Marie

She is 5 days older than me and we live in the same house. We know each other since kindergarten. We spent a lot of time together when we were small but we never became best friends.

When I was 5 my parents used to tell me: look at her, she already knows 10 letters and you know just 6. When I was 10 they told me: look at her, she has all As and you got 3 Bs at school. When I was 13 it was: look at her she plays clarinet and you quit playing flute. A year ago, she already graduated Masters and I was still not even Bachelor. Well yeah, she was simply better in everything. She was such a good girl.

Last May we met and went for a coffee. We stayed out till eleven and got completely wasted. Wow, this good girl was drinking wine, smoking and chatting about boyfriends with me! At one moment when we were drunk enough to tell the truth I told her about how I thought she was a good girl. And this is what she replied:

When I was 5, my parents used to tell me: look at Jana, she can already count to 50 and you know just to 20. When I was 10 they told me: look at her she is at an elite primary school and you are at a normal one. When I was 17 they said: look at her, she god silver medal in karate and you achieved nothing in ballet. A year ago they said: look at her, she is traveling to interesting places and you stay at home.

That much on good girls, role-models, friendship and parents. We plan another coffee drinking for 24th May.