We wouldn\u2019t be where we are without our best friends \u2014 both back in the \u201990s, and to this day, even though times may have changed a little.<\/p>\n
1The Fights We Get Into
\nIn the \u201990s: Your BFF totally promised to take care of your digital pet while you were away on vacation, and then she let it die. You couldn\u2019t look at her the same after that.<\/p>\n
Today: Adults don\u2019t actually fight anymore. Instead, we leave passive-aggressive comments on Facebook and purposely don\u2019t like each other\u2019s Instagram posts.<\/p>\n
2How We Make Up Afterward
\nIn the \u201990s: This was the pre-smartphone era; so getting through a fight with your BFF usually involved passing her a note in class, complete with lots of frown faces, dotting the i\u2019s with hearts so she knew how sad you were without her, and ending it with \u201cLYLAS\u201d \u2014 \u201clove you like a sis,\u201d for anyone who forgot how we used to abbreviate stuff.<\/p>\n
Today: The peace offering frequently involves a $12 Starbucks coffee drink and a smiling selfie of you two together to put the past behind you.<\/p>\n
3Friday Night Entertainment
\nIn the \u201990s: We\u2019d head to the mall and buy fake nose rings from Claire\u2019s, right before sneaking into an R-rated movie. We were so bad.<\/p>\n
Today: Who goes out anymore? Not us. Give us something on Netflix to binge watch and a bottle or 12 of wine, and we\u2019re good to go. Can you say FriYAY?<\/p>\n
4Playing Wingwoman
\nIn the \u201990s: After determining who the love of your life was using the almighty cootie catcher, you\u2019d stage a run-in during science class, while your BFF kept other girls away.<\/p>\n
Today: Every BFF knows the way to help you find lasting love: spending 14 hours trying to find him on Facebook with nothing but his middle name.<\/p>\n
5Squad Goals
\nIn the \u201990s: Basically, life was all about finding three more girls as cool as you so you could pretend to be the Spice Girls.<\/p>\n
Today: Well, the good news is you only need one more person to do the Single Ladies dance, but you\u2019re not much of a people person these days, so your BFF is more than enough.<\/p>\n
6Things We Gossip About
\nIn the \u201990s: It was usually about how you biggest enemy showed up to school wearing the same scrunchie or took your slap bracelet or gave everyone one of her Warhead candies at lunch but you.<\/p>\n
Today: Whatever it is, is probably has something to do with Game of Thrones.<\/p>\n
7Helping Each Other Through Heartbreak
\nIn the \u201990s: Nobody knew how to help you through a breakup like your BFF, who would always show up to class with an extra Cosmic Brownie for you.<\/p>\n
Today: Yoga. Manis\/pedis. $5 wine. And then a girls\u2019 night out at the bar where you get hit on and your BFF has to tell them to get lost.<\/p>\n
8How We Stay In Touch
\nIn the \u201990s: This was back in the day when we went to each other\u2019s homes and rang the doorbell. Sometimes, we\u2019d call their house and their dad would answer, and then it was just awkward.<\/p>\n
Today: We don\u2019t even use words anymore. Only emojis.<\/p>\n
9Things We Get In Trouble For
\nIn the \u201990s: Causing trouble was so much more innocent in the \u201990s \u2014 Ding Dong Ditch and TP-ing the neighbor\u2019s house and putting a whoopie cushion under the music teacher\u2019s chair.<\/p>\n
Today: If your BFF is also your work wife, then you definitely get busted at least once a week for being late to work because you decided on an impromptu Starbucks trip first.<\/p>\n
10Sticking Up For Each Other To The Haters
\nIn the \u201990s: When ish went down on the playground, you\u2019d\u2026 you\u2019d\u2026 run and tell Mom and Dad.<\/p>\n
Today: Things are much less confrontational these days. Ticking off the haters typically requires a fabulous night out and posting dozens of pictures on the Facebook so they know they weren\u2019t invited.<\/p>\n
11How You Show Off Your Unbreakable Bond
\nIn the \u201990s: Homemade BFF friendship bracelets all the way.<\/p>\n
Today: Sometimes, matching tattoos are in order; but if that\u2019s a bit too much, you\u2019ll<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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