Throughout my life, I've had groups of friends that all roll together. There would be four, five, or six of us that would always be together. But, it sometimes just felt like too many. We had too many to fit comfortably in the car or at a table at a restaurant, and our group text was always going in 20 different directions. I loved them all but it was sometimes too much. Do you want to know the perfect size of a best friend group? Three. Three people are the perfect amount. I love my trio with everything I have and I owe them so much.
If you are ever looking for one of us, odds are we are with one of the trio or we're all three together. We run in a little pack and it's hard to find one of us without the other two. We lean on each other and depend on each other and love each other.
Having the trio makes road trips so much better. You have a driver who is in charge of not killing the trio. Next, the passenger who is in charge of making sure the driver stays awake and happy. Then the third person is in the back seat and is in charge of music and snacks, and gets to sleep all sprawled out in the back seat. Three is the perfect number to have in a car, it's not too packed and it's the perfect balance of personalities to make driving 12 hours to the beach not only bearable but fun.
When you have a trio of best friends, you tend to try and do things that are only meant for two people. Take kayaking, for example. We had a kayak at the beach that was only made for two people but we definitely tried to have all three of us. Did it work? No. Did we flip? Yes. Multiple times? Oh yes, ma'am. It was a rough time for the trio. But hey, we had each other.
You also have three closets to pick from when getting dressed. You have the girly girl with all of the super cute clothes. You have the t-shirt girl who only wears t-shirts and has all the comfy clothes you could want. And you also have the girl with a million pairs of shoes, one for every outfit or season.
When you have a trio like mine, everyone's hometowns are three hours apart in this weird, little, "let's screw with the trio," triangle. So we just make the trek and go to each other's hometowns and it's always so fun. Thank goodness for our parents for dealing with all of us going across the state constantly to see each other. It's only a couple more months, 'rents, then we'll all be together again. But seriously, each other's parents are basically our parents. Terrie, Steve, Toby, Greg, Thel, and Kim put up with a lot dealing with the trio and they are the best for dealing with us.
Weird things always happen to the trio. Like if something could go wrong, it happens to us. Once, two of us ran out of gas and we couldn't get a hold of the other one because apparently SLEEPING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN BREAKING DOWN BUT IT'S FINE.
You have to be a mom to each other constantly. You have one friend who needs honest life advice and the group text turns into the guy with the angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other. One friend is the voice of reason and the other friend is trying to be the bad influence. No, Brooklyne, you do not need a bunny. Don't listen to Ginny, bunnies cannot live in an apartment. Ginny, we are keeping the dog. Sarah Gail, you do not need to spend that much money on a tattoo.
When you're watching a show on Netflix, one of them has already seen it so if you need to cry about someone who just died, you can call one of them. Don't listen to two of them talk about a show because it's literally just going to be spoilers and if you plan on watching that show, then don't listen.
When you have a hilarious trio like mine, your Snapchat stories are absolute gold. You have people that go on on Snapchat and purposely look for the trio's stories. We have Snapchat fans that think that we are as funny as we think that we are. But even if people didn't watch our stories, we think that we are hilarious and we make ourselves laugh, and that's all that matters.
Getting ready to go out takes three hours. You have one friend who does her own makeup and someone else's, and you have to give her an extra five minutes to put her eyebrows on, even if you guys are only hanging out at the apartment. One girl who waits until 30 minutes before y'all leave to throw on a shirt and some Nike shorts. And then you have to fight with one girl for an hour about how she is not allowed to go to sleep, she must be hype.
When you're in a trio of best friends, the group text is always lit. One of the trio sends a screenshot of a girl who you guys don't like and you have two other opinions about her, because she really is just awful. Then someone sends a picture from Twitter and before you can say anything about it, the topic changes and you guys are onto something else.
When you are around just one person as much as we are all together, you'll want to kill each other. But with three different personalities and three different vibes going, we are always cool. We want to fight sometimes, but only after midnight.
When you have a trio, you have three different types of music being brought to the table. Of course, you have "Yeah" by Usher as your theme song, but with the three of you guys, you listen to any and all types of music. You can go from Drake to ACDC, to Blake Shelton, to Deadmau5, to Showtunes, back to Drake and be completely fine.
When you have a trio, you have an in with every group you could want. Each girl is close with a different fraternity and with different teams at school. You have an invite to every party, every bonfire, basically, if there is something going on, you have an invite to it.
Having a trio also brings different skill sets out. You have an artistic creative one. The one who is good at writing papers and can crank out a four-page paper in 45 minutes. And you also have the one who is good at math and science. You can edit each other's papers, help craft for each other's littles, and help each other with your statistics homework.
When you have a sleepover with the trio, which happens at least twice a week, two people are in the bed. And where does the third one sleep you may ask? Well, the trio has perfected the art of blowing up an air mattress. Or, if need be, we can sleep on the couch, or we've had to resort to sleeping on the floor. Whatever the situation calls for, we can handle it.
Having a trio of best friends is honestly the best thing ever. You have three perfectly weird humans who are perfect together and get each other. I love my trio with everything I have and I love doing life with them. At the end of the day, I'm so glad to have my sisterhood of Chi Omega that brought my trio together. These are going to be the girls who are going to be by my side on my wedding day, and these are the girls who are going to be with me when my children are born. I've been very blessed to have found my trio and I can't imagine my life without them. Long live the trio.
