Best friends from ages 14-56. First pic 1990, best man at his wedding, through 2023 (ready for Judas Priest concert). Love him like family. Get one friend in life like this, you're damn lucky.

[u/[deleted]]

[u/askmeifimacop]

You are indeed very lucky. I’ve only felt like I had this twice in my life. One died and the other became a person I didn’t recognize anymore

[u/kevo2386 → u/askmeifimacop]

My guy died last year at 32. Cherish what you have, and be thankful for everyday.

[u/nigori → u/kevo2386]

there are a lot of us in that club i guess. my 2 closest died in my mid 20s about 18 mo apart.

wish i still had that OP. cherish it

[u/necrospyke → u/kevo2386]

I understand how you feel. I lost mine In 2015.

[u/nimbin14 → u/kevo2386]

So did mine, though I’m thankful to still have a few more that are like brothers. My one friend who passed, my son was named after, so he is still here :)

[u/dmcfrog → u/kevo2386]

What happened to your dudes? I have 2 of these fellas and I'm worried they may just disappear. I'm 43 and if I lose them I can't replace them. Now I'm bummed.

[u/kevo2386 → u/dmcfrog]

Car accident

[u/dmcfrog → u/kevo2386]

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you're doing good.

[u/snappyk9 → u/dmcfrog]

It's harder to make these friends when older. But not impossible.

[u/rentagirl08 → u/kevo2386]

Mine too. Last year, 32 of an aneurysm. I miss her every day. I was maid of honor at her wedding. It hurts she won’t be here for mine.

[u/kevo2386 → u/rentagirl08]

Sorry to hear. There’s lots of times I struggle because I would have told him about this or that, and I can’t. Moments of he should be here for this…. I get it.

[u/Minchiaz → u/rentagirl08]

I actually had a DOUBLE brain aneurysm and lived.... which makes your friend's demise even more unfair as I'm a 4 time convicted felon

[u/Alarming-Instance-19 → u/Minchiaz]

Your life is still worth something. Go out and do better, be better. All of us can do that :)

[u/Anakin_Skywanker → u/kevo2386]

This really put it into perspective for me. (14-27 friendship.) Gonna text my best friend now and make plans for next week. Thank you.

[u/candidcherry → u/askmeifimacop]

Similar situation my side. I guess I was the friend that became the person who couldn’t be recognized anymore. Thankfully those days are behind me.

Now I’m too afraid to call anyone my best friend even though I got people that come damn close.

Edit: sorry for your loss

[u/MachineMinded → u/candidcherry]

Yeah after it happens a few times it's kind of hard to get really attached to anyone.

[u/MunchkinFarts69 → u/askmeifimacop]

My best friend of 30 years died 4 years ago. I'm lost.

[u/PricklyPear_CATeye → u/MunchkinFarts69]

Mine died 2 years ago of 30 years too. It’s sucks and it feels so lonely without her.

[u/MunchkinFarts69 → u/PricklyPear_CATeye]

Sorry to hear that. It really is tough. I'd always heard that grief subsides and that it gets easier, which it does, but you hit on what they don't tell you - it's just so damn lonely without them.

[u/parachuge → u/askmeifimacop]

Sorry for your loss.

I always knew I was lucky. But I guess I didn't understand how fragile it could be.

The best friendship I'd had since I was 7 ended a few years ago. He just kind of pulled away and then it slowly became clear that he was telling others a story of who I am that I don't think is really... accurate. I'm still honestly trying to understand it.

It's wild that such a relationship can end without a single face to face interaction and I wonder if it could have played out differently without the distance and general anxiety that Covid created in those early days. It's also wild how little we often value such relationships.

It's still very inconceivable to have someone you could always rely on to care for you become someone not only indifferent to your suffering but actively against you.

It's wild to have someone who's known you through so much suddenly unable to see your humanity.

[u/k-uke → u/askmeifimacop]

Sorry to hear this. What happened to make your other friend so unrecognisable?

