Hi best friend

Watching TV all day can get a little lonely, and really makes me miss my best friends. So I thought I'd comment on imaginary friendships instead that I would like to be a part of.

Now there are many typical types of friendships you see on TV. i've categorized my favorites into a few categories:

Type 1: Best friends who are in love with each other. If they were gay, they'd be dating. This is personally one of my favorite types of friendships--it's the Cory and Shawn friendship on Boy Meets World, and the JD-Turk friendship on Scrubs. They make their girlfriends/wives jealous, and sorry Topanga and Carla, no matter how much you cry--Shawn and JD are still going to come first. And there is really not much you can do about it. Personally, I find this type of friendship the most hilarious--mostly for the spousal jealousy as I just described, but also interestingly enough--i love shows about friends that love each other more than they fight with each other. Thus my obsession with Beverly Hills, 90210. and Friends also. they like, really never fight on that show. And both managed to stay on the air for ten years. That should be a lesson to all you conflict ridden drama shows (new melrose place).

Type 2: The Frenemies. Aka Blair and Serena, Peyton and Brooke. They love each other in the end, but often times they are the other's worst nightmare. Sometimes I like this because it makes the show more interesting, but more often than not it gets old verryyyy fast. And sometimes I get confused because I can't remember if they like each other or not from the week before. That's currently happening with Gossip Girl, so if someone wants to let me know what's going on with them--that be great.

Type 3: Friendships that are funny, but kind of lack emotional connection to each other. What comes to mind in this category include the cast of Seinfeld and it's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Now one could argue it's because the characters that make up these respective shows are rather emotionless--(REALLY emotionless in Always Sunny, I just feel like a very horrible person every time I watch), --but when you see on Grey's Anatomy how Meredith and Christina are soulmates, and that works for the show, it's kind of amazing to see how shows work when you have none of that gushy stuff. These are shows that aren't driven by emotional conflict between the characters, which I think is pretty incredible given the amount of teen soaps (and regular soaps might I add) that I manage to dedicate so much of my TV time to.

While these types of friendships work in tv land, I think they are surprisingly reflective of real life. At one point or another, I've had friendships that fit into these three categories. Where some very hilarious and emotional situations have followed. This brings me to my final point (which I KNOW you were thinking anyways)--I would make a REALLY good reality TV show.