My boyfriend is going to kill me when he reads this, but my long distance relationship with my best friend is harder than my long distance relationship with him #sorryNOTsorry. Here’s the seven stages you go through when you enter a long distance relationship with your BFF:

1. Feeling abandoned

I’ll admit it, after we leave each other I always feel a little lost and hopeless and scared that she’s going to find a new best friend, but then I remember that nobody else in the world could put up with either of us and we have far too many secrets, so looks like she’s stuck with me *mwahaha*

2. Texting WAY more than ever before

To be honest, I can't remember the last day that I didn’t text her. We’ve gotten so used to talking 24/7 that even when we are back in the same city we still text all the time. I have to consciously think about how she has a life outside of talking to me to stop myself from texting her all the time.

3. You drunkenly confess your love for her

When she’s not by my side, I have to make sure she knows how much I love her and I always fell the need to tell her how I’m out for the night and wish she was with me so we can go dance to Meghan Trainer’s ‘NO’ because nobody else in the world wants to listen to that song let alone dance to it with me except her.

4. Your relationship strengthens

Being away from my bestie made our relationship stronger than it ever was. We appreciate our time together and put in the extra effort to stay close because neither of us wants to lose the other one.

5. When you visit each other things get a little out of hand

When you’re finally reunited, there is just too much excitement to keep things casual for the night. Whether her and I go out or stay in, every time one of us visits the other we know it’s going to get crazy.

6. FaceTime conversations turn into hours of secret-telling

Time flies when your best friend is telling you about her latest conquest... isn’t that how the saying goes? I’ve disappeared to my room for half a day to talk to my bestie about every last detail in my life, because she, of course, need to know!

7. Even though you don’t see each other every day, nothing changes how close you are

When I finally do see her again, we pick up right where we left off even if it’s been months since we’ve been face-to-face.