Dating your best friend is like living in that romantic teen movie that people love to hate and hate to love. You find happiness in each other’s presence, you hold the same wishes and desires. Your conversations range from dramatic, to stupid, to silly and to serious all within minutes.

Dating your best friend is something everyone should strive for. You can argue like everyone else, but for the most part, you’re searching for the newest place to eat, staying home on a Saturday night in your sweatpants to watch a movie, or gossiping about the drama that surrounds you both which you laugh at.

Having such an unbreakable and remarkable chemistry with another human being is indescribable. It’s more than just a relationship; it is a physical and emotional connectedness that cannot be broken.

To be honest, a relationship like this is scary, almost terrifying, actually. You’re lost in what seems to be a never ending cycle of mayhem. You want to be with them for every reason in the book and you’re lost without their guidance. They become your shining star that shows you the path to success, and suddenly their dreams and passions encompass yours and you form a new life together. They know every detail about you down to the very first dream you can remember and they’ve seen you at your weakest moment. If you’re lucky enough to be dating your best friend though, they have walked you through each step and have helped you surpass every challenge you’ve faced.

For you, they climbed mountains and crossed rivers, and little did you know - they were afraid of heights and they couldn’t swim.

Your friends and their friends are now referred to as “our friends”. And if they aren’t around, nights out don’t seem as fun. You would do anything just to sit at home with them and cuddle the night away. There is no confusion, no questioning, and no distrust. You are each other’s everything and you would have it no other way.

If the foundation of your relationship revolves around inside jokes, memories and secret stories, comfortability, love, and support, you have been lucky enough to date your best friend.