To my person who I never thought I’d call my person but I’m so glad I get to call my person,
We’re like a living, breathing friendship success story. We’re that pair who spent middle school hating each other because it seemed like the cool thing to do at the time, but by sophomore year of high school ended up realizing that hating each other is the opposite of what we should be doing. We became a dynamic duo.
Middle school was rough. There’s no point in talking about why we didn’t get along because, honestly, there was no real reason, other than the fact that your friends didn’t particularly like me. I didn’t really like me, either. But thankfully, middle school ended, and we both grew up.
We both know that becoming this close was originally an accident. Our entire friend group had plans to go to the mall after school one Friday and everyone bailed last minute, but neither of us were about to miss this desperate shopping trip. After all, we did get stuck in math class together so we might as well learn to get along. I’m not going to lie, it was awkward at first and I’m sure you felt the same. But we had a lot of fun that day and we laughed a lot and we joked about our math class so we decided to hang out a second time. That turned into a third, and a fourth, and I’m pretty sure we’ve had 500 dance parties in the CHS parking lot by now—if that’s even possible after being friends for just 5 short years.
We’re sophomores in college now and you’re my other half. Although we’re 1,000 miles away (cue “Hey There Delilah”) we never fail to make time to talk to each other. You’re the first person I think to go to when something good happens in my life because I know you’ll always support me, and also when something bad happens in my life because I know you can always make me feel better.
There’s not a doubt in my mind that we’re going to be friends forever because if high school couldn’t tear us apart and distance can’t tear us apart, our friendship is unbreakable. I love you with every fiber of my being and I know I wouldn’t be the person I am today had you not entered my life. You got me through every toxic friendship I had in high school and you continue to get me through every boy problem I have now (and there are way…too…many). I’ll never forget the night you surprised me at my house with my favorite sweets after my first real heartbreak. You put the pieces of my heart back together. Or maybe that was the bunch-a-crunch and popcorn…
Thank you for being the best friend I could ever ask for and thank you for never giving up on me. I will always be there for you and I will always support everything you do. You’re my person.
“As people grow up, they realize it’s less important to have more friends and more important to have real ones.” – Lauren Conrad