A best friend can come at any given point in your life. Usually, it doesn’t matter how long you’ve known your best friend for you two to have a connection like no other. However, having a best friend from birth gives your relationship something extra.

I’ll never forget the first semester of my freshman year in college when everyone was getting to know their roommates, and I already knew mine. My roommate was my best friend since birth. Most of the time we didn’t even have to tell people, they would just assume we already knew each other because of how we conversed with one another.

By having a relationship from the time you were a baby, you get to know that person at every single stage in their life. You have play dates with each other, you go to the same elementary school, you remember their first romantic relationship.

You grow together, physically and emotionally. They know your secrets and were probably apart of most of them. You can trust them with your life because, like no one besides your family, they’ve actually lived it with you.

Having literally gone through life with them, they become your family away from family. Someone that fate chose to be by your side for the rest of your life. Because of this coincidence of your friendship, you learn to cherish it.

When you meet other pairs of best friends, it’s odd because they don’t have baby pictures together or have memories that date back to a time you can’t even recall because you were so young. It’s strange to think that one can’t tell you numerous stories of the others playground incidents, awkward middle school braces, and high school drama.

A best friend from birth knows you inside and out. She knows why you hate water because she was at the camp in 4th grade that you almost drowned. She knows you’re super talkative because she was on the bus when someone paid you to be quiet in middle school. She knows that you’re bad at geography because she was in band with you when you said Maine was in France in 10th grade.

Because of all of this, you have a connection that cannot be tethered. A bond that cannot be broken. You’ve known your best friend as long as you’ve known yourself, and because of that they are a part of you.

Best friends come and go, some stick forever. But a best friend from birth is a forever friend. Someone who, even though you’ve grown apart, is still just a call away like no time has passed. The maid/matron of honor at your wedding. The godmother to your kids. The one who will speak at your funeral.

The one who, no matter what, will be by your side as soon as you need them. Your best friend from birth cares about your life and endeavors. Your problems are their problems, your happiness is their happiness, and your memories are their memories.