Fundamental rights of best friends

There is a significant difference between being friends and being best friends. You can find countless friends throughout your life, but how many best friends can you find in your life? One? Two? Or maybe three at most. Best friends are a different breed, after all. They know us better than anyone else. Best friends are teasing and annoying, but they stand by our side through thick and thin. 

Not going to lie, my best friend loves to pull my leg all the time, but it's not like I don't do the same. It might sound funny, but this is what it is. Now, coming straight to the point, do you know that being a best friend has its perks? Not that you get to meet your favorite celebrity or have unlimited access to money. More like you got some special fundamental rights that only belong to you. 

Want to know what are the fundamental rights of best friends? To find that out, keep reading. Here's a list of all the rights that best friends have—although this is entirely based on my very own humble opinion:

1. Right to share our secrets: Yes, you heard it right. No matter whether it's a big secret or a small one. After all, how long can you hide secrets in the pits of your stomach? As a matter of fact: you cannot survive for long with a secret. You need to spell it out, peridot. This is a fundamental right of best friends, and it doesn't hurt to use your best friend as a secret holding pouch sometimes.
2. Right to your clothes and closet: As your best friend, your closet is my closet, and the same applies to you. If I like something, then you have no right to decline. I can take whatever I want, and so can you. Even if you end up ruining, for example, my favorite hoodie that I bought in a sale, then I can complain about it to others, and you need to bear with it. As best friends, we share our secrets, so what about some clothes? 
3. Right to pull each other's leg because why not?: We're best friends, which gives both of us the absolute fundamental right to pull each other's leg. Make fun of me as much as you want, play pranks on me, or whatever you like. But if you see others teasing me deliberately, you need to buckle up, get your blood pumping, and attack them with all your might. At the end of the day, that's your right as my best friend. How can you watch someone enjoy teasing your best friend right under your nose?
4. Right to call or text me anytime: As I'm your best friend, you can call or text me at any hour of the day. Got something to tell? Just ping me gossip or an urgent piece of news, and I'll be there for you. The best friend, that's your fundamental right, and with all due respect, you've earned it. And I'll pick up your texts and calls ASAP—although the same doesn't hold if I'm sleeping like a pig after overeating.
5. You can hate something I love, but you have to get used to it: This is a fundamental right of a best friend. No matter—whether I, as your best friend, love a trashy actor or an incredibly boring podcast—it's your right to hate it. You can continuously ramble about how bad my favorite movie is, but you need to stick with me and watch it till the very end. Come and be vocal about your opinion, but you have to suffer nonetheless. After all, it's your responsibility to accompany me, is it not?
6. The right "when you wish to cry, my shoulder is available for you": For instance, say your crush ended up with someone else, or your favorite drama series is coming to an end, and you have that I-wanna-cry-my-eyes-out urge. Come to me and cry all you want on my shoulder. I'll accompany you when the dam on your eyes falls apart, and your face looks like a cute little red tomato because of it. My dearest best friend, that's right. And I swear, even if I have the urge to laugh, I will do that silently. Maybe I should cover my face with a mask so you won't notice?
7. Right to ignore me with a valid reason: We're best friends. We're inseparable. We absolutely cannot survive without chatting at least once a day, but you can ignore me when you have a valid reason to do so. For example, you just got into a relationship and want to spend time with your partner. That's wonderful, and I'm proud that you finally found a person other than me who can stay with you and get the hang of it. I'll survive without your call or text as this makes sense and is filled with reason and logic. But don't you dare forget about my existence because that would hurt.
8. Right to know about all the fantastic things happening in your life: You're my best friend, my partner in crime, and that provides me with the fundamental right to know about all the awesome things going on in your life. Whether you came first in your class or got a job promotion, I must be informed. After your family, I should be the second one to know. You know, when such things happen, you always celebrate them, and I would love to freeload off you once in a while. Of course, you can absolutely do the same. 
9. All matters aside, you can absolutely (not) replace me: First of all, this is not a right. It's more like a rule that you must follow in your life. I'm indispensable, and no matter how ridiculous or foolish, you can absolutely (not) replace me. You know when the best duo is out. 

Best friends are a treasure that should be cherished. As you might have understood, how fun it is to have a best friend, right?