Friendships always start out so respectful and sweet. When you first become friends with someone, you start off being so nice to each other and cautious of each other's feelings. Before you know it, you're teasing each other about everything and your conversations go from lying through your teeth " No, you don't look fat in that dress," to being blatantly honest, "Take that off, you can't be seen in public looking like that."
When a friend becomes a best friend, boundaries get dropped real quick.
Stage 1: The nice phase
This phase involves constantly complimenting and being as nice as possible. You're aware of their feelings and are careful of what you say and how you act around them. This is your honeymoon phase - it won't last too long.
Stage 2: I just saw her, is too clingy to ask her to hang out two days in a row phase
This phase involves testing how weird you can with one another and being self-conscious about how many double texts you can send them before they get annoyed and you start looking desperate. This stage usually involves contemplating whether or not you’re bothering them with all your texts, “omg am I being too much or too weird?
Stage 3: The I can finally be myself phase
This phase involves finally not having to pretend that you're somewhat normal. You can text your friend 58 times in a row and feel no shame.
Stage 4: The answer me you before I come hit you phase
The secret is out. You’re both certified weirdo-freaks and getting all whiny and clingy and continuing to blow up their phone when they don't respond to your text is totally acceptable, if not expected.
Stage 5: Lezbehonest phase
This phase involves the awkward moment when you and your best friend act more like a couple than you and bae do. You go on more dates with your best friend, and find yourself having more fun with them than your significant other. You start experiencing separation anxiety from your BFF.
Stage 6: The blatantly honest phase
Long gone are the days where you'd tell each other what you'd want to hear. This phase usually involves your friend telling you things that you probably don’t want to hear but 100 percent of the time need to hear: You: “I miss him."
Them: “F@$% that asshole, you're so much better without him."
Stage 7: The literally no secrets phase
Other Friend: “Don’t tell anyone what I just told you.”
You: “No no of course not! Never. It's safe with me!” *screenshots entire convo* *sends screenshots to BFF*
Stage 8: The fight like a couple phase
You argue about the stupidest things, but you can't really stay mad at each other for more than an hour because you've got gossip to tell and they're the only one that will understand and listen.
Stage 9: The talk in inside jokes phase
If someone read your messages they would think you're both legit crazy and psychotic and probably should be put away in jail. You actually have your own lingo/codenames/codewords/code phrases that no one else understands but you.
Stage 10: Private detective phase
You will spy, investigate, lurk, and follow that one girl on Instagram for each other and you will find out everything, often in shocking and impressive timing.
Stage 11: Being gross phase
In this phase, literally no conversation and no comment is off limits. You can stuff your face in front of them, burp, fart, etc.
Stage 12: Sister phase
You're practically siblings now. You have no idea what you'd do without them, and they're always the first you can turn to for a laugh, a cry, or to eat ice cream with. They're your other half at this point and you've already decided that you're soulmates and will BFFS til the day you're whipping in a wheelchair.
