Your core .....?

I was watching Cashmere Mafia last night and they were each others core 3 and it seems that all they felt they needed.

What is your core number and is it enough.

I have my core 3 (my 3 closest friends) and I am so happy with to have them. I know that through thick and thin they are always there. I know besides my Mother these 3 have my back like no other. I am totally satisfied with having only 3 really really close friends, it is great to have my other friends but these 3 I know are always there. To me 3 true is better than more that are not true.

So my question is what is your core number and is it enough for you?

Message edited 1/7/2008 6:18:45 AM.

Re: Your core .....?

I have 2 friends that I grew up with that are more family than friends. We were neighbors and our mother's were close friends and we were kind of stuck together as babies. We have literally seen each other through just about every joy and every heartbreak that any of us has gone through. So I guess that might be defined as the core of my friendships... especially when the majority of the other close friends in my life are in some fashion connected to my friendship with those 2.

Having said that - no, it's not enough for me. My college friends barely know my 'core', my work friends have only met my 'core' a handful of times. Then there are my mom friends and my online buddies and my friends of friends that became my friends. And the group of people that became friends by weird and/or common circumstance. Each of these people has helped to shape who I am by bringing their own unique experiences, opinions and selves into my life. I would never be who I am without knowing them. If my core had been enough for me all these years, I think I would be a very insular and very different kind of girl.

And then there is my family. As much as I love my friends, my HUSBAND and my CHILDREN are my real 'core'. They are my living heart. And THEY are enough for me. If the whole world fell away, I would be fine as long as I had my husband and my kids.

Message edited 1/7/2008 6:56:11 AM.