Everyone has that friend, your best friend. They know all of your secrets and when you are together, it’s like you are the same person. Well, what happens when you have two best friends. Two people who have a huge impact in your life, and are always there for you. I have two best friends, and sometimes it gets confusing because the two of them have only ever met once. Crazy things happen in this situation.
People often get confused by who I am talking about who exactly you are talking about. When I start a story off with, “My best friend…” and don’t say their name, other people often assume it’s the person they know. If that story doesn’t match up with something that the person they are thinking of would do, people tend to ask questions. Then I am stuck in this constant problem of having to remember to explain who I am talking about.
Then there are the moments when I am talking to one of them about the other. I say “My best friend…” and jokingly the other one will go, “I thought I was your best friend.” I also feel like I am constantly talking about one of them to the other, but in all actuality I just love both of them so much I can’t help but share stories about them.
My two best friends are also both teachers, so I often find myself trying to refer them to each other when they are talking about teacher stuff. I also find myself saying “Well they do this, why don’t you try that?” as if constantly talking about them wasn’t enough, now I am giving advice based on the other person’s actions. I also get the urge to give each of them the others number so that if they DO want to ask each other questions they can, but I guess that’s a bit too far. I often forget that they aren’t necessarily friends, they are just very aware of the other one.
They are such good sports, they never tell me to stop talking about the other one, because they know that I love each of them so very much. If I go on this tangent about one of them they don’t tell my to stop talking about it, they laugh along with me. I’m sure they each know so much about each other,even after only meeting once, that if there ever was a time that they were together without me they would have something to talk about.
The benefit to having two best friends, is that I always have someone to call (except from 7AM to 4 PM, because they are teacher, remember) if the other doesn’t answer. I always have twice the chance to vent about things, because if I didn’t get it all out to one of them, I have the other to call and complain to.
One thing is certain, my life wouldn’t be the same without them. They both made me the person I am today and I don’t know what life would be like with only one of them.
