My Guy Friends Have Made Me A Better Girl
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My Guy Friends Have Made Me A Better Girl

Guys are certainly just children trapped in an adult body, but for someone who loves kids I kind of enjoy it!

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My Guy Friends Have Made Me A Better Girl
Being a female some days can be a real struggle because I feel as though we live in a World where everyone maintains surface level relationships with each other.Especially, when it comes to friendships with other girls because they tend to put bars up around their hearts. These relationships are usually spent half of our time gossiping about other people, trying to be someone we're not, or complaining about our own problems. I am just naturally drawn to my friendships with guys because they just tend to be the right amount chill that my crazy self, needs in my life. In fact, with the right group of guys all of that pettiness is gone and you can just be yourself.I have truly been blessed with some very great best friends that are girls, but I also have learned to love the closeness with some of my boys.

"One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."
Proverbs 18:24

With my guy friends, I never have to worry about them being critical of my looks because it's not about how straight your hair is or if you are wearing the perfect outfit or if even if they purposely don't match on the daily.The friendship is more deep than outward appearance, but genuinely just about doing life together and loving every minute of it. It's those nights that they crave waffle house just as much as you do and act like complete fools.The moments you spend jamming out to Hamilton and drinking peach lemonade.Even the things that drive me up a wall like having to put limits on talking about military stuff or fighting over shotgun in the car,but honestly it's the little things about our friendship that blesses my heart. Something I may never want to admit that I have become a fanatic of war movies and all the superhero movies because they are actually better than chick flicks some days. Guys are also so flexible if you really want them to watch a Nicholas Sparks movie or always make a decision on where to eat they will usually endure because it makes you happy.

One of my favorite parts about having great guy friends is that you get the inside look on a man's mentality. Like if they overthink every little detail of having a crush on a girl like the female gender does. You get to be their personal wing women with a sense of helping them do romantic gestures and advising them on how not to look like a hobo for a date. You get to tease them constantly about their crushes and be like a proud mom when they finally make a move.Honestly, watching them get the courage to text girls is probably the cutest thing ever. Deep down though a part of you fears losing them to this new found girl, so you pray that the squad never changes.Although,the most rewarding thing is being able to encourage them to be the best man they can be for future relationships,so they are equipped to be a great boyfriend and won't be a jerk that I'd be ashamed of.

Guys are certainly just children trapped in an adult body, but for someone who loves kids I kind of enjoy it! They need just the right amount of guidance to be reminded to read their Bible and do their homework, yet somehow you end up encouraging each other to be somewhat successful even when you both want to procrastinate. I even appreciate the piles of dirty dishes that they gratefully let me clean when I am in a stressed out mood. I will never understand how guys can make a game out of literally anything, but it brings me so much joy just to be around their out this world ideas sometimes.Laughter fills a friendship with guys because its mostly just laughing at the ridiculousness of each other, but nonetheless usually exactly what I needed .

With girls, it seems like we can be so critical of each other, but with guys, they do not care to dwell on your flaws. Now they definitely have no shame in calling you out, but at the end of the day, it's your life, not theirs. They have no regrets on telling you how annoying your being for stealing their food or if you need to stop obsessing about certain things. When life is falling apart feelings are not talked about too much, it is more of a hug that everything will be okay and then we change that awkward subject. Which is usually exactly what I needed to let it out and move on. My favorite moments are when we stay up till all hours talking about the most meaningless things sometimes, but then other days you are spilling your guts out to each other. That's what I love about the dynamics of a friendship with a guy because you have no idea what y'all might stay up till five am talking about, but you will leave feeling so loved and blessed.

At the end of the day, I feel like friendships with guys are challenging because you struggle to find the perfect balance of being their best friend and then not too much of their mama, but it is so rewarding because you won't ever find something more fulfilling and random than a friendship between a guy and a girl.

To the guys who inspired this article, thank you for loving me even when I can be the biggest pain in the butt!


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