We all have that one guy friend who you spend every moment with. Sometimes people might even mistake him as your boyfriend and will ask every time you Snapchat a picture of him if he is or not. Every time they do ask that, you both look at each other in disgust saying, "ew... never."

For me, my best guy friend is the person I see every day. While it may seem like we're in a relationship to others, we know that we just enjoy each others company and can stand being around the other one for more than an hour. When I say that he is basically my boyfriend without the physical connection, I am telling you the truth. My best guy friend is there for me when I am down, gives me compliments, hugs me when I need one, has my back no matter what, eats with me when no one else will, watches Netflix with me, and makes fun of me all at the same time. The only thing blocking our relationship from turning into something more is that we both understand that it is strictly platonic. As much as I love the kid, we both know that there will be other people to fulfill our physical attraction and that we just aren't it for each other. Unless when we're both in our late 20's and haven't married yet, he is the one I will marry.

We both hate it when we do things that seem like we are dating. For example, he eats off my fork when I give him food. We hold hands. He pays for my meals sometimes. We have sleepovers. And every time this happens, we look at each other, say "gross" and make a gagging noise. Now you're probably thinking to yourself, "oh they're dating. They're in denial." But, I can tell you that when he is telling me about a girl he is seeing, I am supportive and give him advice, and he does the same for me. We just want the other to be happy.

So I apologize to any of those who are rooting for us to date, but I'm sorry, he's basically my brother. You can cheer us on as much as you want, but in the meantime, we'll stick to just being best friends. Because that is what works for us.