To my closest and favorite guys,

Let me start off by telling you something I don’t tell you nearly enough, that I love you. You guys are the glue that holds me together on some days. When I say I love you, I promise I didn’t randomly catch feelings — it’s that weird sibling love where I know you’re ready to beat up stupid boys and are willing to pick me up no matter what time it is if I need you. But I also want to kill you sometimes for doing the stupidest things. I’m really impressed you’ve managed to put up with me as long as you have, but between all the movie nights and late night drives you became one of the most important people in my life and I’m so thankful that I have you as a shoulder to lean on.

First let me say, thanks for always being gentlemen. One of the biggest reasons you are my closest friends is because you never cease to be the nicest guys I know. I can count on one hand the number of times I have actually paid for my meal when being out with you whether we are in a group or by ourselves, and I can’t tell you the last time you asked me to drive somewhere. You also make the best last-minute date for me or my friends when they need one, and I really appreciate that. So thanks for taking care of me and being my “fake boyfriend” and buying all my stuff even though I don’t ask you to.

And on that note, I’m sorry everyone thinks we're dating. I know this gets really annoying for the both of us, but honestly I think it’s kind of funny. We’ve been so close for so long, I totally understand why people think we are dating, but I figured after a while people would stop commenting on it. However, they still ask us to this day and we’ve been best friends for almost three years. I guess it’s just something that’s going to happen when the two of us go out together, and I’ve decided to accept it now. We’ve reached the point where we don’t bother correcting people anymore unless it’s our parents, who have to ask every once in a while to see if anything has changed.

I can’t tell you how much I appreciate you not throwing our friendship out for a girl you were dating. I know there have been girls that have tried to make you choose between me and them, and I’m so sorry they ever put you in that position, but I can’t thank you enough for always saying that I was too good of a friend for you to lose. And while we’re talking about your girlfriends, I’m really going to need you to start listening when I tell you a girl isn’t right for you. I promise, it’s a girl instinct and I can tell when girls actually care about you. It’s not because I want to date you myself (even though you're all a catch).

I’m not sure whether to say thank you or you’re welcome for letting me help you when you go shopping so I can make sure your pants actually match your shirt and you don’t look like a complete idiot when you take a girl out. I’m glad I’ve helped your fashion sense, but now you’re one of the best dressed guys I know. Thanks for forcing me to learn how to tie a tie since you couldn’t ever do it yourself and being (brutally) honest when I ask for an opinion on how I look in something when I am shopping. I appreciate your honesty and male opinion and love that I can count on you for stuff like that.

Thanks for making me feel like “one of the guys” in a sense. I know you know I’m a girl and I don’t play call of duty as much as y’all do, and I still can’t really throw a football, but you still include me in a lot of your “bro” activities anyways. It’s a different atmosphere when I’m with you guys then when I’m with the girls and I really need that more relaxed vibe some days, even if it took a while for everyone to get used to having a girl around.

Most importantly, thank you for keeping me sane when I am about to snap like a twig under the pressure and stress in my life. You’ve been there for all of the blood, sweat and tears that I’ve gone through with everything from bad breakups to not getting a grade I needed on a test. You always know what to say and you listen no matter how many times I repeat myself or how much you don’t care about what so-and-so did to my friend yesterday and all the girl drama in my life. I know I get really annoying and irritate you sometimes, but you never complain, and that’s really sweet.

I want you to know I really do appreciate our friendship. You are my favorite even though some days you’re actually a complete idiot and I’m ready to kill you. Thanks for not letting our friendship fall apart even though we don’t go to the same school and don’t see each other as much. I know you’re always a phone call away and when I really need you, you’ll make the drive to see me. So here’s to us. Almost three years and you’ve never made a move on me, you’ve let me fall asleep and cry on your shoulder, you have gone to see chick flicks with me when my girl friends won’t and have kept me out of trouble as I do the same for you. You really are the best guys I know.

Thanks for helping me prove guys and girls can just be friends.

Love,

Your best girl friend