I have had the privilege of calling my best friend by that title for almost seven years now. From the awkward middle school years to visiting each other at college, she’s been by my side for what seems like forever. And, let me tell you, we’ve been through it all. Relationships, breakups, births, deaths, and everything in between, you name it, she’s my go-to. In our second year at colleges two hours apart, we don’t get to see each other nearly as often as we did when we lived a minute and twenty seconds away from one another (yes, we timed it). And every time we do get to meet for dinner at our favorite restaurant, or a have sleepover with her siblings that could basically be my own, we get to talking, and I am reminded of just how different we actually are.

Come to think of it, we couldn’t be more opposite. She’s a homebody, and I love to travel. She’s careful and always cautious, and I like adventuring. She eats her grilled cheeses like a cute little bird, and I shove (too much) food in my face. She loves silence, and I can’t go a second without music. She can’t wait to get married, and I’m not sure I ever will. The list goes on and on, and it’s easy for us to get wrapped up in our differences. But, in reality, those differences mean nothing.

It doesn’t matter that we have different life plans, and it doesn’t matter that we have different hobbies and habits because we love each other. Loving one another means learning to respect those differences, and encouraging each other to be as happy and whole as possible (even if that means being right by her side as she settles down in our little hometown and has a billion kids with a good ole’ southern boy one day…*shudder*).

Miller and I are proof that opposites can actually attract, and that opposites can have a damn good time living life together. She's my opposite, but she's also my best friend, she's the sister I never had, and she’s one of the best things to ever happen to me. I wouldn’t trade my opposite for the world. So, when find your opposites, give them a chance. It could lead to one heck of a friendship some day.