Best Friends are hard to come by and some people have a hard time trying to figure out who their real best friends compared to their "fake" ones. I have had my fair shares of realizing that a person was not my true friend and it hurts. A friendship goes two ways, and a big way of making a friendship work is realizing that. So here are 10 ways that you will know that you have a true best friend.
1. You can tell them anything!
You don't have to worry about giving away TMI... they don't care, you can tell them everything and anything and they will be there to listen to you, lecture you and then comfort you!
2. Their family is you're family!
I know that my best friends family is considered to be my second family. You can be yourself even around them! Family dinners feel like you are right at home!
3. They will be there to give you the complete truth even if you don't want to hear it !
You know the difference between a best friend and a friend if they can be brutally honest with you. If they don't like a guy you are talking to they will tell you. If the shirt doesn't fit right don't worry they will be there to tell you to change. They are real with you! Thats what you need.
4. Car rides aren't the same without jamming out to your favorite songs.
Whats a car ride without singing so loud to your favorite songs without your best friend. Listening to old songs! Road trips are the best!
6. Movies nights are a normal thing.
They won't judge when you go in for seconds, finish a whole carton of ice-cream or really just want to watch high school musical and sing along.. You can be yourself completely. Even if they do make fun of you sometimes its only in loving humor.
7. You get excited when they are excited.
When your best friend is excited you can't help but be excited for them! Thats when you know you have a true friend. If they care about something as much as you do.
8. They understand you.
We all have those days where we are just not in the best moods. The difference between friends and best friends is that best friends don't care. They know how you act and can read you before you even tell them whats going on. And they don't care! They understand, and they also know how to help you during one of those days.
9. You both make an effort!
A friendship goes two ways! Thats the biggest thing in any relationship, friendship, etc. They will always go that extra mile to ask how your day is going, make sure you are okay, ask to hangout. It gets old if you have to make all the plans. You have to make sure you each contrite to the friendship.
10. You can't live without them
You know they are your best friend when you realize that you could not imagine your life without them. You may get annoyed with each other, fight, make each other mad but at the end of the day that doesn't matter you will always love them. You could spend days at a time together and as soon as they leave you miss them.
I am so incredibly thankful for my best friends. I could never imagine my life without them. When you grow up you realize that you may lose some friends but you also learn who your real friends are and who is not. Those real friends are your best friends. They will always be there for you. Just remember to thank them now and then because it is always important to let them no how much they mean to you.
