You’ve got just about a day to go before your Facebook timeline is inundated with Friendship Day wishes and everyone on your umpteen WhatsApp groups suddenly shake off their slumber and join in exchanging pleasantries. Interestingly, this year, Friendship Day shares the stage with Sister’s Day, so we got around to finding out if sisters are truly the best kind of friends there can be.
“My first best friends in life were my sisters. The age gap between us isn't that much, so we pretty much grew up together. We were the three best friends that anyone could ever be, whether by choice or not. Since we have grown up together, we understand who each one of us is and are open to work around the bits we don't like about each other. And the bits we love, we often choose to celebrate instead of harping on the ones we don't. Of course, we grew up and found other friends to hang out with and share our lives with, but I feel we will be the first best friends always. No matter who steals which item of clothing,” quips city-based singer, Riccha Paul.
She adds: “I think our favourite thing to do together is to just be together. I know it doesn't sound as glamorous as travelling together or shopping together or getting our hair done, which of course we love; but the best times spent together are the ones where we are in our pajamas, either sprawled on one of our beds or the oversized sofa in the family room, talking about anything under the sun, bursting into fits of laughter, arguing for a brief moment and then trying to talk the other one out of ordering dessert on Swiggy!”
Then there are those who don’t have their own sisters but don’t feel a vacuum thanks to the closeness they share with their cousin sisters. Neha Ranbhise, an instructional designer, states: “I read this somewhere - ‘side by side or miles apart, sisters are always connected by the heart’. This aptly sums up the relationship I share with my sisters. Even though we live far apart, the love that binds us together is so strong that it is hard to imagine what my life would be without my two (cousin) sisters. No one, not even a close friend, can take a sister’s place. After all, blood is thicker than water! I cannot imagine laughing, crying or fighting with anyone else the way I do with my sisters. I count myself blessed to have these two beautiful souls in my life.”
For collegian Ayana Chander, who grew up with only two brothers, “the gift of sisters came to me when they got married. Considering I’m a lot younger than my two brothers, my sisters-in-law have always pampered me and have treated me like they would their own kid sister. In fact, I spend more time with them than I do with my brothers. We take off on short vacations together, go partying or to the spa together at least once a month, and I think we plan the best birthday surprises for each other.”
You have reason enough to celebrate tomorrow, but if your sister is also your BFF, count yourself doubly blessed!
