"Soulmate" is defined as a person ideally suited to another as a close friend or romantic partner. Everyone is looking for their "special someone". Someone they want to take home to mom on Thanksgiving and spend their rainy days with. But why is it that our soulmates are supposed to be the one we are going to date and get married to? I found my soulmate, and she is my best friend.

No matter what kind of guy I am going to end up with, he will always be second to my best friend. I wouldn't trade days making breakfast for dinner or visiting her at work or going on late night walks for anything, and there is no one I would rather spend those moments with. There isn't anyone who will ever be able to comfort me and behold the trust that I do as my best friend. There isn't anyone whose bed I will want to crawl in after watching a scary movie than hers. There isn't anyone I will spend all day with and then miss them the second she leaves. There isn't single person I want to see succeed and be happy more than my best friend.

Realizing that you've found someone who will always come first and will always be your first choice is an amazing thing. If your #1 is your boyfriend or girlfriend, there is nothing wrong with that. But there is nothing like having a best friend as a soulmate.

Relationships are weird. You are supposed to want to spend every second with them and tell them everything. Sorry, Future BF, but that is my best friend's job. My Future BF won't have to listen to (all of) my long rants and he won't have to take me to dinner every Friday night and if there is a chick flick in theaters that I want to see, he will NOT be sharing the recliner love seat in the theatre. I am blessed that I'll have another person that I want to take out and spend my weekends with. I am grateful that I have someone who I can always depend on. I am grateful that I have someone to take cute pics with to post on #SomeoneSpecialSunday other than my "someone special".

My soulmate will always be my best friend. No one will ever EVER take her place as the person I truly want to spend with having "Friends" marathons or getting coffee with before 9 AM's or going to the spin class every Tuesday night. No one can replace the relationship that I have with my best friend, and I never want anyone to.

To Halle, Love Ally.