8 Things You Miss the Most About Living Close to Your BFFs
We never realize this until we aren't within a 5 minute walking distance from them, we sort of take advantage of it in the moment and now that we graduated and we moved away from them, we miss those chicks more than we can ever imagine. Now I miss my best friends like crazy and I wish we all still lived close to each other but in a way I feel like the distance makes our friendships stronger. And it's always fun visiting each other in our respective new places. But even so, I miss those crazies.
1. Being able to walk >2 minutes to see them
God I loved being able to get up out of bed and walk down the hall to see my friend and tell them about the dream I had or groan about not wanting to go to class. You could always get a nice conversation in before you even put a bra on or washed your face. Hell, I lived with one of my best friends, in the same room, for 2 years so it was awesome being able to wake up and not even leave my bed to have a prime conservation with her and make breakfast plans. I could even have conversations with her while I was pretty much still asleep.
2. Seeing Them Everyday
Yeah sure, seeing your best friends every single day, all the time, can sometimes be annoying but most of the time it was super freaking awesome. It was always super convenient to be able to get an honest opinion on an outfit or a good make up tutorial from one of them without having to make a FaceTime date. Plus, it was always way easier to show them your outfits or make up in person and not over a shitty wireless connection, 1000+ miles away. Also, your daily interactions with your BFFs were always something you looked forward too.[i] "Hey slore, how was your chem test?" or "Hey, you suck. Love you." and all that jazz always just seemed to brighten my day a little more.
3. Being able to rant about stuff to their face, 10 minutes after it happened
You never had to call your friends on the phone, only to get their voicemail and then being forced to wait for god knows how long, to tell them all of your dramatic stuff. Back when you lived, like, 2 minutes away from your best friends, you could barge into their room and let it all loose and have them there to agree with you or give you advice you won't follow or even complain about the same thing with you. It was always just super convenient to find your friends less than 10 minutes after your drama just went down, so you can flip out and all the information is still fresh. You also always had a shoulder to cry on that wasn't miles away. It was always comforting knowing you had your best friends to get you through the rough times. Nowadays you have to wait for hours or sometimes even days to finally rant or even cry, and by that time, you forgot some details, you're kinda cooled off and you don't really feel like ranting anymore. Or you don't want to rehash the sadness.
4. Best Friend Dates Whenever You Want
What's better than a date with your best friends? You're right, absolutely nothing. I LOVE friend dates. They are never awkward or weird, you never run out of things to talk about and you can get drunk and eat everything in site with your favorite people. Back in college, friend dates were so spontaneous and fun. And there was always opportunity for them to happen, they just happened out of the blue. Sitting alone at lunch? Your BFF comes by and sits with you, BOOM friend date. Walking to a coffee shop alone? Friend appears--BOOM friend date. Nowadays you have to book a flight and actually plan what you're gonna do with your friends. Friend dates back in college were never planned. They usually just started with your friend coming into your room and saying "let's go" and you just went off, never knowing what the night was gonna hold. Those were the good old days
5. Best Halloween/Themed Party Costumes
The best things come in groups, right? My best friends and I always went all out for themed parties and Halloween costumes. Group Halloween costumes are always way better than single costumes. It's also an excuse to hang out with your best friends all night long. Themed parties were also amazing--you always had someone to go all out with and dress up with for themed mixers. You were never alone. Nowadays you come up with the best costumes, but they'd be even better with your best friends by your side. You're back to figuring out a costume that you can be all by yourself. It's not as much fun.
6. Your Favorite Drinking Buddies, Anytime, Anywhere
Anytime you need a drink, anytime you need to go to a happy hour or anytime you need to drink a bottle of wine while watching The Notebook--your best buds were only a few steps away. Happy hour was any hour with them, and it was great. Now when you guys are finally reunited it's like you were never apart but the moments without them is when you realize you have to reassure yourself that drinking alone is acceptable and just as fun as getting trashed off margaritas with your faves. But it's not. It never will be.
7. You're Never Bore
Those girls always new how to have a good time, even if you just wanted to stay in watch movies, it was never boring. God even studying in the library was more fun with your friends, at least you knew someone else was suffering with you. Your very best friends could make watching paint dry more fun. They were just awesome. Now you have to do tons of stuff alone and you get bored a lot. And then you eat a lot. And then you cry about eating too much. Then you get drunk because you cried when eating too much. It's just an emotional situation.
8. Just Having Your BFFs Close By
They are your people. They are a super important part of your life and you just miss them. You love having them close by, you love telling them news face to face, you love helping them through shit in person. Sure distance makes relationships stronger, but it's hard when you think back to college when you were always around them. Back then you couldn't imagine being apart and now, 10 minutes is 1000 miles and your just an expensive plane ticket away (that you can't always afford) from being reunited with your people. It sucks.
Ugh, I just really really really miss my freaking friends.
