It seems like most people I know have a best friend. That's great and I'm happy for them, but I personally don't, and there's nothing wrong with that! I simply just don't want to choose a "best" amongst all of my friends because they're all amazing people in their own ways. I could never even try to pick a favorite!

I have friends from work, from school, from "real life", from online, etc. There are people that I'm friends with primarily because of shared interests, and there are people that I'm friends with simply because of how well we get along. There's no way I could even begin to draw comparisons between all of my friends, let alone choose a favorite!

I don't technically have a proper friend group, either, and that's okay, too. I'm perfectly content with all of the people in my life, and I don't think that a thing that I've said so far in this article is a thing that needs to be pitied. In fact, I think that all of this makes me the exact opposite of lonely.

I have a wide and diverse bunch of friends from all walks of life. I wouldn't trade that for the world! I'd personally rather have a larger group than one singular best friend (although, of course, there is nothing wrong with having just one bestie)!

So, next time I bring up the fact that I don't have a best friend, I do NOT want to be told "I'm sorry" or "That sucks!" I'm happy with all of my platonic relationships, and I don't think I would want to have it in any other way, to be quite honest.