

Soon after he basically blocked me.

Fast forward I rebuilt my life, new house, new job, but new job there is a big age gap between me and most workers, so I'm friendly with them but not friends.

So, 7 years with a good friend that was torn from me so hard it died, then 40 years with what turned out to just be acquaintances only.

Take away notes. If you have a best friend, cherish them. I wish I could.

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By *vaRose43Woman
1 week ago

Forest of Dean

My best bitch and I have been friends since we were 12.

She knows me as well as I know myself, never judges will cheer on any achievement, or hug me in my failures. She will also give my head a wobble if I’m acting like a twat. She’s the person I could call at 4am in trouble and she’d be there with a shovel and an alibi 😉.

We’ve known for a long time that her heart condition is terminal, we held a pre-funeral a couple of years ago when she learned that she’s definitely not a candidate for transplant. So far she’s breaking rules and living way beyond her allotted time - and long may it continue.

I’ve never known anyone with such a fucking positive fuck you attitude, she’s taught me so much and I strive to be worth her friendship. Love the bones of her, although her heart is a cunt.

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By *abluesbabyMan
1 week ago

Gibraltar/Cheshire/London

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By *abluesbabyMan
1 week ago

Gibraltar/Cheshire/London

My best friend in the whole world is actually a woman who is 7 years older than me and we met back in 1994 as my girlfriend at the time caught the same bus to work each morning as her and just asked her out to the pub one night. We're both absolute music nerds and just hit it off. But never romantically or ANYTHING like that, she really is my "sister from another mister"

But above all she is my #1 gig buddy. We go to gigs all the time everywhere.

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By *ansoffateMan
1 week ago

Sagittarius A

Just the feeling of deep acceptance and appreciation of each other. That's all it comes down to for me.

Sure there's the whole, there when you need, got your back, help you bury a victim thing - but that's all ancillary for me.

Just those people where when you are together it's our bubble and nothing can burst it. But life eventually does, nothing is forever.

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By *obilebottom OP Man
1 week ago

All over

Some great friendships and one or two sad stories too about friendships lost. Thanks for posting.

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