A family of friends

People staying out alone find their solace with friends as they bond like a family... 

I left my home for further studies immediately after school. That was 11 years back and since then I have been staying away from home. From studies, it became the quest for a career and from there, the sustenance. And these years have passed like a moment as I can still recall my first steps out of the comfort of my home as if it was just yesterday. That time it might have been a bold step, but these days it's just another story as it has become a common phenomenon. 

And this has given birth to a whole new equation of relations where friends find themselves in the close vicinity of each other, being there at various times, sharing every moment, knowing every secret and seeing you become the person that evolves through the years. It then wouldn't be wrong to say, that they become your family. Staying in a rented house, sharing the expenses, cooking together, partying every weekend, scolding each other for every bad habit, waiting for all to come home from work so that there could be that towards the end of the day 'mehfil', fighting over silly issues and then reconciling and a lot more.

While you might miss the love and care you get from staying with your parents, what it does is bring out that sense of individuality and independence at an early age. It helps you in finding what's best for you and take all your decisions on your own rather than someone else doing it for you. Friends, as they say, make or break someone's life and if you find that family like belonging with all that fun, then what better would you look for?