College friends are awesome; they’ve seen almost every side of you that no one else really has, from the worst to the very best. But they weren’t there from the very beginning like your friends from home were. It’s hard to consider your college friends your very best friends, when your friends from home set the bar so high.
1. They’ve seen you grow up
Your friends from home have stuck by your side and loved you despite your seventh grade awkward stage. In fact, you guys experienced it together. Through the side ponytails, mirror pictures, and braces, you guys ended up still remaining friends, and that is a tough friendship to break.
2. They know your family
College friends don’t know your family the way home friends do. Your friends from home got to experience car pools with your mom from field hockey practice, family vacations, or even just casual hangouts on a Saturday night in your basement. Your home friends practically call your mom their mom, and they can just walk in the house and grab a drink from the fridge like they’re apart of the family.
3. They were there for all your memories
When you get to college you have to retell all your favorite stories and memories to your new friends. And when they don’t understand why it was so funny, you just have to reply with a “you had to be there.” The great thing about your home friends is that they know exactly what you’re talking about because they were there for it all, and they are always willing to reminisce with you on those hilarious moments that no one else really finds funny.
4. Seeing them becomes a special occasion
After being apart for several months and not sharing the same breaks, seeing each other becomes rare. But that doesn’t mean you grow apart, it just makes you guys closer because you cherish the moments you get to spend together.
5. You speak in inside jokes
You don’t even need to say anything for them to know what you’re thinking. People just don’t understand when you guys are together, and why you laugh at things that aren’t funny. You’re obnoxious and annoying and cause a scene at almost every place you go, but that’s because you have so much to catch up on in so little time.
6. They just get it
Making new friends isn’t easy, especially when you’re a weirdo. You have to act normal for the first few months to feel out the potential new friends so you don’t scare them off. And you have your friends from home to thank for that. You guys share the same weirdness and probably rubbed it off on each other.
7. Distance doesn’t measure closeness
You constantly stay in touch with one another through texting, calling, snapchat, and of course, the infamous group chat. You’re always updated on their lives even when you’re 500 miles apart. No matter where your lives will take you, or where you will end up, you’ll know deep down, you’ll always have each other.