[ SECRET POST #3539 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3539 ⌋

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Re: Relationship/friendship question

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For question one:
My SO is my best friend in the sense that they're the person I'm closest to in the world, but other people have the "best friend" distinction because--well, to quote Ann Perkins, "Never send a husband to do a best friend's job." They fulfill different functions (similar ones! but different). I'm not sure I could explain it, and again, my SO is my favorite person and on ALMOST everything, they're the person I want to talk to the most. But sometimes I need someone who's just--you know, my best friend. Not somebody who I'm gonna marry, just someone who understands me in my most walking shitpost state. In a very distinctly "best friend" way.

For two:
I'm quite good friends with my cousin, and when I was younger I would say she was one of my best friends (I still love her just as much, but we don't see as much of one another). I think whether or not I can call her a "best friend" is marred by the fact that she's five years younger than me, and so this year, for example, is the first ever where we're both adults (and even so, 18 and 23 are different places in life). So I have a lot of protectiveness with her (for other reasons as well). I bet that happens with lots of families, but not all; my SO's best friend is their sister.

I guess the thesis of this comment is that a best friend is someone with whom you are on really equal footing? Like, you share exact expectations for one another, but you're best friends, so it's not "you'll behave X way," it's "you'll be you." (As opposed to family or SOs, where you often need to be more responsive and responsible--which isn't a bad thing! I don't mind the expectation that I'll be attentive to my SO's needs etc., but with my best friend I can just text "I'm a fucking trash lizard" and she'll understand we can just groan at one another.) Hmm.