Counting on each other became automatic. When I found a sweater in Texas I wanted, I learned to buy two, which was easier than seeing the look of disappointment on Caroline's face when I returned home with only one. When she went out from the boathouse on a windy day, she gave me her schedule in advance, which assuaged her worst-case scenario of flipping the boat, being hit on the head by an oar, and leaving Lucille stranded at home. I still have my set of keys to her house, to locks and doors that no longer exist, and I keep them in my glove compartment, where they have been moved from one car to another in the past couple of years. Someday I will throw them in the Charles, where I lost the seat to her boat and so much else. Gail Caldwell
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When Caroline and I started dating, she had a set of keys to my house as well as a set of her own. This was not unusual as many couples, including us, have separate sets of keys to prevent the other from prying into the other's life. However, we found that we were constantly losing each other's keys and we decided to just keep one set. As we grew closer and more serious about our relationship, we realized that we needed another set and that it would be easier to hide them than it would be to throw them away.

Source: Lets Take The Long Way Home: A Memoir Of Friendship

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