Have you ever heard the phrase, “Best friends are like four leaf clovers – hard to find, but lucky to have?” Well, if you have a best friend, or two, or three, you know how true this statement is. If you’re like me, you were lucky enough to find your best friends early on and have the ease of knowing they will be by your side as you turn old and gray. When times get tough or when we celebrate our biggest accomplishments, I know my girls will always be there for me in the years to come. Here are 50 things I, and anyone else with an undeniable best friend, would like to thank you for:
1. Thank you for letting me constantly rant to you about my crushes that don’t even know I exist.
2. Thank you for letting me constantly rant to you about my crushes that DO know I exist.
3. Thank you for telling me I’m prettier than any exes of the boys I’ve ever talked to, even if you’re totally lying.
4. Thank you for making pancakes when I’m hungover.
5. Thank you for eating burritos with me when I’m drunk.
6. Thank you for changing me into my PJs when I’m too intoxicated to do it on my own.
7. Thank you for letting me barge into the bathroom when you’re taking a shower just so I could read you a funny story.
8. Thank you for picking me up at the bars when I have no ride.
9. And thank you for trusting me to sit in your car even when I claim I have to throw up.
10. Thank you for taking shopping trips to Kroger with me like we’re some sort of married couple or something.
11. Thank you for not caring to hang out with me even if I’m sick.
12. Thank you for helping me choose which nail polish color I should paint my nails with, even when I choose the opposite of what you chose.
13. Thank you for laughing with me at old letters I wrote to my ex.
14. And thank you for agreeing that burning them would probably be best.
15. Thank you for sharing your closet with me.
16. Thank you for being as uncertain about the future as I am.
17. Thank you for not hating me when I yell at you when I’m drunk.
18. Thank you for sending me screenshots of all the BuzzFeed quizzes you’ve taken when you’re bored in class.
19. Thank you for allowing a judgment-free zone when discussing the actions of last night’s drinking behaviors.
20. Thank you for Facebook creeping on any guy I’ve had an interest in just so you can get a feel on whether he’s cool or not.
21. Thank you for reading my mind before I even have a chance to speak.
22. Thank you for not putting ice in my drinks because you know how I feel about cold liquids.
23. Thank you for taking selfies with me on multiple occasions.
24. Thank you for making nights in as entertaining as nights out.
25. Thank you for not judging me on my obsession with 90s boy bands.
26. And thank you for singing along when my boys’ music comes on.
27. Thank you for believing in my future even when I have doubts about it myself.
28. Thank you for being as big of The Bachelor fan as I am.
29. Thank you for dealing with my frustrations or tears over guys.
30. And thank you for letting me help you deal with yours.
31. Thank you for helping me get over the break up that broke my heart.
32. Thank you for not holding any grudges.
33. Thank you for laying on the couch for hours with me instead of being productive.
34. Thank you for visiting me at work and distracting me from my job.
35. Thank you for dancing to “Shake it Off” with me.
36. Thank you for appreciating me for who I am.
37. Thank you for hating all the people I hate.
38. Thank you for quoting Friends as much, if not more, than I do.
39. Thank you for sharing countless Pizza Hut dinner boxes with me.
40. Thank you for not judging me when I walk around the house looking like crap all day.
41. And thank you for looking like crap with me. #twinsies
42. Thank you for appreciating Olive Garden as much as I do.
43. Thank you for letting me borrow your dry shampoo when I’m too lazy to shower.
44. Thank you for letting me try to teach you how to flirt.
45. Thank you for telling me my outfit sucks even if I think it looks great.
46. Thank you for always telling me I will get married one day even though I swear I’ll be alone forever.
47. Thank you for being by my side throughout all the years we’ve known each other.
48. Thank you for crying with me when we talk about moving apart after graduating in May.
49. Thank you for promising to stay in touch as much as possible when we venture off after college.
50. Basically, thank you for being the greatest best friend I could ever imagine.