The only problem with best friends would be loosing them. This hasn't happened personally to me, but I have imagined the scenario many times in my mind and it frightens me. When you have friends that are more than just friends, but people who you can trust, and who trust you and who you really care about, you form a sort of emotional attachment.

The emotional attachment is love. Not the kind of love in the movies. Not lustful love, but a love that is composed of deep respect. The bond that is formed is extremely strong. The problem is the danger attached with this.

What if this were more one-sided? The feelings were not mutual, yet you think they are. Then, suddenly, one of them is no longer your friend. You didn't want this to happen, but as it turns out the friend never really liked you that much anyways and invited you just out of kindness.

The danger lies in the breaking of the bond. In atomic fission, when the atom is split a huge amount of energy is given off, it is explosive. I could imagine the same sort of thing happening in this friend case. Of course you wouldn't physically explode, but you might explode mentally and/or emotionally.

In my case I could imagine depression and a feeling of betrayal. The feeling of course is unwarranted because it would have been me who would have not noticed that the friendship was one-sided.

I fear this scenario all the time, and I hope with all my might that this scenario will never happen between me and my three best friends.