Great thread idea
alatar. There's actually 2 that come to mind.
First is my sister who's more like my doctor, looking out for my health and well-being. 'Have you taken your plavix today?' 'You know the doctor told you no more coffee. If you have a heart attack thats your own fault.' Or if I'm pushing myself too much, trying to do too much, she's always the one to make sure I have some relaxing time for myself. The 'You go and rest, I'll take care of this' type. I do get annoyed, since I'm a stubborn jack, and it's annoying having someone standing over you saying 'No, you can't do this...you can't eat that...etc' But I realize she just doesn't want anything bad to happen to me. And since I don't look after my health, I greatly appreciate my sister who has the patience to put up with it.
My other Sam, was a friend I met in college. And she's been my closest friend for...oh man probably 17-18 years now. It's hard to explain the friendship, because we are very intense, and when we are together we often have bad sailor mouths. So, it's really hard to get the full effect without using the proper 'adjectives.' But, I will edit myself and try to explain it as best as I can.
Classic example, we are both very competitive over our guitar hero, especially in 'face off mode.' I'm surprised she hasn't taken the cordless one and smashed it over my head, and she's probably just as surprised that I haven't taken the one with the cord and strangled her.
But, the thing I value most about our friendship is the honesty. Even though it can be brutal sometimes, and sometimes we really don't want to be told the truth. The bottomline is, it's the best, and probably why we've had such a close friendship all these years. Because we both know, if one of us is doing something wrong, the other is going to say so. We ask eachother all the time 'Am I making a mistake?' 'Have I done anything wrong?' And with those questions we can get brutally honest, but neither of us believe in beating around the bush or feeding eachother crap to step through, and I value that the most.
It's interesting that Sam is actually Frodo's servant, yet Sam is so willingly. He doesn't mind being the 'servant' and calling Frodo 'Master,' beacuse he truly does love his Master.
