How does your relationship with your best friend work?

[Raziel_Likes_Souls]

We became friends after I just moved to town, mooched some food, and played DMC 3 with him. After that, he became the one who nagged like a housewife. But backs me up, and I back him up. He's there to listen, and to tell me that he still will never believe Bridget is a guy. We get each other out of shit. We go days without talking, and neither of us ever get pissed about it. We argue over whether his or my anime series is better. That's how it works.

 

[ModsDeleteThisAccountPlease]

My best friend and I treat each other like siblings so we're pretty close. Close enough that half the school thinks we're dating despite our protests.

 

[Brutal Peanut]

My best friend is my husband. Sounds disgustingly cheesy but it's true. We have a lot of the same interests and we can just sit around, talk (about very personal, or silly stuff), debate without getting angry, play video games, trade and battle Pokemon, watch movies/anime, have a few beers, binge on junk-food during any one of the already mentioned activities, and do separate stuff with other friends or acquaintances without the other batting an eye or getting naggy over it.

It's pretty sweet.

 

[William Dickbringer]

well my female best friend is a geek which we talk about video games anime and make reference to memes also she gives me relationship advice and we consider one another brother and sister

My male best friend is another geek and we get together and play games and talk about video games movies and make reference to memes you know standard geek stuff

 

[Jonluw]

My best friend is my best friend because we're in the same class and boht like some of the same things.

That's it really. I only met him two years ago.

 

[Tonythion]

Met him when I was in 8th grade, he was 11th I think. My friends brought him over to my house so we could meet.

I almost died he saved my life <-- instant friendship machine

key points to our friendship? We don't talk about serious things most of the time.
We hang out and we just spout nonsense the whole time. We are for some reason in sync with each other. We poke jokes at each other and never take them seriously. He has my back I have his. and if we do have serious conversations we don't really give advice to each other but just listen. He taught me a lot about growing up responsibly while also having fun. I guess I taught him life isn't always shits and giggles.

Oh wow, I just realized we are like those crappy movies about a white person who's life is almost perfect meeting a guy living in the ghetto...maybe that's why it works.

 

[Vonnis]

We went through a misanthropic phase in high school together, which I think is what got us so close. We don't agree on everything but we generally have the same perspective, which is vastly different from that of most people. The fact we're into the same kind of music, movies and games (which again differed greatly from what just about everyone else in high school enjoyed) probably helped a lot. We can also discuss pretty much everything; in fact I can't think of a single topic we haven't discussed in detail, whether it's socio-economics, girls, the workings of any dimension beyond the third, or what have you.

 

[ICantBelieveItGoesBoom]

I have 2 best friends, 1 male, 1 female.

The male one I think we became friends through being the only real gamers in our year that were interested in more than just Call of Duty, we're kinda like Type 2 Vitriolic Best Buds but we have had a few actual falling outs as well.

My female best friend's the one I can more open up to with, it's kind of amazing that we can still be friends without it being awkward since at different times we've both "liked" each other and once went out for a while which ended pretty quickly and uneventfully.

 

[Condor219]

I know my best friend better than any other, and he knows me better than any other. We don't feel like we have to put up any masks whatsoever when we're around each other, and basically anything that either of us does/says will be met with at least understanding/tolerance from the other. We can call each other foul things without malice, and we know anything one recommends is something the other will get ample enjoyment from. It's cliche, but he feels more like a brother than a friend. That's how I distinguish him.

 

[Wolf-AUS]

I know, I know, it's really bad =) but we do chat a fair bit and when we get together, it's like old times. But this has inspired me to make a bit more of an effort to organise meet-ups more often =)

Haha, yeah. Best get your shit in order. Half hour is nothing mate, you could see your friend a minimum twice a week with that, realistically you could do every day if you were super keen. I don't get to see any of my old friends for 2 or 3 months, psh, what'd I'd give for half an hour =P

 

[mikev7.0]

Heh. There's an old standing joke about which of us got so bored that they forgot and went and pressed that stupid "extra challenge" button.

