Like Sarah, I have different kinds of best friends.

Wife: The one and only, easily the person in this world who I'm closest to and love the most. I consider 'wife' 'girlfriend' etc. different to 'best friend' because they're beyond that kind of thing, and when people tend to ask me who my best friend it's more often than not assumed by both parties that they mean "I mean, aside from Danielle." So, with the rest of this post typed out with that assumption... Sarah is probably my best friend overall. I look forward to catching up with her all the time, even if it doesn't happen as often as it should. She knows me, she understands me (most of the time), she drags things out of me that I wouldn't normally like to talk about with absolute ease. She asks all the right questions and is there for me when I'm in need. Well. Online, anyway. And recently we met and it was pretty much just awesome, even if I was trying to balance spending time with her alongside spending time with about a hundred other people...

Beyond Sarah, there are certain friends I am particularly close to in all kinds of different way. Nicky, Dan, Tara... I guess there's that one guy who was Best Man at my wedding, too. I have photographic evidence of the love I have for that bugger. xD Seriously, all of these guys and girls are fantastic to me and I can probably count them amongst the people I'm closest to in this world, one way or another.

Best Edinburgh based friend outside of Danielle? Very tricky. Possibly Stu or Kat. You guys don't know 'em. All my coolest friends left my workplace over the past year or two, and most of the remaining people are considerably older than myself, so we don't hang out much unless there's a good reason. We all get along fantastically at work, though, and I get along well with all Danielle's friends who are often over at our place, so I'm happy with my social life. Just lacking that fantastically awesome local Edinburgh pal-who-isn't-my-wife.