Female Friendship and Other Imaginary Beings

Who, besides your best friend, will tell the truth? That the cookies have all gone to your sides, that time doesn't spare, and the color doesn't suit you, and the dark circles under your eyes — guess who's going on vacation to the Seychelles in a week? And who, besides your close friends, will support you in difficult times? Just quit that job already, and tell your wife to back off, be a man, why are you acting like a weakling, let's go for a hundred. And sometimes — for thirty years inseparable. And everything is shared equally, without a hint of envy. And the guys from the yard. And always there, in sorrow and in joy, will lend you a hand, and let you cry on their shoulder. It happens...