It is a rare occasion that we find someone that meshes so perfectly with our own personalities that we feel close enough to them to be completely open. People these days are rather guarded and being a best friend requires the ability to pull those guards down. So if you and your friend have done any of the things in this list, you’re probably besties. In fact, you two are not only besties but are probably the closest of besties; some people might say too close, but you know that you just love each other a whole lot.
1. Pop each other’s zits
Sometimes, there are those back pimples you just cannot reach yourself but, have no fear, for your bestie is here. If you have a friend willing to pop those pesky, and occasionally painful, pimples for you, then she’s either one of those weird people satisfied by pimple popping or she really loves you.
2. Binge eat together
Whether due to emotional stress, or just because you feel like it, if you and your friend are comfortable going total pig together, then you’re probably besties. For whatever reason, girls are super reserved about eating and will often restrain themselves in both what they’re eating and how much they eat. Well, if you and your friend can take down an entire pizza followed by half a gallon of ice cream together, then you’re probably pretty comfortable with each other. I know when my best friend and I do this together, we often lay in regret post binge and share in our belly pain as well. Can you say bonding moments?
3. Pick each other’s teeth
This one's a biggie because I personally don’t let anyone except the dentist put their finger in my mouth, especially if there is not a latex glove between their germy fingers and my gums. However, I make an exception for my best friend because we're just so close, and she allows me to do the same (which is a good thing because she loves blueberries and forever has them in her teeth). So, if you’re comfortable allowing someone to stick their fingers in your mouth, then you two are probably best friends. If not, you may want to be a little more strict on who you let near your food hole, ya’ nasty.
4. Spiral downward together
You know those moments when you’re both having a bad day and, as you start to discuss why you’re both sad, you start by tearing up, then low-key crying and eventually you’re both full on, Kim K, ugly crying together? You’re probably best friends if this happens, especially if you find that you’re not only crying for your own sadness but because your friend is feeling sad and you don’t like that. Most people are not comfortable crying like this with everyone, and if you can be this emotionally vulnerable with someone, then you probably love them a whole lot.
5. Feel each other’s hairy legs
Ok, so you’ve gone a few days without shaving and you wear shorts and realize you’ve reached tarantula level. If you’re first thought is to reach over and make your friend feels your furry little shin, then you’re definitely best friends. Especially if she feels your leg then proceeds to make you feel her equally hairy leg. Maybe weird, but really you’re just on the same brain wave.
6. Fantasize about your futures together
If you can’t imagine the rest of your life without one of your friends being in i,t then you’re probably best friends. This is such a major indicator of best friendship because it is so common for people to flow in and out of your life that when you want someone in it for the long haul, you must really like them. If you’re ever discussed your roles in each other's weddings, with each other's children or your future living arrangements together then you’re most definitely on the best friend level.
7. Make weird noises together
For me, this consists of being capable of understanding each other's grunts and the ability to have complete conversations without words. My best friend and I can have an entire conversation about the hot guy sitting at the table next to us in only grunts and eye rolls. It is entirely possible that we just think we're speaking some secret language while, in reality, we’re just being weird and grunting at each other. But that's okay because we love each other and that’s all that matters #besties.
8. Smell check each other
It’s been a long day, you had to run to your 12:30 class in the peak heat of the day and now you’re sitting at lunch trying to nonchalantly sniff your armpit to see if you’re stinky. Thank the lucky stars that your friend just walked up. If she’ll sniff you to see if you smell bad, then she’s probably a bestie. She’s definitely your bestie if she smells you, scrunches her face and tells you that you smell like the men’s locker room at the gym.
9. Listen to the same song 5 million times
A major qualification for best friend status it that you both know all the words to your mutually favorite songs. How else do you learn the words to a song than to listen to it on repeat? If you and your friend can listen to the same song for an excessive amount of time while trying to decipher the lyrics, then you’re besties. Jam out, am I right, ladies?
10. Deeply analyze every interaction with any boy, ever
Boys. Dear God, where to begin? They are the bane of our existence, but we also really, really like them. If you and your friend are always discussing in detail your daily interactions with the male species, then you’re probably besties. Especially considering most people don’t want to hear about how Jake’s pants had whales on them and how you think that’s cute because it means he likes whales. Your best friend loves that stuff.
This world is a rough place and people often suck, to be completely honest. But if you can find a friend that will do anything for you and is willing to listen to you about the good, the bad and the ugly than that person really cares for you. Best friends are God’s gift to us so that we can make it through this life with a partner in crime, a ride or die.Every now and then, we just need to take the time to appreciate that person. Thanks to all the best friends out there for sharing equally in our joys and our pains, for being a constant in our ever-changing world, for threatening to bring your wrath upon those that cause us heartbreak and, most of all, for loving us as we are and without conditions. Best friends, we love you.
