Compare & Contrast Two People I Know

It is often said that in a person 's life , certain people come along who will play a vital role in changing one 's perspective of life , love family and relationships . I am lucky to have two such people in mine

When I say that my sister Gay and my best friend Wendy are two of the most similar yet dissimilar people I have ever know , I mean just that

On the outside , they are both petite married women who love dressing down in shirts and jeans and sing along to songs by Nickleback

while their husbands looked on indulgently . They both have issues with weight which they continually moan about yet have neither the inclination nor "energy " to do anything about it

Both admit to having problems with spending but it 's either "The car was so nice I just couldn 't resist " or "The travel agent assured me the cruise was an absolute steal at that price

They have also suffered through the pain of parental divorces and failed marriages . Gay has three sons while Wendy has two kids , a boy and a girl . All kids are of different paternity

One would think that with all these similarities , they could be the best of friends . Nothing could be further from the truth for these women who I simply love to death and whom I value so much simply hates each other 's guts

You never could put them together in a room without snipes , vitriol and snide comments against the other flying back and forth . Did I mention how loud and brutally frank they both can be ? One time I remember Gay tossing a barb at Wendy regarding her being married four times and how she "shouldn 't shoplift at Wal-mart " Wendy , ever the fighter retorted "At least I have money to buy my stuff

Sometimes I wonder if it 's their personal insecurities that make them act that way . They both seem to me strong and independent women yet I also see a vulnerability in both of them that makes them so defensive to point of being abrasive towards other people

Gay , for instance , once sent a note to our other sister Pat and myself In it she groused about how we "were better than her " because we lived in houses and had professional jobs while she lived in a doublewide trailer and worked as a mere cashier at the Petro Express Service Station . She and her sons would shy away from family events saying how her sons felt uncomfortable with us seeing as we lived in houses while all they had was their trailer . My family and I have tried so hard to get Gay to try for her GED but I suppose the prospect of failure just scares her so much especially since she had tremendous difficulty coping with school and the learning dis ADD when she was younger

Wendy on the other hand is , I can honestly say , one of the more intelligent people...