If you're lucky enough to have one, you're lucky enough. Guy best friends are probably the most honest, caring and personal pals you'll ever have. They'll stick with you through thick, thin and all the thinking that goes on in between. Maybe you should date or maybe you shouldn't, but no matter what anyone says, he's always going to be there.

He'll listen to you gossip on and on and on and complain about losing your favorite sweatshirt. If he rocks like mine does, he'll agree with you every time you explain an argument between you and your gal pals for the next two hours of his life -- even though he's got much better things to do.

He trusts you, too. He'll let you fix his hair, pick out his clothes and drive his car because he knows you'll do what's right. (Not to say it isn't fun to see his face when you do drive his car because that's "his baby.")

You always have somewhere to stay. He'll give up his bed in his dorm before he lets you sleep on the floor anywhere else. He wants you to be safe and comfortable, all the time, and he'll make damn sure everyone knows it.

He's the ultimate wing-man. When you see that really cute boy, he's the first one to go over there and talk you up like it has been his job for the last 30 years.

He's always up for an adventure; in fact, he encourages them. You make plans to go to Seattle, Wash., or Washing, D.C. when you're both broke and jobless. So in the meantime, he'll go with you to test drive fancy cars or run to CVS for Goldfish at 3 in the morning.

He forces you to be productive and active. You better believe that he'll take your phone right out of your hands and lock it away for give hours while you finish that midterm paper that's due at midnight (just as he knows you'll do the same to him). He'll also probably force you to get up when you've been lying around in bed for the last 15 hours.

He's always honest. He'll tell you when you're being dangerous, stupid or sassy. He'll keep you in check like you will him.

He'll listen to the same story for the 13th time in the last two months as you're still trying to come to grips with losing a friend. He'll still tell you that while it hurts now, it will eventually be OK and get easier, just maybe not tomorrow.

Your guy best friend is probably the only friend you'd ever need, if we're being completely truthful. He covers all the bases on the diamond, and hey, in 20 years if you're both not married, who knows what could happen?