You knew it was going to happen eventually. That doesn't mean you're any more prepared for it when it does happen. Your friend, maybe even your best friend or multiple of your friends, are leaving you. They're graduating and leaving you all alone. How could they do such a thing to you? Do they not realize how much you need them in your life? Don't they understand how much you're going to miss them when they're gone?

It's just not fair. Graduation season pretty much sucks for everyone except the graduating seniors, and sometimes it even sucks for them, too. Unfortunately, they're going to graduate and you're going to be sad. It's inevitable. That's why we all need this foolproof plan to help us cope with the thought of a friend graduating.

Don't take time for granted.

Flashback to the beginning of the year. You had so much time, right? Now flashback to the beginning of this semester: slightly less time, but still so much! Now cut scene back to the present. Cue complete and utter panic because you barely have any time left. How did this happen? It doesn't matter. All that matters now is that you don't take the remaining time for granted. You can probably count the number of days you have left together on both hands. This is a terrifying thought, but that just means you still have those days left to hang out and spend as much time together as possible before you both leave for summer and only one returns in the fall.

Make memories.

I'm sure you have a ton of memories with your soon-to-be graduated friend, but why not make some more? Don't let their last few days on campus be spent sitting inside watching Lifetime TV. Or if you do spend it watching Lifetime TV, make sure it's going to be something that you both remember years after you're both graduated. If that's your thing, go for it. If not, go do some hood-rat stuff around campus and take pictures to be cherished and laughed at for years to come. Depending on how much you want to remember, drink copious amounts of alcohol, dance around like idiots, laugh and talk about all of the good times and memories you both already have together. Do anything you want, just do something that you both can look back on and smile about when you're thinking about your last few days together in college.

You will have all summer to sleep.

Just like the saying, "I'll sleep when I'm dead," at the end of the final semester with a friend, it's more like "I'll sleep when I'm home for the summer with no one to hang out with." Sure it might be finals week, and you have six finals, three papers, and 17,000 group projects to worry about. But that's what those eight hours that you're supposed to be sleeping are for. It's your last week at college to spend with your friends before summer, and your last week at college to spend with some ever. So don't worry about your sleep schedule, you can fix that at home. For now, get all of your work done so you can spend time with your friends, whether that be at two in the afternoon or two in the morning on a spur of the moment Taco Bell run. That is totally up to you.

Don't be too sad.

I know it sounds stupid, but try not to be too sad about your friends that are graduating. Yes, it is obviously sad that they won't be around whenever you want to see them next semester; but still, this is kind of a big deal for them. They're actually doing it, they're graduating. These people that we've spent countless hours with, probably not doing anything remotely productive at all, are leaving us and their beloved college to go out into the real world. They don't need us to be sad for them, they need us to be excited for them! Most of all, they need us to be supportive of them because this is probably not going to be easy for them either. So go ahead, shed a few tears, but just don't let those tears get in the way of your last days with your friends. And be proud of your friend for all the great things they've done in college, and all of the great things they are going to do after graduation.

So, yes, your friend is graduating and it sucks. But hey, at least you had these last few days with them to make memories and live it up one last time before they make their grand entrance into the life of an adult. Don't let it get you down too much, though. Be happy for them and their friendship over the years. And never forget that cell phones and cars are a thing for a reason, you'll see them again soon. Happy graduation to all of you seniors out there — try not to forget about us who are still stuck in college without you! We will miss you lots!