I fight with my mother more than anyone I know. We fight about everything and anything, for no reason at all. I used to hate it so much. Constantly fighting with my mom made me furious. I truly thought she was crazy, and I thought I was always right. When I started to get a little older and the fighting continued, I realized the reasons we were fighting. I began to come to the conclusion that my mother and I were just too similar. We fought because we were the same person. We come up with stupid things to fight about, and we fight “just because”. The day I realized that the only reason me and my mom fight is because we are so similar, is the day I realized that she was my best friend. My mom and I are sensitive, we are crazy, we love to cook, we love to lay out in the sun, we love Panera bread salads, we love shopping for makeup, we love getting our nails done, and more than anything we love each other! She is my best friend and I’m so lucky to be able to have a mother who I can trust with anything, makes dinner for me when I’m starving, lets me sneak items into the shopping cart and pretend she doesn’t notice, buy lottery cards with and laugh at the fact we didn’t win, again and have my back no matter what. My mother is the only person who knows me better than I know myself! The fact that we are so similar, makes it very easy to get into fights, but at the end of the day, those fights bring us closer and she gives me a hug and kisses my forehead.
Because we are so similar, we find things to fight about. I often yell and five seconds later I don’t even know why I’m mad at her. I often notice all of the little things I do that I get from her. I see her in me every time I do something. People always say that turning into your mother is a bad sign, But I cannot be more happy that I’m turning into such a wonderful woman! At the end of the day, I will definitely disagree with my mom. I know she is argumentative, loud and gets frustrated easily because that is exactly how I am too.
Having my mom as my best friend is an irreplaceable relationship. The relationship I have with my best friends is completely different than the best friend relationship I have with my mom. My mom is someone I can gossip with and trust with stuff I may not want to talk to my friends about. She is there when I’m having a rough day, when I’m exhausted from work or when I just want a cooking buddy. The mother-daughter best friend relationship that I have with my mother is one that I’ll hold in my heart forever. My mom is me, and I am my mom and I’m so lucky that I get to have her by my side.