[u/killahb33 → u/askmeifimacop]

Same. First one chose alcohol and drugs over our friendship, and eventually over his family, and just Oded a month ago. Second one moved away, then we grew apart cause of how far she was then she ended up taking her life. Really struggle with getting close to people now.

[u/oceanvibrations → u/askmeifimacop]

My girl unalived herself in 2019 and this place truly hasn't been the same since 😭

[u/Alarming-Instance-19 → u/oceanvibrations]

I'm so sorry that happened to both of you. I read some great advice on Reddit recently about grief and suffering. You need to make it have meaning or purpose and then you can bear it. Your friend has been spared living through what felt like end of days throughout the pandemic. She's also been spared the grief of losing you one day. For the person who lives - we carry that pain for them, so they don't have to.

Going forward, know you're taking this pain so she doesn't have to. That's the meaning or purpose in all of this - the only one that matters anyway.

[u/Tollin74 → u/askmeifimacop]

Same, friends since ‘92, age 18, went full MAGA in 2020.

Haven’t spoken in three years.

[u/pmgregor]

[u/RokyPolka → u/pmgregor]

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[u/_LastoftheBrohicans_ → u/RokyPolka]

What is this from

[u/InDaGaddadaVida → u/_LastoftheBrohicans_]

First one is Beavis and Butthead, second is from the music video "Breaking the law" by Judas Priest

[u/MiyamotoKnows]

Look at that second pic. Are you sure you guys are not actual brothers? Also, Judas Priest rules.

[u/coin_return → u/[deleted]]

Back in the early 2000s, a tour bus rolled through our little town and stopped at the laundromat my aunt and I were at. I was about 14-15 at the time. I was minding my own business sitting playing my GBA near the door when an older guy came in and started doing a ton of laundry. After his wash was done, he hauled everything over to the folding table which was next to me.

After a few minutes, he turned to me and asked if I'd help him fold everything for $20. I said sure. We chatted while folding and I mentioned it being a lot of laundry for just one person, he said "nah you see that bus outside, it's all of ours." We talked a little more and got on the topic of music, he asked if I had ever heard of Judas Priest. I said I had, my dad had listened to them, but I didn't have any of their tapes or CDs or anything. After we were done folding, he handed me a $20 bill, shook my hand, and asked my name. After I told him my name, he said "thanks a bunch, I didn't want to do it all by myself. Name's Ian." Then he took all his laundry baskets of folded clothes back to the bus and left.

And that's how I, an awkward teenage girl, met Ian Hill in a tiny country town laundromat in Texas. Only legitimate famous person I've ever come across in a normal setting.

[u/KneeDeepInTheDead → u/coin_return]

Im more surprised Ian Hill was the one doing laundry

[u/coin_return → u/KneeDeepInTheDead]

I was too, after the fact that I knew I had come across someone famous lol. I'd have figured they'd have a staffer or roadie doing it or something. He just seemed like a normal older guy, we didn't talk about anything unusual, just TV, movies, and music for a little while.

[u/TheTrollys → u/[deleted]]

Rob can still belt it out after all these years. Definitely a metal god.

[u/MiyamotoKnows → u/[deleted]]

Hells yes! I saw the OG Priest twice with KK and Glen and they melted my face off live! Ok that's it... time to crank the stereo! ☠🤘

[u/ForceOfP]

I hope the reason you’ve stopped at 56 is because that’s how old you guys are this year and not for any other reason ❤️. Ya lucky bastards.

[u/RassimoFlom → u/[deleted]]

I’m sad. Fallen out with 3/4 of my best friends. Only one left.

[u/AxelShoes → u/RassimoFlom]

While riding on a train goin' west

I fell asleep for to take my rest

I dreamed a dream that made me sad

Concerning myself and the first few friends I had.

With half-damp eyes, I stared into the room

Where my friends and I spent many an afternoon

Where we together weathered many a storm

Laughin' and singin' till the early hours of the morn.

