Hey lovelies, take it from me…
1. Don’t go and fall in love with your best and oldest friend. Its the most clichè and overdone one in the book, and I know it sounds romantic but in reality it’s doubly destructive. Unless you are 10,000% sure they love you too, and even then be careful.
2. If you failed to follow the first piece of advice, definitely don’t go telling your best friend that you love them unprompted once you have discovered that you think you are in love with them. Just trust me on this one.
3. If you really really suck at following instructions and, lo and behold, they didn’t reciprocate your feelings (Even though you were so sure they did,) don’t just try to shrug it off like it doesn’t hurt. I reiterate, DON’T tell your friends you are okay with it and push them away. It will make you feel so alone. You’ll end up venting to the people of the internet, drowning your tears in alcohol, and losing sleep for months.
4. If you have gone against 1-3, don’t be afraid to admit to yourself that going back to normal with your best friend afterwards is really hard. If you can go back at all.
5. If you have gotten this far and still aren’t listening, then we are sitting in the same place. Settle in with me in this rock bottom place of bad judgement and broken hearts because we are both hopeless romantics and I don’t know if there is a way out yet.
6. It might take years, but someday someone new is going to show up. Someone you least expect. And you are going to find yourself thinking about that person instead of your ex-best-friend. And you are going to hang up the phone with them at 4am and sob into your pillow at the relief you feel. The relief of finally being released from the grip of the love that was never right.
7. Now when the butterflies this new person gives you make you feel like running that is the exact time to plant your feet and stay. Even if all you can muster is to sit still and listen for a little while. Eventually that fear morphs into an excitement, and that, my dear, is where this list ends, because you have done it. You have fallen in, and out, of love with your best friend, and I wish you the most happiness😊














