Elements of friendship: Part Two

In our first post we dished out the serious jazz of being in a friendship. The important nitty gritty of a close friendship. This time, you are in for a treat, you're going to get the secret recipe of BFFs from Gwemily. Which, not to brag or anything but we're in the Best friend hall of fame. Okay, there isn't a best friend hall of fame, but if there was we'd definitely be there.

 1) Starbucks: there needs to be a healthy dose of Starbucks in any relationship. If you see your girl breaking the bank on Starbucks it's your duty to graciously treat her.... Or suggest dunkin instead. Side note: if you don't know the others order, you aren't actually best friends. Keep trying. For example: if there are caramel ribbon crunch frapps availible- YOU GET TWO!

 2) Best Friend Telepathy: If you can't tell what your partner in crime is thinking just from a glance then you haven't reached best friend level. You just know the others wave length, and you're almost always picking up what they're putting down. When I'm driving an Gwyn says, "Are you hungry" I'm halfway to sheetz before I say "yes." It's also your job to translate on behalf of your best friend when she can't formulate her thoughts. 

3) Unending tab Whenever one half is getting food or coffee before seeing the other it is always assumed that the person getting it will pay for it and you don't need to pay them back. The reason is is that it won't be long until the other Gwemily does it in return. We are continually treating each other.

 4) Gwemily style texting Gwemily texting is a whole other story. We text a lot. A LOT. It's a good thing our friendship didn't exist before the world of unlimited texted or our phone bill would be out of luck. Whether we just saw each other or haven't seen each other for weeks, we're texting. Our texts range from being deep&serious- to totally jokes and we know which without having to specify. Warning: Our texts include much use of embarrassing hashtags.... But it's funny. If other people could read our texts we might not have any other friends.

 5) The Gwemily calendar There are some weeks I don't see Emily at all (they are rare, but unfortunately they do happen). Even though I haven't seen her I could probably give you a run down of her whole week, hour by hour. That's just how we are. Even though we live separate lives we are interested and involved in their daily lives. We like when our schedules align because it means we get the maximum Gwemily time (haha). We are both workaholics but somehow we still manage to see each other where it is at 10 pm or at the park on a play date with the kids we are watching that day.

Gwemily's friendship is probably a little weird and you've probably decided you don't want to be our friend, but we've mastered the BFF formula that works for us. Now go treat your BFF to some Starbucks.