Girl Talk: Best Friends

Most of us have at least one person in our lives that we would consider a best friend, and this is a great thing as we need someone who we can share secrets with and someone who is like another sibling to us.

In this post, I'm going to give you 10 ways that you can tell if your best friend is actually your best friend.

1) Things in common

I'm not saying that you need to be literally separated at birth, but you can't enjoy the company of someone around you if you have absolutely nothing to talk about. If you find yourself running out of something to say to your best friend, bring up a mutual friend and gossip. We all love a good gossip!

2) Embarrassing Moments

Personally, I really hate being embarrassed and even more, I hate reliving my more embarrassing moments. However, if you're my best friend, then you will completely know all of my most embarrassing moments and you will be able to laugh about them with me, no matter how much it hurts to relive them.

3) You can disagree

You know you have a true friend on your hands if they can disagree with you. Having someone that constantly agrees with everything you say can become a bit tedious, you need someone that you can have a bit of a debate with. And if you're best friend does always agree with you, just make sure that it's their own views, rather than them lying to keep you happy.

4) They know your facial expressions

You know you have a best friend if one look from you can have them bursting with laughter. If your friend can completely tell your mood from one facial expression, it shows that they pay attention to you and that your feelings matter to them, so never take this for granted. If you friend asks you if you're 'ok', don't lie, they can see right through it.

5) You can cry in front of them

 

Friends have to be able to handle all of your emotions. If you're able to completely burst into tears and pour your heart out to someone, then it's very likely that this person is your best friend. We can't just cry in front of anyone, and only our best friends will support us in our lowest moments.

 

6) Have other friends

 

This is a really important thing that I want to get across, having a best friend doesn't mean having no other friends. If your best friend is not happy when you hang out with other people, are you sure that they're really your best friend? The trick to a special friendship is having many friends, but knowing who you're one true best friend is.

7) Tell deepest secrets

 

I think this point goes without saying, but you should be able to tell your best friend all of your deepest darkest secrets, they should be able to tell you things about yourself that even you don't know! This is because, telling your secrets leads them to think that you fully trust them, which you should, if they're your best friend.

8) Ignore flaws

When I wrote a post on 'The Perfect Man' I said that to find him, you have to acknowledge his flaws and accept them. It's different with your best friend. With your bestie, you have to literally look at your friend and see no flaws. If anyone tells you that your bestie has flaws, you deny and ignore them until you're blue in the face. That's your duty as a best friend.

9) Unconditional support

 

I don't think this point needs that much of an explanation, but you need to give your best friend unconditional support, and you should expect that unconditional support back. Whatever you do, you know that this person is your best friend if they'd support you no matter what you do.

10) You can be totally yourself

 

Again self explanatory, but you can't call someone your best friend if you are constantly on your guard around them. If you can be 100% relaxed with someone, then you can count them as a best friend in anyone's eyes.

 

The main point of this post is to show you how amazing your best friend is and to go and hug them and tell them how much you love them. Not everyone has a best friend and you're so lucky to have someone as awesome as them in your life.

And if you do all of these things, then you're an amazing person and best friend too, don't sell yourself short, your friends know how lucky they are to have you.

 

Thank you for reading.

 

Comment below who your best friend is and why you love them!