Friendships.

I often wonder why some people "click" when they first meet, and others don't.

I've had plenty of friends-- good friends, best friends-- with whom I didn't click right away. It's certainly not necessary in any relationship. But I find that there are few things more satisfying than meeting someone who, for lack of a better word, really gets you.

Most of the time it's someone you don't expect. Like the quiet guy at the party. Your good friend's worst enemy. Your boyfriend's cousin. The guy in your high school art class that seemed like a total asshole, until you had an actual conversation with him.

Sometimes they don't have the same values as you do. Sometimes they do. Sometimes they don't have the same interests as you do. Sometimes they do.

Sometimes you wonder if that clicking was all in your head.

I can't seem to come up with any sort of formula for the people that I "click" with. As a general rule, I get a long better with guys, and that seems to hold true in this instance as well. Usually it's someone I'm able to have an intelligent conversation with, but sometimes it's someone I've only ever joked around with. Sometimes it's someone who seems confident and outgoing, and sometimes it's someone who's ever shyer than I am (or used to be, at least).

Sometimes I wonder if it all comes down to attraction-- that feeling you get when you just want to get to know someone. But that begs the question, what makes a person attractive to another person? What makes all these different kinds of people attractive to me? Is it one thing, or is it a combination of things? Why don't other people with these traits "click" too?

Is it all about good timing, then?