Welcome to the series where I answer open ended questions from a quiz I found on Tumblr. They are a great opportunity for me to share bits and pieces about myself on the blog.
Today's question is:
What makes someone a best friend?
There are a couple of
people who I would say were my “best friend” at different points in my life.
One of them, who was my best friend from about ages 9-13, drifted out of my
life until one day I realized I hadn’t talked to her in almost a year. When she
was my best friend, it was honestly mostly because there was nobody else. She
lived close to me, her dad was friends with my dad, and she was basically the
only other girl my age that I knew. We were very different people, but we did a
lot of stuff together, and had a lot of fun. She pushed me out of my comfort
zone a lot, and as it turned out, that was often a good thing.
The girl who I would
now call my best friend just faded into that role. One day, she introduced me
to someone at school as her best friend, and I thought “Oh, yeah, I guess that’s
right.” Unlike with M, L and I have a ton in common. We’re both huge readers,
we have all the same friends, lots of similar interests, out parents are super
similar, and we’ve had a lot of new experiences together. There have been
periods of time where we don’t talk all that often. We both have other friends,
who we actually spend more time with, and talk to more. But I think we’re still
best friends because when I show up at her house, I feel like part of the family,
and when one of us gets asked out on a date, the other will be the first (and
maybe only) person to know.
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