Is it normal for two male best friends to be this close?
Me and my Best Friend are both 21 years old and have been friends for 10 years, we are unbelievably close to the point that I’m unsure if its even possible for other straight males to be this close (hence the reason I’m posting this). I am interested to know if my relationship with my best friend is common and if other people experience such closeness with their friend.
We met and became friends back at school, all of the way through school, college, and even outside people comment on how unseperable we are together because we share such a close connection with one another. We have been speculated as a gay couple numerous times and often get asked if we are gay by girls when we are on a night out, however this does not bother either of us because we both feel comfortable enough with each other (and if anything we feel it helps us chat girls up haha).
We speak to each other every single day without fail and I feel lonely when he is not around sometimes, he is the first person I think of before I make any other plans. When we are just hanging out, having a few drinks, watching TV or whatever we are constantly physically in contact with each other, eg. Resting our legs on each other’s knee’s, putting one arm round each other, touching each other’s thigh, slapping arses , tickling one another and just sitting close so that we have constant physical contact with our legs. I must stress that we both consider ourselves as straight and we always talk about girls we fancy, etc. (we have had a 4-sum with 2 girls).
It feels as if there is absolutely nothing I would feel uncomfortable talking about or even doing with my best friend as we have done everything, we have seen each others penis’s, held hands and more importantly been through A LOT emotionally together.
I value my friendship with this person a lot and don’t actually care if anybody posts answers saying we are gay as we both feel secure enough with each other. However I am interested to know Do any other people share a connection like this with their best friend?
Thank you if you took your time to read this, even if one person can relate to me it will help