Major News · 9:41am Apr 8th, 2020
You guys I have huge news.
So I was talking to my best friend and I was like “we should be sister wives but without the husband”. It’s not the first time either of us has made that kind of comment. I’ve said that I believe in best friend soulmates because literally nobody is ever gonna know me the way she knows me. I told her that they say marriage is supposed to be a sleepover every night with your best friend and that’s exactly what we’d do if we got hitched. She actually loved this idea. I’m not into sex, but she is, so she could still have good times out there or whatever she wanted. It’s not to say that romance is off the table for either of us, but rather that we’re more committed to bettering each other than anybody else. Personally I’m quite tired of hanging my hopes on romance to make me happy. I don’t have much faith in men anymore, nor does she. It’s us standing together and saying “I’m gonna support you in the hard times and help you be the best you you can be”- as if we didn’t do that already for each other. It’s like this poem I read once-
“There is no faith in a man
Not even in a brother
So girls if you must love
Love one another.”
We’ve decided to tie the knot. Our state is doing marriage license applications online now so we could still apply while in quarantine. We can still have romances or whatever, but at the end of the day we’d come home to each other and do the stuff we love doing as best friends. The fact that we’re ready to put our friendship over any man in this way is, I think, really cool. Sisterhood on a whole new level.
We’re gonna try and do it when we have the money. I’m quite excited about the idea myself. It is perhaps the greatest show of solidarity I can envision. Romances come and go, people change, dreams can fall and be rebuilt, but strong friendships and supporting your fellow woman are forever. Love one another ladies. The world needs it.
Wise words
That's cool!
Awesome congrats, you'll find a way to make this work the best it can.
Congratulations!
Awesome congrats
This is delightful news, Ms. rarity! It has been awhile since you've seemed happy and it is great to hear you in good spirits.
You and your best friend are actually how I feel about my best pal. He's there for me and I'm there for him. He also has helped me grow a lot while not shaming, judging, or holding things beyond my control against me.
Perhaps, like you and your best friend, you felt a different sense of 'love' that is non-traditional but very real? The type of love wherein you feel 'connected' but not a lot of concern over giving space and not forcing anything upon the other?
*Blush* Your friend also described love the way I had for over a decade. It's someone you can see that you'd regularly go to bed together and be happy waking up to each day of your life. I miss this feeling. However, given my ex is now on new relationship #5 in less than two years, I feel she wanted away from me a long time ago. She's also spoken to this point. :(
Overall, I hope this news keeps your spirits high as you progress past this pandemic. Be well and keep sharing what great news you feel like sharing. Sad stuff is fine as, truly, it's therapeutic. However it is nice to see you finally finding some light at the end of the tunnel.