Ladies of Hive Community Contest #198: Friendship (ESP-ENG)

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¡Hola a todas las damas y caballeros de Ladies of Hive! Por supuesto que compartir momentos de risas incontrolables con los amigos es algo maravilloso. Recuerdo a una amiga en particular cuya risa sonaba como la trompeta de un elefante; provocaba que todo el mundo se burlara de ella (siempre de forma cariñosa) y, para colmo, ella también se reía de su gracioso sonido al reírse.

Muchas veces en la edad adulta, como madre o con mucho trabajo y poco tiempo libre, es bueno quedar con nuestros amigos. ¿Cuánto hace que no compartes momentos de risa con tus amigas?

Hace poco, disfruté de una fiesta familiar con mis primas, mis tías y mi madre, y nos reímos mucho. Sin embargo, cuando pienso en mis amigos de la universidad, el preuniversitario, la secundaria y la escuela primaria, me doy cuenta de que hace mucho tiempo que no compartimos momentos juntos. Se ha vuelto casi imposible. Algunos de mis amigos están en Facebook, donde intercambiamos pinceladas de nuestras vidas y hablamos de vez en cuando, pero no se puede comparar con la calidez de una conversación frente a frente.

En los primeros momentos de Internet en Cuba, no usaba mucho el celular para las redes sociales porque no entendía muy bien cómo funcionaba. Tenía una amiga que me ayudaba hasta que un día ella me dijo que debía aprender a manejarlo yo misma. Soy bastante buena con la tecnología, así que enseguida me familiaricé con Facebook. Me hice adicta desde que aprendí a usarlo, viendo cómo mis amigos publicaban fotos de sus actividades casi al instante. Cada vez que me conectaba, encontraba a alguien haciendo algo nuevo, lo que me alegraba el día y acortaba la distancia entre nosotros. Sin embargo, con el tiempo, Facebook perdió su encanto y se convirtió en una red bastante tóxica.

Echo mucho de menos lo divertido que es estar con mis amigos. Recuerdo un día en que la pasé muy bien en la graduación de un amigo ingeniero de telecomunicaciones, que nos invitó a celebrar con él en una piscina. Era el tipo de persona que atraía a amigos de todas las carreras, y aquel día fue inolvidable porque conocí a mucha gente y me reí un montón. La fiesta duró hasta las cinco de la mañana, y lo celebramos por todo lo alto en plena calle de Pinar del Río (provincia occidental de Cuba). En la foto inicial, se puede ver el lugar donde celebramos la fiesta, justo detrás de donde aparezco con una amiga de la universidad llamada Rachel, sobre una escultura con forma de botas de trabajo.

Ese día de la foto, casualmente, es un bonito recuerdo de diversión con mis amigas de la universidad, aunque ellas estaban en un curso diferente al mío. Yo soy mayor que ellas, pero nos hicimos amigas porque a veces salíamos juntas a las fiestas; eran un grupo increíblemente divertido.

La verdad es que me gustaría crear nuevos recuerdos con mis amigas y ya he planeado salir en alguna ocasión con algunas de ellas. Lo que ocurre es que la mayoría han formado una familia, son madres solteras o estamos demasiado inmersas en nuestros proyectos personales.Pienso que la vida es demasiado corta para dejar que la rutina nos consuma. Tenemos que hacer un esfuerzo para reconectar, organizar una salida y celebrar los años de amistad. Al fin y al cabo, esos momentos son los que verdaderamente se recuerdan con gran alegría.

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Hello to all the ladies and gentlemen of Ladies of Hive! Of course sharing moments of uncontrollable laughter with friends is a wonderful thing. I remember one friend in particular whose laughter sounded like an elephant's trumpet; it caused everyone to make fun of her (always in an affectionate way) and, to top it off, she also laughed at her funny sound when she laughed.

Many times in adulthood, as a mother or with a lot of work and little free time, it's good to meet up with our friends. How long has it been since you've shared moments of laughter with your friends?

Recently, I enjoyed a family party with my cousins, aunts and mother, and we had a lot of laughs. However, when I think about my friends from college, pre-college, high school and elementary school, I realize that it's been a long time since we shared moments together. It has become almost impossible. Some of my friends are on Facebook, where we exchange glimpses of our lives and talk from time to time, but it can't compare to the warmth of a face-to-face conversation.

In the early days of the Internet in Cuba, I didn't use my cell phone much for social networking because I didn't really understand how it worked. I had a friend who helped me until one day she told me that I should learn how to use it myself. I'm pretty good with technology, so I immediately got familiar with Facebook. I became addicted as soon as I learned how to use it, watching my friends post pictures of their activities almost instantly. Every time I logged on, I would find someone doing something new, which made my day and shortened the distance between us. Over time, however, Facebook lost its charm and became a rather toxic network.

I really miss how much fun it is to be with my friends. I remember one day when I had a great time at the graduation of a telecommunications engineer friend, who invited us to celebrate with him in a swimming pool. He was the kind of person who attracted friends from all careers, and that day was unforgettable because I met a lot of people and laughed a lot. The party lasted until five in the morning, and we celebrated in style in the middle of the street in Pinar del Río (western province of Cuba). In the initial photo, you can see the place where we celebrated the party, just behind where I appear with a friend from college named Rachel, on a sculpture in the shape of work boots.

That day in the photo, coincidentally, is a nice memory of fun with my college friends, even though they were in a different grade than me. I'm older than them, but we became friends because we would sometimes go out together to parties; they were an incredibly fun group.

The truth is that I would like to create new memories with my friends and I have already planned to go out on occasion with some of them. What happens is that most of them have started a family, are single mothers or we are too immersed in our personal projects, I think that life is too short to let routine consume us. We need to make an effort to reconnect, organize an outing and celebrate the years of friendship. After all, those moments are the ones that are truly remembered with great joy.


The photo is my own and I translated it from Spanish to English through deepl.



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It is very true what you say @estilodereba: the contact with friends through the networks cannot be compared to the warmth of a face-to-face conversation. Greetings!

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Wow, organizing outting with friends can stir up positive results with little to know effort. I like the way you creatively do that.

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Life becomes more interesting with shared and captured memories .

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