Today I met a someone's longtime friend.

Sometimes, the best way to gauge someone's closeness to them is watching how everyone responds to them. I'm naturally curious about people so I'll continue to ask questions until I'm satisfied with the answers. Unfortunately, that makes me blind to the fact that some people are full of crap.

Haha, thankfully I was told later: He's the friend who's been there in good and bad times, but he's probably the one who put us in the bad spots to begin with.