If I ever, and I mean ever, refer to my best friend as the peanut butter to my jelly (ugh, so cliché), feel free to remove me from the face of planet Earth. My best friend and I aren’t some larger-than-life duo that transcends the boundaries of friendship. She is not the cheese to my macaroni or the pumpkin to my spice. Puh-lease! We don’t magically coalesce into one being. We’re more of the toothpaste-and-orange-juice or my-grandparents-and-smart-phones type of BFFLS. We don’t fit the oh-so typical mold. We’re not “one and the same” or “two peas in a pod.” But let me tell you, we wouldn’t want it any other way! The point of my best friend is to know that she just gets it—whatever “it” may be. The point of having my best friend is to be called out when I’m acting like a grade-A lunatic. The point of having my best friend is having my one person: the person that can slap me in the face and shove me back into reality. We may be at the all-time high of dysfunction, but it works. We love us. We’re like salt and pepper or Scott and Kourtney—totally different, but way better together. You see, the key to the best of friendships is a little bit of dysfunction, a pinch of insanity, and sprinkle of TLC. So, with your bestie in mind, let’s take a look at the following five pairs of inseparable lunatics.
1. Christina and Meredith: Settle down now. I know these two are the all-time favorites for every BFF duo out there. After all, they coined the infamous “you’re my person” one-liner. So, while the McHunks of Grey’s are undeniably the best eye candy out there, Meredith and Christina taught us it’s OK to just eat some real candy when you’ve had a bad day. Yang may be stone-cold, and Mer may be an emotional train wreck, but this duo has the best friend dynamic mastered—just like their dance moves.
2. Blair and Serena: S and B on a good day…what could better? Enough said. XoXo.
3. Monica and Rachel: The OG squad right here! With Chandler, Ross and Joey, there’s no way these girls could have made it through their twenties without having each other’s backs. Pretty sure that if Monica wasn’t so OCD, Rachel’s shopping addiction would have spiraled. Who knows, maybe she would have gotten lost in an avalanche of clothes? These girls NEED each other. For all we know, if Monica and Rachel weren’t such a kick-ass team, they might still be dealing with the chick and the duck…
4. Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda: You know how best friends are “supposed” to share clothes? Well, not these four. They may not have a pair of traveling pants to keep their sisterhood together, but these girls have a bond much stronger than any clothing could forge. Different in every regard, the girls of Sex in the City proved to every group of best friends that difference the key to lifelong friendship.
5. Lilly and Miley: Throwback! Remember the days before our good friend Miley shocked us all at the AMAs circa 2013? Even if you don’t, I know her long time BFF Lilly does. These two stuck together through thick and thin and from wig to wig. Shared secrets? Yep. Shared enemies? Most definitely. Shared lives? Absolutely.
Don’t they just make you warm and fuzzy? I guess that’s what best friends are for.