The big girlfriends check

This belongs in the basic package

You have situations that you need to experience with girlfriends. That she holds your hair back while you très chic empty your stomach contents. Or that you brutally honestly say that her jeans are just a bit too tight on the butt. And so we have thirteen more points to check off. But now the checklist of whether your girlfriend is really such a good friend.

1. Your girlfriend picks up when you call on Tuesday morning at eleven. Or on Tuesday at eleven in the evening. This is a crazy time for you because you work. This is a crazy time for her because she works. This is the signal ’shit is going down‘, so pick up and rapido.

2. A true friend doesn't make a fuss if you neglect her for three months. You reply too late, you call too little, you reschedule a thousand dates. And yet she loves you, even if she is fading a bit.

3. Your girlfriend has also said something to you that you didn't want to hear. And you knew she was right, but you didn't know it yourself yet. You get it? And then you listen anyway, because you have to listen to your best friend.

4. You are important to her, you will remain important to her, you will never be less important to her. Even if she gets men, babies, dogs, or whatever.

5. Your girlfriend does things without asking. If you are sick, she makes chicken soup. She takes care of your favorite wine. She brings flowers because she knows you forget.

6. A true friend takes you in. If it collapses, you are on the street, or the rent arrears are breathtaking.

7. Walking around naked is totally okay. Fiddling with bras under T-shirts is unnecessary because she has seen them long ago. Peeing with the door open is a must because then you can finish your conversation nicely.

8. Buying mistakes, she has never heard of that. She magically produces that one pendant from By1Oak on your birthday, which you didn't know you needed in your life but actually did.

9. The we-find-the-same-people-stupid code is sacred. Your ex's new girlfriend remains stupid, even if she is quite a nice case. And you have an irrational hatred for her mother-in-law or just nod at the moments she wants.

10. You see what she sees. Ten thousand people pour out on a festival site and she spots exactly that one guy with an impressive sweat ring or that abnormal hair clip in that less successful haircut.

11. She laughs at you when you do something awkward. Softly, of course, but schadenfreude is allowed.

12. Your best friend can already tell from how you text her that it is not at all okay with you as your emoticons claim.

So, do you have one with a complete basic package? Take good care of her, because they are a rare kind.