Friend of My Youth is a book of short stories by Alice Munro, published by McClelland and Stewart in 1990. It won the 1990 Trillium Book Award.
"Friend of My Youth," the title story, largely consists of a reminiscence of the narrator a family, particularly one sister, Flora, that her now-deceased mother boarded with before her marriage.
"Five Points," the second story, is about a married woman, Brenda, in Ontario having an affair. Her boyfriend, Neil, tells her about a confectionery he frequented his youth in Victoria, British Columbia, and its owners.
I'm sick and tired of all this talking
You talk your talk and I'll walk mine
You keep on talking the same old bullshit
You keep on wasting precious time
You told me all your old war stories
You even showed me all your scars
It's not the truth I think you're telling
Now you have taken this too far
I'm sick and tired of all your stories
They never did me any good
I'm going out just on my own now
Gonna lie my life just like I should
[Chorus:]
My youth is mine and mine alone... [3x]
My youth is mine - Just leave me alone!