To The Best Friend Who’s Never Left My Side
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Originally published on readunwritten.com (with permission)
At some points in our life we lose the people we would have sworn would stay with us forever. Sometimes those are the relationships we are hurt by more than a relationship we could have ever had with a boy. Luckily for me, you’ve never been one of those people. Instead, you’ve been there to comfort me through those hardships.
Actually, there’s not a hardship I’ve ever had where you haven’t been immediately by my side to comfort me in any way. You’ve always been the first person to drop everything and rush to be with me, even when I say you don’t have to. You know what I need, and despite my stubborn nature, you’re even more stubborn, and I just give into you.
For the past 10 years, boys have constantly been in our lives in one way or another. And while we have met almost all of them, we have learned every detail about whoever it is we are seeing. If you don’t like them, neither do I. Even when you get absorbed into a new world of being selflessly devoted to a man, I know my position will never change. As I’ve told your exes when I met them, “I’m the best friend, I matter.”
To be honest, I don’t even consider you a friend, you’re family. My family adores you like an additional child too. Plus, you already know where everything in my home is anyway, so you’re basically in. You always, always have a special place to come for a break if you need it. And lucky enough for you, it’s only a minute drive down the street.
You have a heart as big as the sun. It shines bright and burns effortlessly for the ones you care about. Your gestures never go unnoticed by me and will never be reciprocated in the same way by me, because you’re so damn hard to beat. Your generosity, love, and attention never go undivided. You’re as loyal as they come and that trait will thankfully never change.
Your hardships are my hardships. And there will never be a time where you call me for help that I won’t be there at that very second with snacks and a shoulder to cry on. I know life has a way of flipping us upside down and making us feel almost recognizable in the mirror, but you, my friend, won’t have to experience it as much. Because I’ll be there to get you back to who you are. We naturally have a way of bringing out the best in each other and I’m glad we have that superpower.
As we get older we both recognize how difficult it is to see each other every single day like we used to, but I will never turn away an opportunity to see you whenever I can. You’re the only person in this world I feel completely myself around. You will never judge my vulnerability, embarrassing moments, or my choice. You just get me for who I am and accept it.
You relax me, comfort me in a weird way, yet at the same time bring out my most funky and energetic side. There is literally no shame between us. Nothing goes unsaid or unseen. And if your car could talk, boy, it would tell on us. Mainly about how badly we sing along to Shania Twain at the top of our lungs.
I am extremely confident that you’ll be there for my biggest moments. You’ll be one of the first people I tell I got engaged to, the one to help throw me a bachelorette party of a lifetime (and help hold my hair back), will be standing by me in a fancy dress on my wedding day, holding my positive pregnancy test and waiting outside my hospital room while I give birth, and the one throwing herself on my casket at my funeral (because I don’t want to live a day in this world without you in it).
My life would be so different without you. You’ve introduced me to the world of friendships in a way like no other. There is no one I want more to stick around in my life more than you. They say life is about who’s going to be hanging on your back porch on a Sunday afternoon BBQ, and I’m so damn glad you’re going to be one of those people.
About the author
Trending News Member| Journalist | College Graduate| Fill in TV Co-Host | Work 3 Jobs | Promoting positivity | It's a good thing she's loud and like to be heard. Brittany went to Seneca College for broadcast journalism, where she mastered the art of television and radio announcing. Aside from balancing a busy schedule she loves to volunteer, attend every boyband concert imaginable, and of course, write.
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