I met Matt in 5th grade. I was new to school and he sat next to me in class. From then on, we were inseparable. During Jr High, we almost always spent the weekends together crashing at each other’s houses. In high school we were always partying together. In college, we were room mates. People used to call us JD and Turk because we were so close.
When we graduated college, life happened. I had to move a few towns over for a job. We got girlfriends and moved in with them. We stopped partying. We started talking less. I knew it was normal. This is what happens to adults, but I hated it. I found that most nights, I would have rather have hung out with him than my own girlfriend. Of course, I knew I had to keep that to myself. You don’t build good relationships like that. Plus, my feelings for Matt where always more intense than normal friend feelings and I had learned over the years how to suppress that.