Over the years, I have learned that having spectacular guy best friends is a blessing and a curse all uniquely rolled into one. It’s truly great to be able to escape to your guy friends when you need a break from girls or when you need them to come pick you up because you’re stranded on the side of the road, while your car is smoking and have NO idea what to do. You feel content knowing you’re “one of the bros” because you know that these boys will treat you and love you as one of their own. Here are a few things I learned from my best guy friends over the years:
1. They are vulnerable just like girls.
They probably don’t want to confidently admit it, but guys have soft spots too. Too many times we assume that guys don’t have the same feelings as us, but we are all only human and humans have all felt the same way at one point or another, guys just tend to show it a little differently. If you dig deep enough you might end up breaking down their walls, so don’t always take a guys outward appearance as his only one.
2. They won’t care about the lack of makeup, unshaped eyebrows, or your 2 day old sweatpants.
Most guys will LITERALLY never say anything your lack of makeup, because they know if they do the beast mode inside us girls will be unleashed. Most boy bffs will just love you for who you are, not what you look like. You should be able to be 100% yourself around them, and that includes your appearance.
3. Sometimes they like to be the little spoon.
I’ve heard my guy friends joke multiple times about how they want to be the little spoon at some point and time and they’re not kidding about it either. So one day just let them!
4. They’re basically your brothers and they will act like them.
Your boy bffs are basically the overprotective brothers you never had. They will also most likely see you when you’re upset about a fight, so boyfriends beware.
5. They like Wine/Mike’s/Twisted Teas just as much as us.
This one is self-explanatory. All the drinks taste good; it’s just more acceptable for us girls to drink them. But offer your guys one and they’ll probably end up taking you up on it, whether it’s confidently or not is another story.
6. They will show you how to pick the right guy.
When picking a boyfriend, you’re going to want someone that you can laugh as much with, tolerate as much, and be as comfortable with as you are with your guy friends. You owe it to them for setting the standards high and being taught to never settle for less.
7. You can eat whatever you want without being judged because it’s always bulking season.
This one is pretty self-explanatory; they will never judge you when you go to McDonald’s and order a Big Mac with extra cheese, a medium fry AND a McFlurry. Honestly, they’ll probably just be jealous they didn’t think of it first.
8. They will treat you like one of the guys.
When you’re best friends with a guy and they have no romantic interest in you, you ultimately will become a guy. Now this is great, they can feel most comfortable when they’re around you, until they become too comfortable. I’ve drawn the line at burping in your face and putting you in headlocks, but hey that’s just me.
9. They’ll help you find the humor in most things.
For some reason, guys always have a way of making you find the humor in things. There have been times when I have been sobbing about God knows what, and my guy friend turns to me and cracks a joke and just like that, everything doesn’t seem too bad. They are the sanity that you search for when you’re upset, so thank them for that.
10. Not all guys are a**holes.
I gotta hand it to my guy bffs; they really have taught me that not all guys are assholes. They have taught me that there are guys out there that will give you a shoulder to cry on or will convincingly pretend to be your boyfriend when you’re getting hit on by a creepy guy at a bar. Guys are the typically the center of our tears, but it’s a great feeling knowing that you have some that will be there to wipe those tears away for you. So to my guy best friends, thank you for your endless love… I hope I can return the favor.
