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21 Truths About Having A Long Distance Best Friend

When you know you've found your person, you never let go!

Emily Marcus

Oct 25, 2016

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21 Truths About Having A Long Distance Best Friend

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Whether you grew up together, went your separate ways for college, or are summer camp besties, missing your person can be extremely challenging. Having that one individual who knows you better than you know yourself live hundreds if not thousands of miles away can be the most painful thing to experience, but you know what they say... Absence makes the heart grow fonder!

1. Weekly FaceTime dates keep you sane.

2. If you go an hour without texting, something is seriously off.

3. You're always planning future vacations and weekend trips to see each other.

4. The time you spend together is all the more valuable because you understand what it feels like to miss each other.

5. You have someone on the outside to talk to who will offer completely genuine and honest advice because she doesn't know the people involved.

6. Nonetheless, you know her friends extremely well, and she knows your friends even better simply by the amount of detail you provide each other with.

7. Whether its 12:00pm or 3:00am, she's always a phone call away no matter what.

8. Drunk texting each other is the next best thing to actually being at the same party.

9. You become closer than ever because if your friendship can survive distance, it can survive anything.

10. She's the first person you want to call at the end of the day so you can catch her up on everything.

11. There are no secrets and nothing about you she doesn't know, and she loves you anyway.

12. You brainstorm every text to your crush with her before sending it, and if it doesn't have her approval, mission averted.

13. She is the first person you talk to in the morning and the last person you say goodnight to.

14. Having no service is the biggest struggle when you always strive to be in constant communication with each other.

15. You have serious FOMO when she posts Instagram pictures that you're not in.

16. But when she posts a sappy throwback with you, you're suddenly hit with all the feels.

17. It's hard for other people to understand how you're so close.

18. So close as in you send each other dressing room mirror selfies and edit each other's pictures on the daily.

19. When she's having a bad day, you stop everything and go into full crisis mode because you can't be there in person.

20. You can basically hear her laugh when she texts "Haha"

21. At the end of the day, you know without a shadow of a doubt that you'll always be reunited, and someday, you're going to be each other's bridesmaids. Your each other's lifeline!

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21 Truths About Having A Long Distance Best Friend

When you know you've found your person, you never let go!

1. Weekly FaceTime dates keep you sane.

3. You're always planning future vacations and weekend trips to see each other.

4. The time you spend together is all the more valuable because you understand what it feels like to miss each other.

5. You have someone on the outside to talk to who will offer completely genuine and honest advice because she doesn't know the people involved.

6. Nonetheless, you know her friends extremely well, and she knows your friends even better simply by the amount of detail you provide each other with.

7. Whether its 12:00pm or 3:00am, she's always a phone call away no matter what.

8. Drunk texting each other is the next best thing to actually being at the same party.

9. You become closer than ever because if your friendship can survive distance, it can survive anything.

10. She's the first person you want to call at the end of the day so you can catch her up on everything.

11. There are no secrets and nothing about you she doesn't know, and she loves you anyway.

12. You brainstorm every text to your crush with her before sending it, and if it doesn't have her approval, mission averted.

13. She is the first person you talk to in the morning and the last person you say goodnight to.

14. Having no service is the biggest struggle when you always strive to be in constant communication with each other.

15. You have serious FOMO when she posts Instagram pictures that you're not in.

16. But when she posts a sappy throwback with you, you're suddenly hit with all the feels.

17. It's hard for other people to understand how you're so close.

18. So close as in you send each other dressing room mirror selfies and edit each other's pictures on the daily.

19. When she's having a bad day, you stop everything and go into full crisis mode because you can't be there in person.

20. You can basically hear her laugh when she texts "Haha"

21. At the end of the day, you know without a shadow of a doubt that you'll always be reunited, and someday, you're going to be each other's bridesmaids. Your each other's lifeline!

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"I don't want to do things. I want to not do things."

1. When you look at the syllabus and realize there are only three weeks of the semester left; even though the first day was LITERALLY yesterday.

2. You look at your grades and realize they probably aren't as high as they should be, which is a terrifying realization.

3. When you think to yourself at night, "tomorrow, I will wake up early and go to the library ALL day, and, hell, maybe after I'll go to the gym for a little bit, just to push myself that extra mile."

4. Tomorrow actually comes. The inevitable and overpowering sense of procrastination is too strong to overcome.

5. But you DO end up going to the library. Not all day though, but still, a while. But no, you do not go to the gym. Still, you made an effort, so you decide to treat yo' self.

6. When you realize you need to schedule a meeting with your adviser because you need to sign up for classes next semester. But you also realize that since you waited until the last minute, you're going to get stuck with all of the crappy classes.

7. When you low-key try to slip into conversation with your professors that you need extra credit because you're that desperate.

8. When it's already the third time you've seen your adviser in two days because you have no damn clue what you're doing and need all the help you can get.

9. When you apply for a job associated with your major even though you have no experience, but you just want to dive headfirst into the deep end of adulthood and get it over with.

The world is not always sunshine and rainbows, and you do not have to be, either.

It would be so much easier to just pay someone to do it for you

1. Figuring out when to start

2. Searching through list after list to get everything you need

3. Shopping for deals

4. Getting bins to put everything in

5. Figuring what you can’t live without

6. Going through clothes to find what you need

7. Finding out your siblings took something from you

8. Fighting with your parents.

9. Trying to plan things with your roommate

10. The fear of forgetting something

11. Move in day

Relatable moments from one of the best shows I have ever watched.

1. When you fail that midterm you studied so hard for.

2. When your crush finally texts back.

3. When payday comes around.

4. When you accidentally like someone's picture from 108 weeks ago.

5. When someone takes your unassigned assigned seat.

6. When your favorite character in your favorite TV series dies.

7. When that guy/girl you’ve been crushing on agrees to go on a date with you.

8. When you have so much to do, and such little motivation to do it.

9. When someone asks for your last fry.

10. When you try a new health-food craze.

11. When you get new clothing.

12. When you check your bank account.

13. When they're serving good food in the dining hall.

14. When someone tries to tell you what to do.

15. Or just your thoughts about life in general.

We all have that "I don't care" attitude.

1. Most students just take life day by day.

2. That means procrastinating, one day at a time.

3. College students don't mind dressing like crap sometimes.

4. In fact, dressing nice feels weird.

5. College students get so stressed that they contemplate dropping on a daily basis.

6. But most find another solution to deal with that stress.

7. And that solution can be pretty cheap. Anything over $5 is expensive.

8. One of the only things college students will spend money on is coffee.

9. College is just really expensive and you never forget how expensive it is.

10. But hey, we're getting a somewhat high-quality education, right?

11. We all really just want to pet dogs all day.

12. And eat pizza for every meal.

13. And stab the next person who asks us what we want to do with our life.

14. However, despite the stress and student loans, college is amazing and there's plenty of reasons to smile.

Thank you, April, for inspiring us with your wicked relatability.

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