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This post by Liss at Shakesville:
http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2010/02/thank-you-for-being-friend.html

"[Rue McClanahan] is still recuperating in the hospital after her November stroke, but was 'tickled' when she received a card from Betty [White] saying words to the effect of 'Dear Rue, I hope you hurry up and die so I can be the last Golden Girl left.'"

I absolutely love that. I know that sort of repartee doesn't suit everyone's sense of humor, but it hits me right where I live—or, perhaps more accurately, right where I love.

I adore being (affectionately) teased by my close friends—and OMG do I love being teased by [her husband]. He can send me into absolute gales of breathless, gasping laughter by mocking the hell out of me.

Same here. My mum and I tease each other like this and it's awesome.

HOWEVER teasing someone you don't know well does not, contrary to popular belief, magically create this type of close bond. That's just being a dick.