The definition of friendship...

[lagilman]

Tonight, I was closing the tasting room alone, after dark, and our last (male) customer was lingering.  He seemed like a perfectly ok guy, but something was making me slightly twitchy.  So I texted a local friend to say “hey, can you call me at this time (when I would be walking to the bus stop), just in case?”

Local (female) friend shows up at close. With a baseball bat.

(the bat was in the car, not carried in.  But it, and she, were there without my needing to ask)

I felt slightly silly. OTOH, my spidey danger-sense rarely tingles.  I listen when it does.

I wish you all such friends, every night.