The constant sound of phone vibrations coming from the inside of my pocket—this can only mean one thing. We all understand the struggle of being in a group conversation with friends. There have probably been countless times where you have had to put the conversation on mute simply because of the outrageous income of messages that you received. But as annoying and as petty as these notifications may be, the reality is that this group chat means more to you than you might think.

Being a member of multiple group chats, I cannot say much more other than thank you.

Thank you for keeping the conversation going.

Nothing is worse than a quick and dying conversation. Thank you for never putting this conversation to an end, and thank you for always coming up with something new to talk about. As annoying as one of us may get, thank you for always dealing with the irritating and troublesome arguments that may occur sometimes. Also, thank you for saving my ass whenever I'm in an awkward situation where I would rather find an easy way to cop out of the conversation.

Thank you for appreciating my bad puns.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that most of the puns I tell are played out and probably not even a little bit funny. Thank you for laughing at them anyway. It only motivates me to tell even cornier puns. And also, thank you for telling your own corny jokes, just so that I don't have to feel as bad about the terrible ones I make. We're all in this together.

Thank you for helping me out when I needed it.

As funny and as stupid as some of our conversations may be, thank you for being serious when I needed you guys to be. Thank you for listening to my numerous rants about certain people and certain situations. Also, thanks for the great advice that you've provided me. And not only that, but a huge thank you for always finding a way to cheer me up if I'm pissed off about something. Squad up, am I right?

Thanks for basically being night-owls like me.

Sleep is important. But apparently none of us really care about that, right? Thank you for being able to have conversations with me no matter what time of day it is, whether it is at five in the evening or five in the morning. Having people to talk to when I'm looking to have some late night philosophical and deep conversations can be rough, but having this group chat has definitely made that burden much easier to carry.

And finally, thank you for being you.

Thank you for coming into my life and being the person that you are. Without meeting you and having you to talk to each and every day, I'm more than certain that my life would not nearly be as fun or interesting.

Thank you, friends. And I look forward to talking to you guys soon.