No Boundaries
What's something you do with your best friend that everyone else would raise a brow at? Eat each other's food (yes, saliva and all)? Cuddle in the same bed? Share extremely TMI stories with? Yep, there's a certain level of comfort you can only reach when you've been BFFs with someone for years. You've seen each other at your absolute worst, after all! Things that would seem completely inappropriate or embarrassing with anyone else (well, other than your romantic partner) are somehow perfectly normal between the two of you—these 20 things included.
1. Use the Bathroom While They're in the Room
Most people prefer absolute privacy when using the bathroom, but that rule doesn't apply to your best friend. They want to touch up their makeup while you do a number one? That's totally fine. Heck, you might continue an entire conversation while one of you stays on the toilet!
2. Change Clothes in Front of Each Other
You probably wouldn't even get undressed when your siblings are in the room, but with your best friend, it's all normal. You need them to give you outfit advice, after all! Other people might find it off, but neither of you thinks twice about changing in the same room.
3. Share Extremely Personal Health Details
Yep, truly nothing seems too embarrassing to discuss with your best friend, even your uncomfortable health problems. No matter if you have a weird symptom or a squiggly hair sprouting from your neck, you'll give your BFF an unnecessarily detailed account of your latest woes. They may even know more than your doctor...
4. Sleep in the Same Bed
Other than your partner, who else do you share your bed with? Yep, it's none other than your best friend. After all, your deep convos sometimes just go way too late into the night, so you'll wake up with one of you practically hogging the entire mattress or all the blankets.
5. Eat Food Off Each Other's Plates
Sharing food with anyone else might seem gross (think of all that saliva...), but with your best friend? If you want their fries and they want your burger, you're switching plates without thinking twice. They know all your deep, dark secrets, what's a little spit?
6. Share Drinks from the Same Straw
It's not just food you're sharing! You swap drinks with your BFF, too. In fact, you both regularly order different beverages just so you can each have a taste of either flavor, so you never just have to settle for one. And nope—no need for separate straws.
7. Tell Each Other Your Most Embarrassing Secrets
Since you already know each other's health secrets, of course you also know all the other embarrassing ones, too. Yep, even the tales you'd rather take to your grave. They've heard about your most humiliating romantic encounters, all your questionable decisions, and even the stuff your younger self did that you still cringe about now.
8. Sniff Each Other to Check for Body Odor
Strange (and gross) as it is to admit, sometimes the best person to ask whether you smell or not is your best friend. After all, you know they'll be honest without being too mean about it, and that's exactly what you need. Instead of worrying about whether your deodorant wore out, you might simply nudge your BFF and raise your arm.
9. Share a Shower or Bathtub
Well, you've practically seen each other naked countless times already, given that you often change outfits in the same room, so what's getting in the shower? Of course, this really only ever happens if there's no other choice and there's only one stall! Perhaps you're getting ready after swimming, sharing a hotel bathroom, or trying to save time before going out.
10. Know Each Other's Phone Passwords
Your phone sure contains some private info, embarrassing selfies notwithstanding, but no one else but your best friend is privy to all of it. You might not even give your partner full access to your personal device, while your BFF knows your passcode by heart!
11. Help Each Other Remove Unwanted Hair
Weird squiggly hair on your back? White hairs sprouting out from your roots? Some grooming tasks are just easier when you've got your best friend helping. Who else will be honest enough to point out the areas you missed while shaving?
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12. Send Each Other the Most Unflattering Pictures
That unflattering side profile pic you took before you got ready in the morning? The one you took while on the toilet? Yep, your BFF has sure seen it all. Most would probably carefully select photos before sharing them, but your best friend gets sent the ones that honestly shouldn't see the light of day.
13. Talk About Your Private Romantic Experiences
If you weren't willing to share your embarrassing dating stories or your awkward first time, others know they can pry those tales from your best friend. Heck, other than your exes, it's your BFF who knows more about your romantic history than anyone else!
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14. Wipe Each Other's Mouth
Your best friend has something on their mouth or chin? You're wiping it away before they've even grabbed a tissue. It's no big deal—you've even helped them blow their nose when they were crying on your shoulder, so a little spit is nothing.
15. Cry Uncontrollably in Front of Each Other
Speaking of crying, you've seen your best friend at their absolute best and worst. They, too, have seen you sob so hard that you could barely speak, complete with a runny nose and swollen eyes and all! Whenever you need a good cry session, you know who to turn to.
16. Give Each Other Brutally Honest Appearance Checks
Before an important date or event, you know exactly who to ask to give you a brutally honest opinion about your fit: your best friend. Anyone else might tell you white lies, but it's your BFF who knows when to hype you up, and when to say, "Oh my god, what are you wearing?"
17. Have Extremely Personal Conversations in Public
Ever realized halfway through a convo at a restaurant that everyone at the next table can probably hear you? Somehow, sitting with your best friend makes it easy to forget that other people are within earshot. No matter if it's your relationship problems or embarrassing medical appointments, everything just gets blurted out when you're with them!
18. Touch Each Other Without Thinking Twice
Sure, you hold hands with your partner, but you also link arms with your best friend and lend your shoulder when they need a good cry. These gestures are all meant to signal just how comfortable and close you are, even if they might be interpreted differently by outsiders.
19. Share Things You'd Normally Never Lend Anyone
You have personal belongings you wouldn't dream of sharing with anyone else, yet your best friend gets access to all of them. Pajamas? Sure. Shoes? Of course. Some friends even swap personal grooming products or makeup and skincare kits!
20. Know How Each Other Looks at Your Worst
Your best friend has seen you sick, hungover, and heartbroken. They've witnessed the messy hair and bad moods. But they've also seen you happy and in love, and you've seen them in both lights, too. After everything you've experienced together, there's a special kind of comfort in knowing you'll never need to hide your true self around each other.
