You heard that right. My boyfriend is my best friend. Crazy, right? You probably think that I have zero girl friends, and that I must not have that great of a social life if I'm calling my boyfriend my best friend. Here's the thing: you're wrong and I'm tired of letting people think that there is an issue with calling your significant other your best friend. There is nothing wrong with it, and I'm having trouble finding any reason why anyone would have a problem with it.

I have one of the best friends ever. She is one of the most genuine, beautiful people you will ever meet. I tell her everything, and I think I can confidently say that she tells me everything to. She's my soul sister, my other half, my right hand. She will forever be in my life, and she will be my best friend forever. But something some people don't tend to understand is that my friendship with her is different than the friendship that I have with my boyfriend. They are both my best friends, but both in such different ways.

You see, when him and I met, we knew absolutely nothing about each other. We have been continuously growing with each other in a way that we don't grow with anyone else. We figure out what each of our pet peeves are, we figure out what each of us needs from each other, and we make decisions keeping the other person in mind. What people can't quite grasp is that whoever you dating is literally, if you are in a healthy relationship, the person you go to confide in when you feel like you can't do it on your own. This person knows everything about you, because if they didn't know you to the bottom of your heart, how can they love you?

Having a boyfriend as your best friend means that you have someone that knows all of your flaws, all of your mistakes, and everything you're scared of, but still chooses to love you. They still choose to help you grow. They choose to do whatever it takes in order to see you smile, because that's all they want to see. They do everything they do with your best interest in mind because they truly care about you.

Having a boyfriend as your best friend means that you have someone to watch movies with no matter what, and you get to pick the movie most of the time. You always have someone to try new coffee shops with, someone to visit new places with, and someone to share special memories with. Honestly, there's just something that makes seeing and doing new things so much more special when you do it with the person you love.

So maybe I'm just a little biased because I've been blessed with a pretty great boyfriend, but I will always consider him my best friend, and there is nothing wrong with that. People need to stop shaming girls for spending too much time with their boyfriends, because in all honestly, if you're shaming a girl for spending too much quality time with her boyfriend, then you must not know how much happiness that brings. And if you do understand how sweet the bond between a boyfriend and girlfriend is, I don't know why you would shame anyone for feeling that way. My boyfriend is my best friend and I will never think twice about calling him that.