I've been in a lot of relationships, a lot more than I care to mention. Some of them have been bad, most have been awful. It's the fact that I'm not even 20 and I've experienced more abuse than the average woman, that gets me. Some say it's unfair, and to that I say yes. Yes. It's unfair that I've been smacked around by intimate partners and yes it's unfair I missed a lot of opportunities in high school becuase of perceived violence. Besides the obvious fact that 70% of adults have experienced a traumatic event in their lives, there is something else that gives me peace in my life: knowing I have someone behind me no matter what.

Ok, so I'll admit you've only been in my life for a year. And? Quantity is no measure of quality when it comes to friends. The thing is, we've been through a lot in the past year. I've been through a bunch of relationships and stupid mistakes I thought might turn into a relationship. You've been through a lot as well, the first year of college was a lot for both of us. Through breakups of all kinds, you stood by me and the dumb decisions I made. You called me out on most of them and I thank you for that.

You have made me a better person and I like to think that I've made you a better person as well. Seriously, I've done a lot of stupid stuff that have made most people give up on me. In a year, I've lost a lot of friends and I haven't made as much as I could have; but that's okay becuase I have you. The key to life is finding someone that sticks through the sucky version of you in order to be with the amazing version of you. They see the amazing you through the sucky you and that's the type of person that you are with me. You see me at my worst but you always see the best in me, and I couldn't ask for a better person in my life.

While many, like myself, use the term "best friend" rather loosely; I couldn't come up with a better term for you. You really are my best friend, and I could not ask for a better human to call mine. Even if you're not my forever human, we're each other's right now human. I'm going to forever look back and be thankful for you seeing the best in me when I only show you the worst.