By the old wooden stove our hats was hung

Our words was told, our songs was sung

Where we longed for nothin' and were satisfied

Jokin' and talkin' about the world outside.

With hungry hearts through the heat and cold

We never much thought we could get very old

We thought we could sit forever in fun

And our chances really was a million to one.

As easy it was to tell black from white

It was all that easy to tell wrong from right

And our choices they were few

So the thought never hit

That the one road we travelled, would ever shatter or split.

Now many a year has passed and gone

Many a gamble has been lost and won

And many a road taken by many a first friend

And each one I've never seen again.

I wish, I wish, I wish in vain

That we could sit simply in that room again

Ten thousand dollars at the drop of a hat

I'd give it all gladly if our lives could be like that.

[u/RassimoFlom → u/AxelShoes]

I always think of Neil Young's "The Thrasher"

[u/Defiant_Intention747 → u/AxelShoes]

Bob Dylan’s Dream!

[u/Suck_Me_Dry666 → u/RassimoFlom]

It's ok. I'm almost 40 and haven't had a person I'd consider a best friend since high school and even he went through periods of being an asshole to me. You aren't alone.

[u/dmcfrog → u/Suck_Me_Dry666]

I hear ya. There's only 2 people that I would consider life long friends. At 43 I need to appreciate that.

[u/Honest-Layer9318 → u/Suck_Me_Dry666]

I met my best friends when I had given up on making friends. I said yes to a party I didn’t want to go to and met some people I clicked with.

[u/neveragain73 → u/RassimoFlom]

Same here. My little sister is my best friend. Fell out with the other friends to life circumstances. She's the only one who's ever stood (and still standing) with me through everything!

[u/mymorningjacket → u/[deleted]]

That's awesome...I had no idea you could be the best man at your own wedding!

[u/vonpickles → u/[deleted]]

Intertube person here - this makes me very happy.

[u/jerimiahf → u/[deleted]]

You almost made me not want to read the comments on why you didn’t say since we were 14… and end age means… whew… nope

[u/[deleted]]

My father has had a great friend of his named Norman since before I was born. I’ll be 31 at the end of the month and they’re still friends. Just the other day, he was telling me about his buddies station wagon and the parts he might need for it.

Your buddy might not be your brother but you have a different gift in him: a brother from another mother. Sometimes, our friends are honestly our family. Or the only family we have. God bless y’all two. Rock on 🤘🏻

[u/Pyrophagist]

Same. Best friends since middle school, 1991. Constantly together through high school, remained in close contact through enlistment, deployments, marriage, birth of kids, divorce.. still talk to the guy a couple of times a week. I'm an only child, but he's damn sure my brother!

[u/jetogill → u/Pyrophagist]

Oct 10, 1981, first day at a new middle school after moving, kid is told to pick me up after third period English and show me around, doesn't show, so of course 42 years later we are still best buds and talk daily

[u/hankfrum → u/Pyrophagist]

This. Me and my best friend wnet through our apprenticeships together. Hes more family now then a freind. We even bicker like brothers at this point.

[u/dmcfrog → u/Pyrophagist]

Glad to hear it! This whole thread makes me feel like I need to reach out.

[u/yokkn]

This is so wholesome ❤️

[u/EduardoElMalo]

I met my best friend at 10. We’re 38 now, and today we’re gonna hang, smoke weed, make tacos, and watch dumb videos on the internet.

[u/EduardoElMalo → u/EduardoElMalo]

Edit: I should specify, this is something we had to plan out.

[u/dangerouspeyote]

I'm 40. My best friend and I met on the first day of kindergarten. We've already texted today and it's not even 9am.

[u/thr33fourths → u/dangerouspeyote]

Exact same for me lol

[u/GeorgeLuasHasNoChin]

Go Phils.

