I was in my hometown for my cousin’s wedding. I had a lot going on at the office so it was a quick trip- flew in Friday and hung out w my brother and his girlfriend, brunch w my parents on Saturday and then the rehearsal dinner, and the wedding was to be Sunday afternoon at the botanical garden.
One of my best childhood friends, Zoe, still lived in my hometown. Zoe is 3 years older than me and in that sense was always my older, cooler friend. We had a lot of very good mutual friends and hung out a lot in the summers. We became especially close while I was in college; she lived close to the university that I attended at the time and we took road trips, drank beers, went camping etc. Over the years that we spent hanging out, both of us had a number of a significant others and so we were never really romantically involved (save for a drunk make out session one night in NYC).