No, Long Distance Does Not Affect My Relationship With My Best Friend
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No, Long Distance Does Not Affect My Relationship With My Best Friend

That distance didn't change a thing.

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No, Long Distance Does Not Affect My Relationship With My Best Friend
Kaylee M. Willis

When I was little, I had many friends, as most children just kind of become friends with anyone and everyone. As you get older, though, you start to have smaller amounts of friends and you begin getting close to some of them. Playing sports as a kid helped me meet all these new people and I was close with them for awhile, but one day I met a girl who I didn't know would play a huge role in my life in the future.

It was, of course, soccer that brought us together. At first, we were just teammates, but over time it starts to become something more than that. The more we played together, the closer we became. Now, here it is almost 10 years later and she's my best friend.

Not only did we spend so much time together, but even our moms are close. My mom and my best friend have jokes between the two of them, and her mom is like a second mom to me.

I was a year ahead in school so I graduated before her, but when she graduated, she chose a college that was six hours from home. I was happy for her that she was getting to play the sport she loved in college, but of course, I was going to miss my partner in crime only being 10 minutes away from me. I remember helping her move into her dorm that August and it was exciting, but leaving my best friend behind obviously wasn't easy.

The thing is, though, that distance didn't change a thing. We still talked as if we were still right down the road from each other. When she came home for holidays, we picked up right where we left off. We still called/texted each other to update the other on what's going on throughout our time apart, and we still needed each other for help with boy problems. We didn't need to talk or even see each other all the time to know we still had each other's backs.

We don't talk every day, but I know the moment I need a friend, I have my best friend. We've been through countless soccer seasons, concerts, road trips, haunted houses, scary movie marathons, tons of inside jokes and who knows how many boy problems together. I've moved slightly closer to her now, but it doesn't matter what the distance between us is. We could live six hours apart or 10 minutes, but my best friend is here to stay.

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