Consider this anonymous submission from a writing workshop:
A paragraph that describes a friend as “perfect” is a paragraph about a stranger. Deep friendship writing acknowledges friction. It mentions the friend who is chronically late but shows up with a chainsaw when your tree falls. It admits the argument over the wedding seating chart, or the political text sent at 2 AM that you chose to ignore. By including the flaw, the writer validates the relationship’s resilience. The paragraph becomes a contract: I see your humanity, and I stay. paragraph about good friend