Pros and Cons

You know, it’s funny, when you've been friends with one person for as long as you can remember you start to know what they’re going to say or do before they even do it. You know that when she’s stuck in an airport for three hours that she is going to text you about the good looking boy sitting next to her in the Mugg n’ Bean, you know that she’s going to text you whenever anything happens that even slightly reminds her of you, you know that sushi and chocolate will always be the thing you talk about most (and take the most photos of) and you know exactly what advice she’s going to give you when you’re in a mix up about a boy.

So this morning, without even having to ask, I knew that it was the kind of morning that was going to require a pros and cons list. You see, this is my besty’s number one piece of advice for every situation and believe it or not, about 90% of the time it is the perfect solution.

The problem is once you get to the end of making your list, how do you decide which half wins? You could do it numerically (one thing on the list equals one point) but this is difficult as some points seem to be more prudent or relevant than others. So what about a weighted system? The thing is it actually doesn’t matter. If you find yourself adding up the results in fifty different ways just to get the result you want then chances are you already know what you really want and you've probably just been lying to yourself.

Well, I have been lying to myself anyway.

So you text your besty and tell her the result and, just when you think you know her so well that you think you’ll be able to predict her next bit of advice, she’ll blind side you with some really deep insight that is not only perfect for the situation at hand but also makes you realize just how bloody pathetic your life would be without her in it.