If someone would have told me five years ago that my three best friends would be girls, I would have laughed in their face.

I have never been the type to have a lot of girlfriends, but these days it seems like that is all I have.

I tried the whole "best friends forever" thing with girls in high school, but that ended in a traumatic event in which cars were written on and I cried to my mom one morning on my knees begging her to not feed me to those vicious lions.

Ever since then I have been a little apprehensive when it comes to letting girls get too close to me. But when I came to college it seemed like once guys found out I had a boyfriend the idea of a friendship was something they just couldn't comprehend.

Then I met Julie in journalism class. We hit it off. She shared my love for John Mayer, and we told our secrets over countless jars of French onion dip and Ruffles. Julie didn't care I had a boyfriend, and it didn't even bother her that I wasn't at her side every minute of the day. Julie and I have been roommates for the past two years, and without her my life would be a complete mess. A couple of months ago I was crying in my room; Julie knocked on my door, sat on my bed, hugged me and told me I can handle whatever curve ball life throws at me. Julie pushes me to be the best person I can be.

Then there's Rindy. Our friendship didn't quite bloom until last year. Rindy was always the class clown in our journalism classes, and I just knew she and I had nothing in common. The more time we spent together, the more I learned how much alike we actually were. She is one of the most open-hearted people I know. If you don't have money on your Tech Express account she will buy you a Chick-Fil-A sandwich without batting an eye.

"I already told you not to pay me back boo-boo!" she would scream at me. Rindy makes me laugh when I'm on the verge of a breakdown. She truly is the ray of sunshine that brightens my day.

And last, but certainly not least, there is Sharon. To be honest I was afraid of her and her quirkiness and ability to see right through the BS. After two years of warming up to each other, Sharon and I are officially friends. One reason I love Sharon so much is her ability to be completely random. While typing this column she turned to me and said, "Hey, Jordan, how cool would I be if I had an all-black shirt with bright red drippy blood writing that said 'If if bleeds it leads'?"

Sharon, it would be completely cool because only you can pull off a shirt like that.

I work, go to school and play with these girls, and I never seem to get tired of them. We know when someone needs space and give it to them. I know they will always be there for me, and with them I know there will never be any backstabbing.

So, if you are a little hesitant about befriending someone of the female specimen just think about all you are missing out on.

Let me just take a second to tell you exactly what it is your life is lacking. Someone who will actually tell you if your butt looks too big in those size four jeans, really who are you kidding. Someone who will love you no matter if your face is smeared with makeup and you haven't washed your hair in three days, and someone who will stand by you through thick and thin.

Jordan Marshall is junior journalism major from Shreveport and serves as senior news editor for The Tech Talk. E-mail comments to jordan21@gmail.com.