The Token Funny Quirky Single Friend

See who's in the background? Yep that's Rhoda. The quirky, single, funny best friend.


And who's Doogie's right-hand man? VINNIE!

Why am I naming off these famous TV sidekicks? Because I've come to the conclusion that I'm the token kooky, funny, single best friend. I've always been the funny 3rd wheel, usually cracking jokes while I go through men like tissues, occasionally self-deprecating, and always the girl with all the bad luck.

Mini Story: While a Home Depot associate was helping me find spider killer, he asked me if I had a boyfriend to kill them for me. No...I don't.... "Well I always kill them for my wife". Well I have cats, and they're scared of the spiders as well. "You need to find yourself a boyfriend to kill them for you." OUCH.

That's when I came to the realization that I'm the quirky BFF. My friends have always had boyfriends, or at least seem to "invite this new guy" at the last minute when we go out, so I end up being the funny single friend trying to make myself look less single. And always ending up in the hospital is such a drag on having fun. Apparently diseases are a real mood killer!


Honestly, I'm not embarrassed of being quirky and single, it's just the stigma that comes along with being quirky and single. Is it so terrible that I'm SINGLE AND FABULOUS? Didn't Sex In The City just teach us that being single IS fabulous?

But don't feel too sorry for me, I've definitely had my fair share of sidekicks, although my sidekicks still dragged THEIR sidekicks along for the ride (random fuck of the week, bf/gf, stalker, the new desperate friend, etc.).

I also consider myself to be a Eddie Haskell to your Wallie Cleaver (I can be a sneaky girl-crazy asshole), and a Dan Fielding to your Night Court (It's not easy being sleazy), Jeff Green to your Larry David (I have really bad luck), and of course Joan on Mad Men (so many reasons I can't even begin to list).