BFF

So I was having lunch (alone) today at D'Lish and playing on one of the TV screens was "Paris Hilton's New BFF". Although I can't hear the dialogue, but it was obvious what was happening - she was eliminating this group of people, one at a time, until the last one remaining will be her new BFF.

Then I had a discussion/argument with a friend after lunch and it got me thinking - how many BFF(s) do we have in our lifetime? Do we even know when someone is considered a BFF or does it take something catastrophic to make us have that realisation? I don't know. This friend only reminded me how difficult it is sometimes to keep a friendship going strong, what more a BFF or a relationship.

If someone, say, has a lot of friends - does he or she have to choose a BFF among them through a process of elimination? (Since by definition, there can only be one BFF, otherwise the friend won't be called Best Friends Forever). And if yes, how do you gauge your friends - from what they say? what they do? how they think? or like PH, how they ampu you?

And when you thing you found your BFF, to what extent do you tell one another things - putting the other person on the top of your speed-dial is one thing, but telling one another the time and date you cut your toenails or every seedy details of your personal/sex life? hmm...

Perhaps, it's safer to stick to the adage "we should just stay friends for now" :)