Having a best friend is easy, but having a best friend who lives far away is not. Even though they're always there whenever you need them, it's tough to have the peanut butter to your jelly not with you. There are special struggles that come along with your best friend being separated from you. Love may know no distance or see state lines, but you sure do.
1. Reunions are basically Christmas.
You can’t sleep the night before. You wake up entirely too early the day of. There’s laughing, crying, happiness, lots of sweets and sometimes even real gifts!
2. You have to send care packages in lieu of showing up with Kleenex, ice cream, soup and a movie.
It’s hard anytime you know your BFF is going through a hard time, it’s even harder when you can’t do anything about it because there are hundreds or thousands of miles between you.
3. Your text messages mostly consist of screenshots and their analyses.
Your BFF is your #1 Gossip-Go-To, and always has top-notch advice on what to reply to who. She’s also your text message analyzer.
4. You pretend to not be jealous when they post photos and statuses about their local friends.
Because you aren’t. You’re not. You’re not jealous at all. No, not a smidge. It’s awesome. You’re happy. They look…..cool.
Oh god. They look cool. Do you think they’re funnier? What if they’re more fun to be around.
*like*
5. You’ve cancelled outings with your local friends to FaceTime your LDBFF.
To spare any feelings, you go with the good ole “I’m not feeling well.” It’s not a lie. You have a combination of homesickness and heartsickness. Plus, FaceTime is the only way you get to "hangout" with your BFF anymore.
6. You have to refrain from asking to be Skyped into every major event in their life because you really want to be there.
It really doesn’t matter what that major life event is – a concert, a party, a presentation -- it's not weird to Skype in on a date. (You HAVE to prove if he’s going to be your BFF’s bae.)
7. Goodbyes are hard.
Like, really hard. Your heart breaks apart and a piece of it is left with your BFF. You’d think it gets easier but you’re pretty sure they’re only getting harder with time.
8. You miss them the very second that they leave, and you already get anxious about the next time you get to see each other.
"In a perfect world, this could never happen.
In a perfect world, you'd still be here.
I used to think that I was strong
Until the day it all went wrong
I think I need a miracle to make it through
yeah
I wish that I could bring you back
I wish that I could turn back time"
9. You get to fall back in love with your town.
There really is something so special about being able to see your town through a strangers’ eyes. You get to play tour guide for your BFF and show them all the cool spots-- and maybe you’re trying to play up how cool your city is because you’re not-so-secretly trying to convince them they should move here, too.
If your BFF left you in your hometown, it’s really nice to relive glory days and play into your nostalgia!
10. You miss them more than anything all the time and it's really hard.
You wish you hadn’t taken living in the same town for granted because it was actually pretty magical and you’d kill to have them in the same place with you all the time. It does however make the time you DO get to spend with them very special, and you try to always make the most of visits.
