You know that annoying person sitting on the couch eating your food? Or that person that laughs when you fall? Or that really obnoxious person who brings up your most embarrassing memories? Ya, well that person is your best friend. Sad to say they do all this stuff, but they do. That is how you know they are your best friend. Maybe they even call your parents by mom and dad. Or they show up at your house even when you're not there. You walk in to see them with your siblings eating food on your couch. Nothing about all of that phases you. Here are 11 ways you know that someone is your best friend.
1. They beat you home to your own house
You tell them okay meet at my house at 8:30. So you show up at like 8:15 thinking like okay I’m going to have time to change before they come. Maybe make myself some food. But, nope you were wrong once again. They beat you to your own home. Even though you were fifteen minutes earlier than you said. You found them in your room doing their hair… Like what. How’d they even get in? They know your garage code and where your spare key is.
2. They call your parents mom and dad
When you are casually sitting with your friends, and your parents come home, and they shout hey mom and dad. Like… what? They aren’t your mom and dad. No matter how many times I try to express this to my friends they don’t understand. They are my mom and my dad, not yours. Possessive? Yes. It doesn’t work though, because I still have eight friends calling my parents mom and dad. So I now I call them by their first names, because no one else does.
3. You see them at school in your clothes
When you have to do a double take of your friend’s outfit in the hallway at school… “Is that my shirt?” and they are like, “Omg ya! Sorry I forgot to give it back!”. Really? You forgot?! Couldn’t tell since you are currently wearing it. Like obviously, you forgot to give it back. Because, one I am not wearing it and two you are.
4. They treat themselves
Ever wonder if your friend is going to feel awkward taking food? Afraid they are going to starve. Nope, not best friends. They will go in and take the last bite of your favorite dish. You hid something in the fridge for yourself? Doesn't matter: they treat themselves to it. Why? Because, they think they can, because they “know” you really well.
5. They know where stuff is in your house better than you
Literally. They know your house way better than you. If you need a small plate, they know where to find it. Probably, because they have help set the table for family dinners way more than you. Or they just eat all the food in your house anyways so they have to know where the essentials are.
6. They laugh when you get hurt
You think a concerned friend would freak out when you got hurt. Or you, maybe even offer you a hand up. Nope, if they are your best friend they will laugh in your pain. Even if you are sitting there in agony it doesn’t phase them. They will just sit there laughing, like your pain is somehow a comedy.
7. Your family likes them better than you
Lets just say you’ve never been the favorite kid. Nope, not once. Now with your best friend mixed in your even lower on the ladder. You know how they act at home, but your parents don’t. So to your parents they are the “good” child. “Good” is relative term, because as soon as they leave your house they aren’t so “good” anymore.
8. No one else understands why you two are laughing
When you are in a store and just randomly start laughing. Or at a coffee shop. Or the movies. Or basically anywhere. And everyone starts staring at you. Like are they okay? Ya we are fine. Sorry, we have inside jokes. Oh, and sorry we love each other.
9. They don’t let you forget
Ya you know that time, at the party? Or the time at the school dance? Or that awkward phase in middle school? Ya, you know all those lovely embarrassing times? The ones you cringe at every time you think about them? The ones you want to forget (like that terrible haircut when you were 14)? Well lucky for you a best friend is always there to remind you. Never do they let you forget about a fashion faux pax or boy fail.
10. They never leave your house
They actually never leave. You’ll be like, “Okay, I’m going to soccer practice, see you tomorrow?” You will not see them just tomorrow. Nope, you will see them three hours later. You know when you get home from soccer all tired and sweaty. In your mind ugh, shower, food, couch, me time. Well plans change. Because, you enter your house and there you are just as you left them, eating your food on your couch. Then in your mind you think there goes me time.
11. They know ALL your family drama
They know when Cousin Billy pulled out Cousin Michael’s tooth. They also know the time Aunt Suzie was too drunk and hit on Uncle Tommy. They knew everything. Not, because you tell, but because they are always around to witness it. Your relatives even start telling them gossip, because why not? They basically are your family.
