Dear childhood best friend,
I would first like to thank you for sticking with me all this time. I know I can be difficult, but so can you, so I’m really glad I chose to stick with you, too. You’ve been around all throughout high school and now college. I remember hearing the rumors that you will grow apart from your high school friends once you part for college, which is true for some people, but we are a different breed. We have never seemed to have a problem keeping up with each other as we’ve branched into our own lives. That’s one of my favorite things about our relationship: we can go days, even weeks (a little unrealistic), without talking, and simply pick up where we left off, which usually consists of filling each other in on the all crazy, serious, funny, and usually trivial details of our lives.
Another reason I adore our boundless relationship is that I always have someone to fall back on. No matter what, you are always a quick phone call away from reassuring, agreeing, or telling me what I need to hear. Although most the time it’s solely to keep me company as I’m cleaning my room, avoiding homework, or driving alone, I will never doubt that you’ll be there… or at least after the tenth missed phone call I left while you were in the shower.
As cliché as it sounds, you know me better than anyone, and I’m not just saying that you actually know me. You know how I feel about everything, mainly because you feel the same way. Sometimes I wish you didn’t know me so well, but I am forever grateful that you took the time to do so. Although we share similar style, hobbies, ambitions, and even taste buds, we also have distinctive differences. This is probably for the better, because it would be boring if we were the exact same person. Overall, I think we complement each other nicely.
We’ve been through it all. We’ve been through the breakups, fighting back the urge to kill the guy, or being there for each other when all we can do is cry. I cannot even count the number of times we’ve gotten in trouble together, but I also can’t forget our countless adventures, which may or may not be intertwined with the times we got into trouble. Rather we are trying to be fit by going on a hike, which usually takes us triple the time of normal people because we can't follow the signs, or if we are just laying in bed next to each other on our phones while "Sex and the City" plays in the background, we are content with simply being with each other.
I think it’s rare for two people who grew up as friends to continue to hold their bond past a certain age. I am forever thankful that we are the exception. Doing life with you by side is the only way I know how to be, and I wouldn’t want it any other way.
