Throughout everyone's life, we've all come across people who are just as weird, if not weirder, than we are ourselves. These lovely human beings, our dear partners in crime, can possess an array of different personalities and characters; many of which we wouldn't change for the world. Here are a few that popped into my mind.
1. The friend you've had since birth who you love so very dearly but who you would almost certainly not be friends with if you met them now.
You didn't choose the friendship, the friendship chose you. You grew up alongside this person so they are practically your sibling at this point. They know you scarily well and can name every single embarrassing thing you've ever done, worn and said since toddler dance. They also own a school picture of you with a bowl cut and Harry Potter glasses so for that reason alone you must always remain their friend.
2. The friend that is 25 minutes late (at minimum) for every single plan you have ever made to hang out. Ever.
You bring a book along every time you go to the place you said you'd meet because odds are you will be done with the book by the time your friend decides to show up. You've tried tricking them into being on time by telling them a time 15 minutes earlier than you intend on getting there, but they still manage to arrive after you. I once waited for an hour at a Dunkin Donuts in a train station because my phone autocorrected it to Dublin Donuts so my friend went around the train station asking strangers if they could please point her in the direction of the nearest Dublin Donuts
3. The friend who is a fearless adventurer and somehow manages to convince you to go cliff diving with them.
This person has no fear and loves to be active and try new things. It's wonderful when someone encourages you to step outside your comfort zone but not wonderful when you find out that that entails trekking for four hours through the suburbs, abandoned streets, and forests of Berlin in an attempt to reach the airport by foot.
4. The friend who is brutally honest with you under all circumstances.
This friend will swat a cat t shirt out of your hand faster than you can ask "is this cute?" They will point out exactly what is wrong with the guy you are interested in and will tell you point blank what they think about a situation.
5. The friend who is your complete polar opposite
Nobody else understands how the two of you are friends. In fact, you can barely explain it yourself. But you can talk for hours with this person and you always find yourself laughing your heads off with each other so even though it doesn't really make sense, it kinda does.
6. The friend who has the same exact sense of humor as you to a scary degree.
When something that no one else finds funny just happened you two automatically make eye contact with each other from across the room and immediately dissolve into uncontrollable laughter. Sometimes you don't even need to exchange words and other times a single word or sentence can set you off. Of course, you both think you are utterly hilarious and were probably stand up comedians in a past life. Everyone else thinks you're just weird.
6. The friend who is secretly an 80 year old man stuck inside a twenty something year old's body who is wise beyond their years and gives you life advice.
You swear some of the things they've said to you is a word for word quote of what your grandfather told you when you were ten years old. This person is your confidant, trustee and mentor. And also probably a reincarnation of your ancestors.
7. The friend you always find yourself eating the contents of the entire grocery store with and who will be 110% on board with any ridiculous idea or plan you come up with.
You were just hit by an overwhelming urge to play BopIt and buy a vast array of cheese from the eight nearest grocery stores so who do you call to join you? This friend right here.
8. The friend you go to with anything and everything under the sun.
You text them to confess all of your humiliating life moments, send them pictures of preposterously overpriced chopsticks so they can share in the ridiculousness, inform them of the Rob Thomas bumper sticker you saw on the car in front of you as you were driving to work, and send them screenshots of anything even remotely interesting including but not limited to Mark Zuckerberg's dog. This person is your best friend and soulmate and is always on your side. Especially when you're wrong.