[u/King_Hamburgler → u/GeorgeLuasHasNoChin]

Go Phil’s Go priest

[u/BSB8728]

You look like brothers.

[u/estebanmozz → u/BSB8728]

After several years, close friends start to lookalike. Lots of people think my best friend is my actual brother or cousin.

[u/samanthairene]

HOLY SHIT. The man on the left looks just like my husband 🤯

[u/illumomnati → u/samanthairene]

So the man on the right also looks just like your husband?

[u/samanthairene → u/illumomnati]

No, very specifically the man on the left of each photo. I showed both to our young son and asked him who I was pointing to and he said "DADDY!" for both. My husband disagrees, but I know his face when I see it. I want a DNA test!

[u/fuqdisshite]

i will forever be fortunate in this respect.

if a man is judged by the company he keeps, i will stand on that... my closest allies are the people teaching kids, building roads, making sure insurances are paid, and making sure people have a roof to sleep under. i often consider myself the least of my group...

[u/doctor_jeff → u/fuqdisshite]

My group (I've known most of them for 50+ years) is full of creative types: one's a First AC on major movies, one actually makes his living playing music, one is media/publicity director for a nationally-recognized concert venue/arts series, one's a mailman who plays in a band, one's a 4th grade music teacher, one teaches art in high school... I just took the easy route and stuck with psychology!

[u/tonysnark81]

My best friend / brother from another mother and I have been friends since we were 7...so, 46 years. He and his mom saved me from a horrible childhood, helped me get back on my feet after I lost everything to the system, and he's been an absolute rock. We've gone years without talking, but as soon as we connect, it's like no time at all has passed, and we're still connected at the soul.

Time to send him a snarky message that only he will laugh at...

[u/patrickverbatum]

i got a guy i've known for 25 years of friendship. had the honor of being his "best" as well (I'm a woman, so I was just "the best" lol) when he got hitched last Oct. One of the photos from the wedding has now become y favorite picture of us together. the previous favorite had been taken in HS. there's jsut something fucking awesome about having a friend like that. Lots of love to you and your best friend. may you both live long lives that are involved with each other and happy

[u/230flathead]

A bromance for the ages.

[u/ActingNormal]

Sometimes the best family members are the ones you get to pick for yourself.

For those who are wondering if there is a secret to a friendship like this, there is no secret. You both have to want it. You both have to make the effort. There are times when you will carry the friendship but then it's reciprocated and that's what makes it work. It's very much like a marriage. The success of the relationship is equal to the amount of effort & commitment put in by each person. Having somebody by your side that loves and supports you, through all the stages of your life, is the greatest gift.

[u/cmzraxsn]

I thought you were husbands lol

(Lmao OP blocked me for this...)

[u/N0nsensicalRamblings → u/cmzraxsn]

I had to read the title a second time to realize they didn't get married to each other XD

[u/Tumbleweedenroute → u/cmzraxsn]

It did sound very sapphoandherfriend like, yes. Lol

[u/sakecat]

Congrats and keep rockin!

[u/kewlbeanz83]

Judas Priest rules

[u/MunWombat]

They look like friends from the same mother in that last pic.

[u/pauly13771377]

Nice. Going to see Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper with my 50+ friends this year. Good to know we aren't the only old farts still going to shows.

[u/xhoneyxrevengex]

[u/front_yard_duck_dad]

My best friend and I were like you guys. From 16-29. He died of cancer I'm now 37. Life isn't the same at all. I don't say this to make you feel bad. Don't. Just saying it to say I'm happy you cherish the friendship as you do. Give him a fist bump for me .

[u/unholymanserpent]

Now that's a friendship

[u/Kimchi_Cowboy]

Who's the Sentinel and who has the electric eye?

[u/Kimchi_Cowboy → u/[deleted]]

Well he's got the key to your heart and I'm sure life has been a grinder. Just make sure he's the painkiller when love bites!

