Have you and your partner reached the elusive “BFFF” level in your relationship?
#1. You trust him to order your food for you.
Whether it’s at Nando’s, Chipotle, or Pizza Hut, you never need to worry about accidentally eating an olive or those filthy-tasting black beans. He knows exactly what you want, and how you want it.
#2. He can make you laugh like no one else.
You can never hold a straight face whenever he’s in one of his funny moods. Which is 99% of the time.
#3. Gift-giving is super easy.
You know exactly what to give each other. So much so that his other friends and siblings always ask you for advice and inspiration.
#4. You’re not afraid to be yourself around him.
From random dance-a-thons to snorting laugh offs — he loves it all.
#5. He’s the first person you run to for advice.
There’s no one else you trust more when you’re at your most vulnerable. You’re certain he’ll tell you exactly what you need to hear, because he always has your best interests at heart.
#6. You can talk for hours on end without getting bored.
It’s funny how the two of you never run out of things to say, whether it’s his weird neighbor, or the crisis in Malaysia, or the fact that real dinosaurs had feathers.
#7. You can also sit in comfortable silence together.
There’s never a need to fill in every gap in the conversation. You love to spend quiet afternoons doing nothing together, because there’s no one else you could be like that with.
#8. You can talk about things like your period with him and not gross him out.
Your uterus flushing itself out of you every 28 days is something that he has to live with as well. He’s heard you complain about your period pains so much, he’s already taught himself to anticipate your “visitor” and have the proper provisions ready to ease your discomfort.
#9. He’s seen your actual #NoMakeup face, and loves you anyway.
You don’t feel pressured to dress up for him all the time. Even on days when you feel like Medusa, he’ll still say you look beautiful… and mean it.
#10. You bicker and argue all the time like a married couple.
You love him even when you don’t like him. When you fight, you get torn between wanting to murder him and make out with him. But you know that it will only take a minute before you guys are laughing at The Simpsons reruns again.
#11. The more time you spend with each other, the less you fight about major things and more about who’s getting the last Pringle.
“What do you mean there’s no more pizza left???”
#12. You can be honest with each other without any hurt feelings.
You’re way past sugarcoating. If you ask him whether you look fat in that dress, expect to be told the truth.
#13. You’re weirdly competitive.
You have mini races when running on the treadmill in the gym, or hold your own guessing games while watching Jeopardy. Loser buys ice cream.
#14. You have weird rituals and arrangements.
The weekly burrito date is a thing right? All couples have an evening where they stay at home and cuddle by wrapping themselves in a blanket like a giant human burrito. Eating real burritos is optional.
#15. Your texting game trumps everyone else’s texting game.
He always has the right emoticons up his sleeve.
#16. You both dislike the same people.
You can’t help it, hate is very contagious. You don’t even know his weird colleague who steals his lunches but already you want to choke the guy.
#17. You seriously suspect that you can read each other’s minds.
Her look would seem like a simple glance to some, but to you it could mean, “let’s blow this joint,” or, “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse,” or, “look at that guy’s stupid suspenders.” Of course you can tell the difference. It’s all in the eyes.
#18. You have inside jokes that no one else understands.
Sometimes you feel that you both speak in a different language. You could just point to something random like a small cactus and you’d both burst out laughing. Your friends have given up asking for explanations because it happens all the time, and none of would understand anyway.
#19. Sometimes you forget to be nice.
This is especially applicable to petty cash. You probably owe each other hundreds of dollars worth of lunches and gas money already. But who’s counting?
#20. You’re comfortable enough with each other to not have to leave the room when you fart.
It often spirals into a game of who can break wind the loudest.
#21. Sometimes you get too comfortable and forget that you are in public.
Him: “Hey honey can you look at my chest real quick, I think I have a rash.”
Random six-year-old in the grocery store: “Mommy, why is that man showing his nipple to that woman?”
#22. When you receive any kind of news, he’s the first person you want to tell it to.
Sometimes you wait until you get home before opening that email from your boss, or before reading those test results. You want him to be right beside you to celebrate, or cry if need be. He’s your always-available, unfaltering support system.
#23. You’re there for each other, through the good times and the bad.
You sometimes ask yourself how crazy it is to have found another soul as silly as you, someone who just ‘gets’ you, and who ultimately makes your life all the more colorful.
#24. The thought of spending a lifetime with him doesn’t freak you out.
You’re pretty sure that all the weird shit you do now will never get old. As a matter of fact, the prospect of spending your growing years with your best friend excites you. Can you imagine yourself growing gray and wrinkly with anyone else?
