My best friend is a girl. We don't share some things that best friends of the same gender share, such as playing football together and discussing our menstrual cycles (I assume women do this), but we get along extremely well and overall enjoy the other's company. I find that having a best friend of the other gender adds perspective and is really an interesting venture.
I have also found that in our current society it is rare when a person can identify someone as their sole "best" friend. Now people, in my findings mostly females, have an entire group of best friends from which they cannot choose a single one as the best.
This leads to my two questions regarding best friends: First, is it better to have a best friend of the same gender, or is the perspective of differing genders prove more beneficial? Second, is there a such thing as having multiple, equal best friends, or can there only truly be one? I realize that the answer to these questions is highly subjective, but I'm asking for your guys' individual opinions.
I have also found that in our current society it is rare when a person can identify someone as their sole "best" friend. Now people, in my findings mostly females, have an entire group of best friends from which they cannot choose a single one as the best.
This leads to my two questions regarding best friends: First, is it better to have a best friend of the same gender, or is the perspective of differing genders prove more beneficial? Second, is there a such thing as having multiple, equal best friends, or can there only truly be one? I realize that the answer to these questions is highly subjective, but I'm asking for your guys' individual opinions.