[u/clearcontroller]

My best friend from childhood stabbed me in the back once highschool ended

I even tried to patch things up even though he was in the wrong. But he Just ghosted me

We went on multiple family trips, different countries, family birthdays, events, dinners, everything. Turns out he resented me I guess. Never got a close friend after that

[u/J3ST3Rx → u/clearcontroller]

Similar here with my friend ive known since I was about 11. In our 20s he prioritized career and kind of seemed to use me as a stepping stone. Basically ghosted me once we stopped working together.

I'm just very happy I also met my now wife in our teens. Basically grew up as adults together. Been married 17 years, true best friends for even longer.

[u/nightbaker2]

So true. People have over 1000 Facebook friends they should be called contacts because when the shit goes down there nowhere to be seen. A kindred spirit think's like you and is loyal to the end. Lost my best mate to a heart attack 7 months ago. I am grateful for the fun times we had. Concert's were our release as well, I'll never forget the fun we had seeing chilli peppers, cypress hill, prodigy, and a long list of Aussie band's over 30 yrs. Always there to help each other till the end. Gave his eulogy at his funeral it was the hardest but best thing I did for a true mate.

[u/doctor_jeff]

I've got a group of 7-8 guys who have all known each other since the high school days of the early-mid 70s. Every year, on the second weekend in October, we get together in our little hometown and do a hike. This fall will mark 39 years in a row. To a man, we all realize how important it is to put the effort into this - if you don't keep getting together, the only time you'll see your old pals is at funerals, and fuck that.

[u/DetroitBreakdown]

I’m 62. I have been best friends with my buddy since kindergarten. He was the best man at my wedding and I was best man at his.

[u/typhoidmarry]

My husband has two high school friends (class of 85) they come over every Friday, most every Friday. We sit around and make fun of old tv shows, bullshit and just laugh a lot.

I’ve known these guys for just about 20 years now, it’s wonderful seeing guys with lifelong friends!

[u/Stereocrew]

I felt this deeply. I’ve had the same best friend from age 15 to 40. We are guys. We talk almost daily, if not daily. I feel the same level of closeness and comfort with him as I do my wife or biological brother. We’ve always said that if things go south in our lives we are peace’n out together.

[u/Caddywumpus]

Lucky dudes.

Anyone I knew at 14 is an aquaintence at best.

I've really nobody to do cool stuff with.

Stay awesome.

[u/Karmachinery]

You both are very lucky. Congrats on finding a great, life-long friend.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Bar_465]

My buddy and I have been best friends since 1966. We are both 68, yep friends since age 12.

[u/Steok]

I'm lucky enough to have something like this. Met as randomly assigned roommates first year at university, he invited me to live with him in another city while I was struggling to find a job, and now 24 years later we are still best friends. Without him I would not be where I am, or even have met my wife.

We are now more like brothers than just simply friends. There is nothing I wouldn't do for this man, and vice versa.

If you are lucky enough to have a friend like this, cherish it because it is a rare and precious thing.

[u/Werkzwood]

Still have a few buddies I've known since third grade.

[u/Valentine_Heart1]

This is one of the most special types of relationships

[u/slumber_kitty]

r/MadeMeSmile 🥹 so happy for you besties. Thanks for sharing 🙂

[u/graemeknows]

I love this!

[u/Hyne1313]

Got me a best friend like this still rocking and rolling from 6 to 39 he's my brother and couldn't tell either of us any different

[u/awhitt8]

Dudes rock

[u/spaceman_slim]

Dude on the right looks exactly like my mother in law’s husband and he is also a huge Judas Priest fan around that age

[u/commondenom]

Awesome. I had two best friends like this. Unfortunately they’re both dead now… I miss them both every day

[u/RickLeeTaker]

I had the same best friend from third grade until age 41 when he died of a brain aneurysm. That was almost 20 years ago. I am still devastated. I think about him every day. You are incredibly blessed, hold on to it.

[u/ReedytheElf]

Congrats on your beautiful friendship! My best friend and I are celebrating 20 years this year. Planning a trip together to celebrate!

