I am not afraid to admit that my boyfriend is my best friend, I know some people might think that that is super clingy or something that people just say. I mean, your partner probably knows all of your secrets right? So why can't they be your best friend too? We have been together for over 3 years and I am not saying that it took half of that time for this friendship to develop. I met this kid in my government class junior year and cheated off his worksheets nearly every day, haggled him every day, and basically harassed him with friendship every day. I mean I forced him to go to prom after his break up with his first long-term girlfriend. I can't stand the idea of buying the ticket and suit and not going so I made him go... as my friend... with my friends. This may sound weird, and I thought I was doing him a favor at the time but really looking back, I would have been PISSED if he didn't kiss me or ask me out by the end of the night. He did. Oh, he did and now here we are, so deep in this that it is crazy.

We said "I love you" after maybe 3 months just because I could hardly hold myself back from saying it when the kid left my house every day on the weekend. That's when I knew that I loved him but I knew he was my best friend long before then. I know that he went to prom with me because he liked me (he told me so) but I mean, the fact that a random guy friend to go to prom with me and spend a whole night driving my sorry butt around, dealing with my nerves, my stuck-up friends, and my crazy dance moves... he's really gotta be something. I would never trade that night for anything because we laughed and took pictures all night like we had known each other for years, not months.

I am able to tell him anything. I don't really say that lightly because I don't share a lot with other people so he is a big deal. I am also very picky with my friends and who I pick (which is probably why I don't have many so HMU if you're looking). He is the kindest person and is not afraid to tell me anything. He will share with me the weirdest thoughts and dreams that he has not because he is obligated to but because that's what friends do. I am not quite sure who else I would share some of my weird AF stories to or if I would drunkenly craw around on the floor of just anyone's floor.

I am not saying that your boyfriend or partner always has to be your best friend because that just isn't how somethings work out, it just worked out like that for me. He will go off to work and tell me about all of the stuff that he saw that day that reminded him of me. I mean, he almost bought me a clothes hamper (I know, not romantic but wait) because it was yellow with a white stripe and he knows how much I love yellow. That is a friend thing for sure. You can't tell me that you don't go to the store and see something that your friend would love and not feel obligated to buy it for them.

I won't ramble on with my love life anymore, but I am just saying, my boyfriend is my best friend and I feel no shame in saying so.