Please give a warm welcome to...

I was thinking the other day that I should really introduce you to some of the main people in my life. The ones that appear here the most are the ones I tag ‘the important people’, so they deserve a decent introduction as you’ll be seeing more of them.

First up is Best Friend. Obviously this is one is pretty self explanatory. She is my best friend, my drinking buddy, partner in crime and one of the people closest to me. We’ve known each other for about four years now, originally met at work and have been together ever since. I wouldn’t be without her. Best Friend is pretty, sexy and clever with a love of sex, reading, music and physics. She is also the owner of Best Friend’s Bloke and The Cool Kid.

Next we have Mr Flirt. He is probably my closest male friend. We’re food buddies and eat out every couple of weeks. We swap porn links and generally misbehave. He used to be my boss but then we became friends. I’ve also known him for about four years and our friendship revolves around two of the F’s – food and flirting. He’s a family man with a naughty streak which he likes to indulge every now and again.

Then we have Miss Nice As Pie. She was originally friends with Best Friend, which is how we met. We go about as a threesome and get up to some mischief. She is a lovely person to know, always kind and good hearted but a lot of fun too. She is a single parent and the owner of The Great Ball Of Energy. Miss Nice As Pie is funny and clever, with a penchant for films, scrabble and Harry Potter.

Another person who is important in my life, but is in and out like a yo-yo is Mr Playmate. He was my boss after Mr Flirt, but we became good friends. Our friendship is based on being quite rude to each other and often results in us fighting, but neither of us takes it seriously. He is someone that even if we don’t speak in weeks, we just pick up again from where we left off the next time we meet. He is a 30 year old, middle class, public school boy who is not even trying to fight off an early middle age, giving in to his desire for dog shows, caravans and writing to Points of View!

There are many other people in my life, some more important than others, but the above are my family of friends, the people I know I can rely on, have fun with and will be around for a while yet, the ones you will hear about the most.