Without friendship, it would be very difficult to go about our daily lives happily. Friends simply make our lives better and while we know this in our hearts, it is equally important to show them once in a while as well. If you haven't told them you love them in a while, do so because life is too short not to spread any positivity we can spread.
1. Food.
On the off-chance that we are not together at the time, you can always count on a phone call asking you if you want any takeout food or need anything from Target. Friends do not let friends suffer through frozen food when there are alternative options. Besides, my food storage is filled to the brim with chip flavors of your liking because we both know you’re most likely going to be over multiple times in the next week, hungry as college students usually are. On the other hand, it is a fact of life that I can and will steal your pistachios or any food your mom makes.
2. Emergency protocols (safety).
I will avoid letting you walk alone in the night even if it’s like 300 feet from my dorm to yours, and if for some reason you end up doing so, I will refuse to go to bed without a confirmation text regarding your safety. We have pre-set emergency code words for when guys are being too creepy and have most likely discussed half a million scenarios regarding strategic defense against strangers.
3. Emergency protocols (emotional).
You can always count on me to reply to your angry 3 a.m. texts when your roommate and her boyfriend are being irritating (it helps I am basically a chronic insomniac). And I know that if I need your support, I can always rely on you as well (at least following the initial five minutes during which you will mentally and perhaps even verbally murder me for waking you up).
4. Unofficial roommates.
You and I are basically at one another’s dorms so often that we basically live there unofficially. At this point, I should probably just empty out a drawer just for you.
5. Trust.
Sometimes, it’s hard to believe that I have only known you for a little over eight months. I trust you to have my back and always be honest with me. I have basically no filter when it comes to you — you know all my grades, all the people in my life, my embarrassing stories, my heartache, my health issues, my family problems, my weight, what I eat or drink often, what flavors I hate, the slang words I use, etc. In fact, I do not buy a single piece of clothing without your approval of its quality and price. You’re the kind of person I have very little problem being my truest self with, and I like to believe I have won you over substantially in that sense as well.
6. My friends equal your friends.
It has basically become my life goal for you and my high school best friend to become best friends as well. I think that was fairly clear because when you both met, I pushed you both together and was like “Go be friends”.
7. Parents.
When you don’t answer your phone, I’m the next person your parents call because let’s face it. the likelihood that we are together is pretty high. It’s to the point that our parents are not necessarily sure we have any other friends besides one another.
8. Stories.
We do so many weird things together. Honestly, if people heard our conversations, they would most likely define us as the very symbols of insanity. You know most of mine and I know most of yours. They also overlap frequently, so there’s that. Whenever time goes by without us seeing each other for a while (in my definition, that equals like one day), we always have so many things to tell each other.
9. Friday night live.
You’re one of the few people I genuinely want to spend time with. I always have a great time with you just relaxing or talking or watching TV on our laptops. Honestly, even sitting next to each other and quietly working on our respective homework assignments is enough.
10. Inside jokes.
In my opinion, one of the best things about our relationship is that we are always laughing about something or the other. Usually, it’s us making fun of each other or more accurately just you being mean to me. Nonetheless, it takes a certain degree of comfort to be able to be that silly with someone. Some of my best moments with you were when something happened and we’d immediately look at each other and start cracking up, leaving everyone around us wondering whether or nor we were mentally stable.
