Maybe you got lucky with the roommate lottery, or maybe you suffered through some truly awkward roomies first, but you’ve finally reached the holy grail of living situations: your roommate is your best friend. You can never thank your best friend enough. They’ve seen you through good times and bad, and they always forgive you for leaving your dirty cereal bowls on the floor. Here are a few things that happen when your roommate also happens to be your very best friend:
- All clothes are communal. No matter how fancy.
- Same goes for make-up. And food, books, and perfume. Basically, everything is communal except for boyfriends.
- She’s your back up date. She’s your security blanket when you’re headed into unknown social territory, and she will even change out of her sweatpants just to go out with you, because she loves you more than sweatpants.
- Pizza at two in the morning is a cornerstone of your relationship.
- Being sexiled is so much better when you know that your best friend is getting laid. You’ll sacrifice your good night’s sleep for her, but she’d better tell you everything in the morning.
- Your texts are unintelligible to anyone else. But you know exactly what she means by IT’S HAPPENING AGAIN lol jk no but reALLY.
- Your other friends treat you as a unit. If she’s invited, you’re invited, no question.
- Your family might suspect that the two of you are dating, but obviously your relationship is so much closer than that.
- You two have worked out an elegant system of texts, hand gestures and meaningful glances to communicate across the bar. Usually what you’re trying to say is either, “Dude, I need the room tonight,??? or “Oh god, get over here and rescue me from this clown who can’t take a hint.???
- She knows when to call you on your shit, when to let you cry it out, and when to bring you chocolate.
- You are always there to give each other romantic advice, which usually devolves into Facebook stalking. The two of you are Facebook stalking geniuses.
- Wine in your pjs on a weeknight? Of course. How else are you supposed to vent and dissect text messages together?
- You’re watching at least one tv show together. And if she watches the next episode of Broad City without you there is going to be a problem.
- You are each other’s fashion consultants, and you are bound by best-friend-roomie law to be gentle but honest. You will tell her that she cannot go out in that heinous tulip skirt—but you’ll do it nicely.
- Obviously you are going to fall asleep talking to each other, possibly in the same bed. Anything else would be weird.
- You take turns being the mom. She’ll make you tea when your throat is killing, and you’ll run out for cranberry juice when she gets a UTI.
- Your room décor is so boss, no other roomie pair could ever top it. You coordinated everything, obviously. You do kinda wish she’s take down that skull on her wall, but friendship is about compromises.
- You totally support each other’s relationships, 110%, until that asshole cheats on her. Then he’s a scumbag, and you always knew he was a secret douchelord and you will fight him if necessary.
- You know everything about each other. You’ve seen pictures of her bowl cut from 7th grade. She knows about your Neopets phase, and she only teases you about it sometimes.
- You can’t be embarrassed in front of her. She’s seen you dance to Taylor Swift with no pants on. She’s seen you at your best and your worst and you love her for it.