Seriously Randy is sometimes the only person in the world, other than my cognitive therapist who I don't hang with too much, who will defend me as sane, and I return the favor. We've been pals since grade school and together pretty much since then. We don't always have the same interests or tastes but that doesn't seem to matter since we have always backed each other up and to be frank, he's one of my favorite opponents. In a world where it often seems the asylum has been turned over to the inmates he's a point of wisdom and sanity that I have always found reassuring and inspiring. We play the game together, we fight the contradiction together, and we always, always laugh at the joke together. Sometimes I think maybe that was the whole point.

 

[Cazza]

We have been friends from late primary school (when I moved here) and we have been friends from then on. We didn't go to the same high school and even went over a year without talking/hanging out in the later years of high school. Then we got free time again and started hanging out like it had only been a week.

 

[newfoundsky]

Well, she was my best friend, then my girlfriend, then the most despised person in the world, then my best friend again.

Me and my family love her, she loves us all, she is described as a "family friend" as well as my best friend. She goes to everything I need a hand with, and I do the same for her. I keep guys with only their dick in mind from her and she keeps chicks with only my wallet in mind away from me. We protect each other, lean on each other, support each other.

Hell, she even told me one of her friends was no good for me, and I've done the same for her, on numerous occasions. Together we have so much fun it should probably be against the law.

But she is truly my friend because after I shunned her and pushed her away she fought back into my life and helped me through very dark times. I'm her best friend because no matter what I will defend her and make sure she is safe.

 

[LandoCristo]

I've not lived in one place long enough to get a "best friend". But the friends that I used to have (the ones that are all going to seperate colleges starting next fall) fall under the "Every good group has X" format. We've got the smart one (me), the fat one, the muscle, the pretty one, and the wild card all covered, but we all tend to enjoy the same things (we all played WoW at one point) so we stick together pretty well.

 

[hawkeye52]

Essentially its a sort of affair where we both live in a boarding house where no one else apart from us plays games a lot. We both like the same games in terms of strategy and RPG (so skyrim and Heroes 6 later this year) example LoL. Also we can insult each other for teh lulz and not give a shit.

 

[Super Toast]

I have two best friends (one of whom goes to this very website). We hang out rather frequently, talk about every game under the sun and constantly debate (read: argue) about the whole PC vs consoles debacle. Oh yeah, we also troll each other on Steam.

Good times.

 

[SarahSyna]

We chat about everything possible, agree on most things, have good debates on the rest and she lets me grope her. ^^

 

[Hisshiss]

We had a very similiar sense of humor, and a mutual taste for online gaming and co-op, frankly, we just rolled with that for like 5 years, had a good deal of close conversations, hung out from time to time, but it was a bro-ish broship if ever a broship had bro'd.

He moved to california last week to go live with his internet girlfriend and her rich parents, so I find myself with an open best friend slot for the first time in many years.

 

[Charli]

I live in England, she lives in America, when we see each other again we carry on like no time has passed. She's the extrovert, I'm the introvert, she drags me to do random things, I get her to calm down and play a video game. We're good compliments and we just...are. I think trying to explain our relationship would be just odd, we just get along. It's kinda nutty.

And we've never had a big blowout over anything... been about lemme see.. almost 9 years now. Yup.

 

[Auron225]

We have a very similar sense of humour and jokes can bounce back and forth between us until we're crying-laughing. We like most of the same games (are usually in debate over music though!). We help each other out when we need it (we also become each others voice of reason if the other one is about to do something stupid). We have on occasion said the exact same thing as the same time;

Eg. Sitting it study, everyone was quiet and working aside from 2 people who started whispering in the corner (which doesnt bother anyone). Then the supervisor YELLED from the front "COME ON! IT WAS QUIET IN HERE A MOMENT AGO!". I was sitting beside him, and we both whispered "It was until you started talking!!"

EDIT: Oh, and we can talk about anything. Literally, anything at all. We have had fallings out before but we always patch it up. Not a serious one in years. And we do have some different interests (such as his great love for Horror films). But regardless, we can talk about them to each other even I'm not interested in it or he's not interested in what Im talking about. And we quote a looooot of stuff we find funny ^^