[u/xsxexvxexnx]

I have always wanted a friendship that could last like this but unfortunately I often lose the friends I make when they get tired of my mental health issues. I've gotten to a point in my life where it feels easier to deal with constant loneliness than deal with feeling abandoned when people continually walk out of my life. You're so lucky.

[u/PekingDick420]

Brothers until the end! Rock the fuck on!

[u/CA5P3R_1]

Cool man. I met my best friend when I moved across the street from him at age 2. Still best friends after 47 years.

[u/innicher]

A billion upvotes for you and your bestest pal for life!!!!!!! ✨️

[u/Atzukeeper]

Second pic, you two look like family.

[u/fherrl]

Bros Forever

[u/AframesStatuette]

This is an awesome post. Y'all are really lucky to have each other in that capacity. I have a best friend who I just call a brother at this point. Best friends since I was 7 and were both 48 now. Vacationed with each others families, on each other's mantles in pictures etc. I even officiated his sisters wedding. We now both have kids who are really great friends. It's pretty fucking amazing.

[u/JustAnotherAlgo]

It takes two tango. You both deserve credit for cultivating this friendship for so long. Nicely done!

[u/DigMeTX]

It looks like y’all are drunkenly propping each other up.

[u/RocksThatBite]

I got a buddy just like this but we only 40. Won’t take long to catch up, I’m sure.

[u/greymalken]

Like me and Hank Mardukas

[u/RedShirtDecoy]

have a friend like this. Going on 25 years. So thankful

[u/NothingIsForgotten]

To be blessed by friendship means you have been a good friend.

[u/Malachai1969]

Truth

[u/bassertitis]

Hell yeah! That's a unicorn situation and seems you know it! Good stuff!

[u/TheZedMann]

It truly is a wonderful thing. My buddy and i have been friends since middle school. We’re now 28 years old. We graduated together and now we work together. His wife always said we are two halves to a whole idiot lol I got ordained so that i could be the one to officiate his wedding and it was a blast. 🤘🏻gruesome twosome for life!

[u/LeeleeMc]

Friendship aging just as well as any Priest album, better with every passing year.

[u/AtmospherePrior752]

I love this! Friendship at its finest!

[u/P13zrVictim]

I have 3 of these. One; 10-52, the Second and third 19-52. All of us still go to concerts together. I am extremely fortunate.

[u/riot888]

My best friend turned to alcohol 30 years ago. He dropped contact soon after and I saw him once at his mother's funeral. I feel I could have done more but I couldn't be heard.

He still feels like a lost brother to me. Glad you guys still got each other.

[u/Picnut]

I’m jealous

[u/GreasyPeter]

I'm pretty sure that EVERY measure we have to well-being and happiness shows a more positive outcome if you have at least 1 good friend who you can confide in and truly always be yourself around. Most of us never have it and unfortunately it's getting worse. GenZ is now the loneliest generation in American history. I'm a millennial and I think our generation is the second most lonely now.

[u/Environmental_Rub282]

You two could pass for siblings! I thought y'all were brothers before I read the caption.

[u/marconiwasright]

Rock it, gents!! 🤘🏼

[u/bethebumblebee]

y’all are like Rhett and Link!

[u/pursuitofhappy]

holding up great for 56 boys!

[u/Hey_Laaady]

That's fantastic. I have two people like that in my life, both from high school. One is a renowned scientist who presented findings to Obama at the WH and made millions off her own patents, and the other is a poet who sings in punk bands. I love those guys (well, the scientist is a woman). They're family to me.

[u/Gloomy_Industry8841]

I love this. Friends forever. 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

[u/Hot-Roof6572]

Rock on bro!!🤟🎸

[u/RainbowDonkey473]

Brothers from another mother.

[u/younggun1234]

I am lucky to have met a group of friends my sophomore year of high school. We've done everything together since. Getting near 2 decades almost with no sign of stopping. It's great. I love them and they're wives/gfs and kids so much.

