What is a Best Mate you ask?

The friend who you can sing crazy loud & dance terribly with (sometimes in public).

The person you send pics you've snuck because you saw something insane!

The friend you text even though he or she's in the same room.

That friend who comes up with fabulous fantasies that'd be totally awesome!

The one you communicate with through pins on Pinterest.

Maybe you are reading this and a person pops into your head. Do you already have a best mate and didn’t realize this was the term for it?

Here are some reasons why having a best mate is better than having a best friend:

1. The Term “mate” originates from Australia

Mate is the word for friend amongst the people of Australia. Let’s face it, this just makes your friendship even more awesome. The validity of your friendship goes up about 3000 points for using the term “mate” instead of friend. #AustraliansSayItBetter

2. Best Mates tell you like it is, whether you want to hear it or not.

Best friends hang out, and are always honest with each other. They tell it like it is. If one of you does something stupid you laugh and tell them they are being an idiot. If something is gross, you tell each other. You always tell it like it is, but you never hurt each other’s feelings. Best mates have a bond that allows for brutal and humorous levels of honesty.

3. Best Mates drag you places you didn’t know you wanted to go

Best friends, invite you places, hang out with you, and have fun, but best mates kidnap you and take you on adventures. You hop in a topless jeep and head out just because.

4. With a Best Mate, you will always have someone to Shake it Off With

Best Friends don’t know how to dance it out quite like best mates do. Put us in a room or the back seat of a car together and you are sure to catch us singing and dancing to some Taylor Swift!

5. Having a Best Mate means having awesome birthday presents!

Let’s face it, we all have gotten presents that we appreciated, but had no idea what to do with it. Best Mates know you better than you know your self sometimes, and when it comes to gift giving they never disappoint.

6. Best Mates Create Their Own Language

One of you speaks Spanish, the other knows French, both know English. This means a combination of the three that no one but you and your best mate can understand.

7. Best Mates have random photoshoots

Best friends take selfies together when they are out and about, but best mates reserve a morning where they get together for the sole purpose of taking good, hilarious, and crazy pictures together. They look for ideas on Pinterest and spend hours trying to get them to come out...they usually don't, but you get some great shots of the great memories you create.

8. Best Mates make their owner's dog jealous

Best Mates have a super special bond that even animals can sense. The animal does not dislike the best mate, but they do watch them with a cautious eye.

9. Best Mates age together

So you and your best mate don't have the same birthday, but somehow you don't turn the next age until both of you have had your birthday.

10. Best Mates dream big together

You and your best mate come up with the perfect future. You push each other towards you each other's personal goals. You jump for the moon together and land amongst the stars. Then, you get up, and jump again. Sometimes that means attempting to win contests to get concert tickets, and other times it means you argue over which beach you are going to get an apartment at together when you graduate.

11. Best Mates are fast friends that last for a lifetime

You and your best mate have had and will get in a fight or two, but you get through it. You have each other's back. No matter how much time you are forced to spend apart you are able to pick up right where you left off.