Definitely promising.īut every time I build up the nerve to actually say some variation of "I need a best friend. After two years of dispensing fashion advice, she knows just the type of sweater I like.
She works at the shop around the corner, my pop-in store when I need a wardrobe fix. Now I've got my eye on another sales clerk. I've returned to her store five times, and she's never again been behind the register. I was too shy at first, but now I'm in my I'll-find-a-best-friend-or-die-trying phase. My husband tried to convince me to ask for her number, just to see if she wanted to have lunch sometime. I met her six months ago, and she was the perfect mix of friendly and sarcastic (we shared great banter about the tragedy of Chicago weather making it hard for girls to dress up as candy-stripers and Superwoman on Halloween). My first foray into the girl-dating market starts with the woman behind the counter at a boutique downtown. : Why sitcoms can teach us something about friendship But if it were simple, I'd be out drinking coffee with my very own Monica and Phoebe instead of watching them in reruns from my couch. In the few months I've been on the prowl, I've learned it means doing exactly what I would do to find a husband or a job. So how do I do that? What does it mean to not dive but rather cannonball into a sea of best friend prospects? So now that I've moved 800 miles away from my be-there-whenever-I-need-them friends - which makes it a lot harder for them to physically be here whenever I need them - I'm in the market for a new addition to the list. I don't have to pick only one for as long as we both shall live. to bring you a clean T-shirt when your father is dying and you've spent 48 hours in the same tank top you were wearing when you learned you had to fly home from vacation to say goodbye.īut one of the best things about best friends is that they aren't romantic partners.
They spend $160 on a dress they may not even like (but, of course, say they love) so they can perfectly match the flowers as you walk down the aisle.
#THE BEST FRIENDS EVER PROFESSIONAL#
They send you flowers for your professional successes.
#THE BEST FRIENDS EVER UPGRADE#
BFFs aren't like cell phones, traded in for an upgrade every two years.īest Friends Forever are, well, forever. Not that I'm replacing my old ones, mind you. ( ) - I'm on the hunt for a new best friend.
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