[u/anaheimangels40]

WE SAW PRIEST IN DECEMBER!!! PREVIOUSLY SAW THEM IN 1986 ON TURBO TOUR AND US FESTIVAL 1983…

[u/meggali]

This is the kind of wholesome bro content that we need to celebrate.

[u/turbopro25]

My best friend in life I met at 14 as well in High School. Today at 40 we are still best friends. I got him a job with me back in 2008 and we get to work together almost everyday. It’s probably the truest relationship I’ve ever had in my life. And that includes family. There is nothing we don’t know about each other and that’s what make us so close in the end. Oh. And we are both Metal Heads as well.

[u/Sleepwell_Beast]

Phillies fan too!

[u/AnalBees2]

What’s the craziest thing you guys have done together? I assume y’all got into some shit in high school or somethin’

[u/qqqwww25208877]

This is nice

[u/Relevant_Slide_7234]

[u/solojones1138]

I've had the same best friend since I was 2. We're almost 36 now. We live in different states but see each other when we can and text the rest of the time. An unbreakable bond.

[u/FreudsteinLives]

Halford's still got it!

[u/worriedjacket]

Now imagine is you were sexually attracted to him and lived together.

That's what it's like being gay married.

God i love my husband.

[u/MarkyMolasses]

The only 3 friends I keep around me are all 29, same as me. We’ve known each other and grew up together from the age of 4

[u/59424]

Congratulations on your lifelong friendship

[u/Tollin74]

Are you two currently or in the past…

BREAKIN’ THE LAW!!

?

[u/moonweasel906]

This made me 🥹 cheers, buds

[u/Neilpoleon]

Both photos you were in front of a Priest.

[u/raedigi]

My eyes are moist

[u/motoxim]

nice

[u/notauselessguy_]

Certified W

[u/carolinababy2]

How lovely! Happy for you both, and BTW… saw the mighty Priest last year. Great show, and Rob’s going strong at 71. 🤘🏻😎

[u/tango421]

I don’t see my best friend often anymore, lives on the other side of the world.

When we visited each other it’s like we were never apart.

We’ve been friends since kindergarten, best friends since 5th grade. We’re in our mid forties now.

[u/0203Andrew]

Y'all fucking rock !

[u/owzleee]

Well this is wonderful. Love you guys ❤️

[u/cFullwood]

Damn yeah. My "brother" and I have known each other since '94ish. His 3 kids call me uncle. Besides my family, he's the only other person that I truly would do anything for. Well, his family too. His mom is ma to me

[u/msnhnobody]

So fucking wholesome.

[u/runny452]

Had a friend like this. lost him to suicide in 2019. Haven't been the same since.

[u/TNnylonFeetLuv]

Awesome! I'm age 46 in April and I met my best friend in kindergarten. We went all through school together until senior year, class of 1995. I dont even want to think about that math! 😆 We remain close to this day. We're in contact almost daily.

[u/Grenco]

Mine died ;(

[u/KarateKid84Fan]

Only guys have friends like this (myself included)

[u/jfk_one]

my best friend and i are 25 years deep. this post is awesome.

[u/wavesofrye]

Love this. My dad has known his best friend for almost 70 years. I hope you two know one another that long too!

[u/jeffislouie]

My best friend and I have been best friends for 28 years so far.

There is nothing like having someone like that in your life.

Good on you fellas!

[u/BaneThoth766]

That’s awesome

[u/Yimnz]

I aww'd at the first pic thinking y'all were a cute couple. Then I read the story and it got more wholesome. Keep the brotherly love going.

[u/karibear76]

This will be my son and his high school bffs. They’re all well out of hs and still together all the time.

