Published: June 01. 2010 2:00AM

Summertime is the perfect opportunity to slow things down a little and spend time with family and friends. They are, after all, the most important thing in our lives and the ones who will be there through thick and thin. One thing led to another once we started thinking about the close relationships with our most cherished loved ones, and we couldn't help but wonder what our contributors might share about the things only a really close friend would say when asked to complete the sentence: Real friends don’t let friends...

Dan Byers, Automotive Contributor

“Drink expensive wine ... alone, that is.”

Renata Parker, Dining Out and Destinations Contributor

“Read any other magazine but TALK Greenville.”

Ashley Warlick, Book Reviewer

“Date idiots. Marrying idiots is a really hard thing to stop, but if you nip it in the bud, as they say ...”

Kondria Woods, Contributing Writer

“Take road trips without a GPS system.”

Danny Baker, Wine Contributor

“Drink white Zinfandel.”

Sybil Davis, Etiquette Contributor

"Go through trying times along. Otherwise we are just "fairweather friends"!

Josh Norris, Photographer

“Go bull riding.”

Leslie Provence, Social Contributor

“Go it alone. In good times, bad times, happy times and sad times, a good friend is there for it all!”

Stephanie Morgan, Contributing Writer

“Get sunburned. You spray my back and I'll spray yours.”

Stephanie Trotter, Contributing Writer

“Finish a story. You're both too busy laughing, veering off into other good stories."

Janet Poleski, Food Contributor

Friends don't let friends eat fake food!