I have one best friend who is like a sister to me. We go back twenty years and nobody gets me like she does. She doesn't live in my city any more but when we meet up we still have all the closeness we always did. I'll call her Julie.
Ten years ago, we started to socialise more often with Julie's friend Helen. Julie is more outgoing than me, and has heaps of friends. Helen is the only one who is really on my wavelength, and over the years we've become a brilliant fun trio. We've all been through a lot and all been there for each other.
Helen lives in a third location. My issue is that I no longer get to see Julie nearly as often, because it feels like a betrayal of Helen if we meet up without her. We all have kids now so finding a date to get together is an absolute farce. We end up cancelling and rescheduling and months can go by.
But I miss Julie and I just want to get pissed with her. Helen's great and I'd love her to be there too, but not if it means another month of me not seeing my closest friend.
Does anyone get what I'm on about? Can I just text Julie and say look, when are you next available and let's meet up?