[u/Carl_Fuckin_Bismarck]

Such a lucky man to have a lifelong best friend

[u/heyyalloverthere]

You guys are beautiful!! Hi from the Carolinas😍

[u/WH1SKEYHANGOVER]

Mine died on a subway platform in 09. Heart just up and quit. His mother died in a similar fashion when he was a kid.

[u/travoltaswinkinbhole]

The bottom pic looks like y’all are banned from at least one Dennys

[u/Freebird_1957]

I am 65. My best friend and I became friends the summer after 4th grade. Love her very much.

[u/bystlou1]

I was lucky enough to have a best friend from age 4 to 52. We lost her a year ago and I'm so interested grateful to have had her for so long. What a gift! I still miss her so much, and talk to her often. Hug the ones you love, tell them you love them. ❤

[u/crystals_queen]

Wow this is literally my partner and his best friend. They have been best friends since elementary school, they are now in their mid 30's. They text each other almost every day but have maybe 3-4 photos together, total. Two of those photos are from the Scorpions concert! Guess who took those photos? They hardly ever spend any time together and us wives keep trying to push them into spending more time together especially since we both now have kids, so playdates are a great excuse. Eh, they would rather play video games online. You guys are weird lol. I might not understand it but I do know that having a friend/brother from another mother like this is a rare and cherished thing. Hope you guys have many, many more years and memories together!

[u/skinnyminou]

You're very lucky to have each other!

I have a group of friends I've known for 26 years at this point. We all celebrated our 30th birthdays last year. Won't find anyone who knows me as well as they do.

[u/toogergeous]

I hope you both continue to cherish it. I lost my best friend of about 20 years back in 2020. Friends like that are hard to come by I’ve come to find out.

[u/Mickeythehoota]

My best friend drove 160 min round trip to drop off some gear I needed for work the other day. I love my best bud Steve!

[u/QuarterCupRice]

Freakin awesome! I have a BFF I still see from age 5 to over 50 now!

[u/taramid]

my school best friend lost his life in the war against russia a week ago. We have been hardly communicating for years. Funny I only realize now how I miss him. Being myself open and having friends around, I have no one really that close and sincere; we had so much in common.

[u/No-Market-2238]

Awesome. I'm @ 39 years with my friend from primary school. I'd be lost without him and his family.

[u/Knort27]

I had one and we had the most hilarious drunken tv watching video game playing movie connoisseur times for 15 years until his liver failed eight years ago. Cherish your guy pals while you have them lads, among every friend group of men is the one or two who die decades before the rest of you and nothing will ever be the same again afterwards.

EDIT: if you are an alcoholic find a way to stop, any way you can. Cirrhosis is a terrible way to die. It'll be 8 years this June and our last conversation on the phone still haunts me. Do it for the people who need you, his death and that fact helped me push the bottle away forever.

[u/Responsible_Cry_5373]

PRIEST rules! So true about your friends in life! You’re a lucky guy. 🤘

[u/Florafly]

I wish. Thankfully my husband is a wonderful person but I'd love to have a very close friend like this. :-(

[u/KaijuJuju]

I'm happy to have a friend like this in my life. He's like a brother to me. We've known each other practically our whole lives, and just a few months back I was best man to his wedding.

[u/krysp432]

Many blessings. My best friend, my big brother, since we were 10years old died suddenly from a very rare tumor growing by his heart. He was 36 years old. R.I.P. Craig, I miss you everyday.

[u/Condemned321]

My best friend and I share the same name and we were born 2 days apart in the same hospital. Met when we were 3 and have been friends ever since! 30 years in two weeks. Oh, and our sons were born 4 or 5 days apart. We have high hopes they'll be best friends as well

[u/Im_not_batman_you_R]

This is the friendship we all hope to have 😁

[u/Magnedon]

Judas Fucking Priest m/ m/

I've got a friend like this! He's my favorite person and has been a longtime troublemaker friend.

[u/neurolobe]

Never sobbed at a reddit post before, this might be my first

[u/Ok_Confusion_1455]

That’s wealth right there! Love this.