Did you know that today is “Best Friends Day”?
Ahhhhh, best friends. They’ve been with you at your best, and they’ve been with you at your worst. They’ve been there to laugh with you when things got silly, but they also knew how to cheer you up when you were down. And when it comes to childhood best friends, these people know you better than most anyone else because they’ve been there to watch you grow into the person you are today. Best friends come in all shapes and sizes, and part of the beauty of the concept of a “best friend” is that it means something different to everyone.
Here are 20 best friendships that Care.com community members have shared — along with their “Then & Now” images — that illustrate how we know that our best friends are our ride or die buddies:
1.When you and your best friend are off in a corner doing your own thing at a public gathering:
And, 17 years later, you guys continue to be the same level of weird at way more important gatherings…like her wedding (you can’t tell, but we’re having a conversation about cats during this photo shoot):
2. When your best friend turns out to be your flesh and blood:
So that means you get to enjoy double the amount of giggles, double the amount of crazy antics, and double the amount of them “telling you like it is” when you mess up:
3. When you and your best friend are CONSTANTLY on the same level (no matter what anyone else is doing):
To the point where, as grown-up Millennials, you could now have a full conversation in emojis and understand each other perfectly:
4. When you and your best friend used to be mistaken for twins ALL.THE.TIME:
Even today, it still happens. But you don’t mind; who better to have as your “twin” than your best friend? So you decide to play up the “twinning” thing whenever you can…but also allow yourselves to be individuals when you need to be:
5. When you and your best friend get into a heated debate about something monumental (TEAM JACOB OR TEAM EDWARD??):
But you still love each other anyway and agree to come to a compromise instead (TEAM EDCOB!):
6. When you almost destroyed your friendship that one time that you became so envious of your best friend’s Barbie doll’s clothes that you decided, in the heat of the moment, to steal one…and she caught you:
But then she forgave you (she knew how rockin’ her Barbie’s outfits were – who WOULDN’T want to steal her acid-washed jean suit??) and your friendship lived to see another day…22 years and counting:
7. When you and your best friend were so close that you used to do EVERYTHING together:
And that’s still true today. Whether it’s getting married months apart from each other, getting pregnant around the same time, or even delivering your babies within mere weeks of each other, you guys still manage to be in sync with each other.
8. When your best friend was there for all of your most important moments and milestones as a little kid:
And continues to be by your side for all of your “big kid” milestones, too:
9. When you and your best friend wanted to be the Beastie Boys and decided you’d pose like them in every pic you took together:
Then your moms kept getting annoyed at you for ruining the pics so you had to soften your image a bit, as adults:
10. When you and your best friend just GET each other: you love the same music, have the same hobbies:
And, despite all the ups and downs, twists and turns life’s thrown at you, you guys STILL get each other:
Friendship is a beautiful, beautiful thing. What does your friendship look like with your best friend? Do you have any crazy stories from growing up together?
