February Cover Story; Best Friendship (a trademark of Hallians)

Best Friendship (a trademark of Hallians)
the writer preferred not to disclose her name!

A: What were you doing with her?
B: Talking, I suppose!
A: And what were you people talking about?
B: I fail to see, what business is it of yours?
A: I am supposed to be your best friend!!! You have to tell me everything!
B: God! Give me some space, will you?

An example of a featured fight between two Hallian-best friends. Best Friend, a word with a different meaning in every dictionary! So, why not consult its meaning according to any of Mr. Aristotle’s definitions. Yes, the same Aristotle, to whom every page of our science book is dedicated. So, Mr. Aristotle once said, “A TRUE FRIEND IS A SINGLE SOUL DWELLING IN TWO BODIES”. So, according to this quote, two bodies, one soul, pretty emotional, even for an emotionless Hallian, what do you think???
Well, according to most of the Hallians, friends ought to be of two types, 1) A best friend. 2) A simple friend (No one in between, no good friend or anything else). The former is the one with whom you are supposed to share all of your secrets, confide all of your sorrows & vice versa…… The latter is the type, with whom you just have a formal relationship, and God forbid, if ever, by mistake, you dared to confide any problem or sorrow to your anyone except your best-friend, then don’t expect your best pal to pass you a smile, and if things got even worse, then pray to God for a longer life!!! Anyway, back to the topic, and what more, these so-called best friends aren’t even of one type either, there is a long list which can go on and on……. And discussed below are a few types with examples and salient features.

The Virago type:
A: Hey B, I don’t want to see you with X again!
B: And who are you to tell me with whom should I go or not?
A: Just chill, ok? It’s just, I don’t like her!!!
B: And what’s that supposed to mean?
A: That means, I am your best friend, so you’ll have to live according to me!!!
B: God! You’re so naïve!!!
Okay now, the first type. Now, if one of them is, by miracle, a bit compromising then the chances of the relationship to last are increased, but if both of them are viragoes then, voila, 2 weeks at the maximum and they won’t see each other’s face in their entire life!!! The percentage of Hallians included in this category is about 45%.

2) The Gang type:
A: Hi girls!
B: Hey!
C: So, any hot news??
D: Yeah, did you hear that X & Y split up??
B: I knew it from the start that X’s a jerk!
A: Yeah, Y deserved a better best friend….. Like me!
The extent of fighting and breaking-up in this type is almost negligible. Most of them don’t care about what others say and that’s why their relationship lasts a bit longer.
They enjoy college life in its true meaning except for a few exceptions (well, we don’t blame them; a bad fish’s in every lake). Almost 25-29% Hallians fall under this category.

3) The Lounge-Lizard type:
A: How am I looking?
B: You always look dashing!!
A: I know! Ok now, when that gang comes over here, start talking about the new cell phone which I just bought.
B: Anything (to be in your company)
As the name suggests, these are the lounge-lizards that we are discussing, who can do anything to be in the company of the coolest girls around. Most of the time of their life is past frivolously. And one thing’s for sure; they don’t care about their self-esteem or ego at all and can do anything to be with the coolest gang! About 24% of total Hallians fall here.

4) The always-compromising type:
Situation 1
A: You don’t give me enough time, you’re always with her!
B: What are you talking about?? I thought you were my best friend and of all the people in this world you would understand me the best!!!
A: Look, I don’t want to exaggerate it, but you need to sort out your priorities!!!
B: (do you want me to worship you???) What??? I value you deep in my heart and I think I don’t have to show it time and again!!!!

Situation 2
A: Why do you have to confront all your sorrows to her??
B: She’s my friend, for God’s sake!
A: But I am your best friend! (You only have to share your stuff with me!)
B: Okay!!!!!!! I am SORRY! It won’t happen again!
A: It better not!

So, this is the last and also the least available type, because you have to compromise in it, and this thing is extinguishing from the grounds of Burn Hall, like pandas from earth. So, no matter how many times, they solve their feuds, one of them is always unhappy! Like above, it’s not all the fault of B, but she’s the one admitting the mea culpa! There are very rare examples of this kind around us but whatever; we truly salute them from the bottom of our heart for tolerating each other!!!! The percentage of this type of best friends is 2-0.1% and the percentage is descending day by day!!!