Gay Best Friend

I know why every girl wants a gay best friend, whether or not she'll admit it to herself.

No, it's not to have a shopping companion or wingman. Nor is it to gossip about guys. But both are fringe benefits.

Girls like to be friends with guys. That's a fact. Guys are easier to be friends with, and are a relaxing trip away from Girlworld, which very much sucks. However, guys are also wired differently than girls. Ask any straight guy that's friends with a girl if he would hook up with her, given the chance, 99 times out of 100 he'd say yes. And girls are completely clueless to this fact, because we don't think like that! Unreciprocated feelings are a dangerous territory.  And because guys are so easily able to develop romantic feelings, there's a lot of nastiness that can result between "just friends" with guys.

However, gay guys aren't like that. They'll be your rock, your boy best friend, your comfort. But they also won't up and start liking you all of a sudden, making everything increasingly more and more awkward between the two of you.

There's incredible solace in that fact. Nothing gets interpreted the wrong way, there's no danger of overstepping boundaries or leading on.

It's simple.