#unconvential

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I'm a lucky guy! Three of my four closest friends are female. I already wrote about Hadasa and Maria. Now it's time to write about Catherine.  Catherine was always an oddball. She was and still is probably the only friend I have that can keep up with me in terms of point of views. We have always looked outside of the box. I seriously have to say that at one point, I saw myself in her. Hadasa and Catherine were once best friends back in the day. I got to know Catherine during the times they were close. Catherine was an odd one at times. Not odd in a bad way. I think most people misunderstood her completely. Personally, I enjoyed her presence. She is very outspoken, never backed down and straight up says it like it is. WIN! I like! She didn't hang out with us as often. I never truly considered her as a full member of the clique but she was always a welcome sight (an honorary member so to speak). The reason I never considered her as part of the clique was because she was on a completely different level than the rest of them. She was like me. I always had this impression that just like me, she held herself back to fit in. While I succeeded immediately to fit in. I think she took a bit to be comfortable because I remember the group being a bit put off by her religion. We are all atheists (still are) and she was what seem to be a strict Jehovah's witness. Not that we had any problem with that. I remember though that at the time we weren't as open minded (we were teenagers) as we should have been. So rumours about her ran rampant. Not even started by us. By people who also hung out with Catherine. Catherine is an incredibly intelligent individual. I don't say this often about people I know. I didn't even say this about Hadasa. Catherine is just too smart for her own good. So smart that she has this narcissistic aura about her. Me being a narcissist by default couldn't help but to love the self confidence boasting out of her. I've always enjoyed her presence. Too bad she was absolutely not my type. Going forward. Catherine's relationship with me was always based out of respect. At one point I organized an Anime convention on the island. Truth be told, wasn't it for her organized ethics, we wouldn't have gotten far. Our organization (the clique all grown up by then) didn't agree with me when I appointed her to vice-president. Truth be told, she was more than qualified and I have never regretted that move. Everyone else hated it though but they didn't see what I saw. This all came after the group elected me to lead the project. I did just that. I lead them and I needed the help of someone who could see eye to eye with me. Working with Catherine in our common goal was one of the greatest experiences for me. She taught me indirectly what I lacked. I hoped she learned some tips and tricks from me as well. Another thing I have to credit her for: If it wasn't for her organized ethics, I probably wouldn't have met the most beautiful woman I have ever laid eyes upon. The woman that 3 years later became my girlfriend who's now my fiance (a story I will definitely write about). The relationship between Catherine and I was always based on casual one ups manship. She would almost always debate me in anything. Even when we agreed on something I always found a point where we could disagree just for the sport of debate. She is always a good sport. I enjoy that! Catherine didn't have many good friends. At least that is the impression I got. At one point we started hanging out more and more and she got into this relationship. It was more serious than it seemed but things were moving way too quickly. She came to me for advice. I continued to do what I do best. No kiddie gloves, no holds barred, kicked her arse with logical sense! She got asked for hand in marriage after dating like 2-3 weeks or so. She was considering taking the offer. For someone who is so intelligent, I was actually disappointed that she even considered it to be honest. She heard this straight up from me. She eventually accepted the marriage proposal. This I wasn't in favour of at the time because it was too soon. The guy she married I didn't have ANY problem with. Heck, he is a good friend of mine (we should totally go fishing again Tom :P). I just thought it was too soon. One thing I couldn't deny was the fact that I saw Catherine was truly in love with him.  This story is called Brother of Honour. Catherine you see, had no female friends. NONE! I was the closest friend she had at the time. She knew everyone opposed the marriage and she knew I was one of them. I did however accept the honour of being part of one of the most unconventional marriages ever (I always have my friend's back). She didn't have a maid of honour so she asked a guy, ME to be what she recently dubbed as "brother of honour". What made this all amazing was that Tom's best friend, the best man of that wedding later became one of my smoking buddies :). In the end Catherine proved everyone wrong. Her marriage worked out. She has two kids by now and is doing great! Even if I opposed it at the time they went for it, I am still glad I accepted to witness her marriage. It was indeed an honour and I will always cherish it. Catherine, you rule! Do what you do best and continue to shut people up!  

This link shows 10 unconventional bookstores. I posted this as it reps Staffordshire which is close-by, to I. Sorry for the rhyme. I won't do it all the time. (..) But anyway, go Staffordshire! Barges are cool. Books are cool. Brings a tear to "mine eye".