As a college student with a mix of home friends, school friends, and work friends, I have been in many, many group chats. Some have been a one-shot type of deal, used only for that one beach trip or for the people going to Six Flags. Some have been going on for months and go off almost daily. A lot of them are annoying and go off at the most inconvenient times. I turned the notifications off for a few, and I've even left a couple (sorry). However, among this endless pit of messages, there lies the crown jewel: the group chat.

This group chat has managed to exceed all of the others for a wide variety of reasons. For one, it's always active, but not in an obnoxious way where you don't want to contribute to the conversation.The people in it are all people I can genuinely tolerate and don't want to punch in the face. There's never drama in it that isn't ours, but you can guarantee if there's drama between one of us and an outsider, someone's getting roasted. The topic of conversation is always relevant and I never feel like I have nothing to say. Basically, this group chat is the Holy Grail.

What I wanted to say to the people in the group chat is thank you. Thanks for making me laugh out loud in public places, making people look at me like I'm weird. Thanks for telling me stories about your messed up, crazy lives so that I feel better about mine. You guys allow me to rant about people none of you even knew existed, yet roast them as if you've known them for years. You know that one saying, "We've probably talked shit about you in our group chat?" Yup, that applies here. Also, no one minds when I go crazy over a boy I kissed at that one party six weeks ago, because you all do the same thing. In fact, this deserves another thanks. Thank you for letting me rant about boys endlessly and analyzing every detail with me. Thank God we're all boy crazy, or someone would get real mad. Our photo gallery is entirely composed of pictures of boys and screenshots. I'm not opposed to that.

Because of the group chat, I had a million and a half Dunkin and McDonald's trips because it was just randomly put in the group at 11 p.m. Those spontaneous adventures are seriously one of my favorite parts. Even now, someone will text, "Anyone wanna hang?" and boom, I'll have plans. As a loser, I sit home approximately five nights a week, so getting it down to four makes me feel like less of a loser. Need to find a place to pregame? Text the group chat. Need to find someone to go to lunch with? Text the group chat. Need someone to go to a party with you? Well, you should get the gist by now.

The point I'm trying to get at here is that we make a great team. You guys are forever friends, and being able to talk to you guys 24/7 is truly the best. Starting this conversation was the best decision anyone has ever made (to be honest I don't remember the origin) because it has brought us to be closer than ever. I love you beautiful crazy people. Don't ever change, because then our group chat will lose its five star ranking that I decided to give it.