I’m 32, I’ve never really been one to rank my friends but there’s a few I’d consider to be frontrunners

I have a guy I’ve been friends with since pre school, we sometimes forget to talk or hang out for months or occasionally years at a time, but always end up picking up right where we left off.

There’s a handful of friends who I can always hit up to do something and if they’re free they’re always up for an adventure or to lend me a hand with whatever I’m working on.

There’s of course my wife, which feels like a lame cop-out of an answer because of course my wife is my best friend

And there’s my dog, which is even more of a kop-out.

An interesting thing that’s happened this year is that probably about a half dozen people, both people I’d consider to be in the running for best friend, and ones who I wouldn’t necessarily rank that high (not that I don’t like them or think highly of them, just never quite thought of them that way) have told me how much they value my friendship, which I guess means I must be doing something right.