According to Facebook, I have 1,962 friends. I think I know a solid one hundred of those people, enjoy keeping tabs on about fifty of them and have maybe talked to 10 ever...and that's pushing it.
So if we're talking real friends, I could count on two hands who those people are. They're not the people I hang out with only in a group setting or the people who only text me in a panic when they need something.
They are the people who represent everything consistent, and possibly the only functional part, in my life. Plain and simple, they're just always there. And that loyalty is sometimes the rarest form in this world.
To my best friend since diapers, I don't know how I got so lucky to have you all these years. You set the bar so high for other friendships that tbh, people should feel intimidated.
You know how people are always in awe of a parents 25th or grandparents 53rd anniversary? Well they should be in awe of our friendaversary (#20yearsstrong), which may not be a technical date because who really knows what exact day we hit it off as besties, but it's safe to say the rest is history.
Honestly, the world's a scary place. It feels like everyone is always breaking up. I'm not talking dating, I'm talking friendships. Middle school is a freaking circus show of drama and cliques. Then high school you attempt to overcome your socially awkward stage and find your people. But what if those friendships don't last through college?
And don't even get me started on college communication. Between panic attacks over schoolwork, panic attacks about what to wear to go out, or just panic attacks for anything and everything in general, it's such a struggle to stay in touch with friends from home, no matter how much you want to.
I'm so grateful that every big moment in my life, you were a part of. You practically know the details better than I do. You've always been the constant comfort I can turn to when it feels like all other friendships are shifting in different directions.
Some people have to go their whole life wondering who will stick around, who will be their forever friend...but I knew a long time that I found mine. Now that's friendship goals.
