Best Friends Forever
Concept of BFF
The intent of Best Friends Forever as a concept is the solidification of a partnership between two people who mutually identify the other as the person who will be their most valued friend throughout the rest of their life. In principle, the concept seems sound and affirming, but in practice it has never worked, as the Best Friend Forever commitment tends to be entered into prematurely - by grade school students, typically females.
Usage, in Language
The set of people who consider enter into a Best Friends Forever partnership are colloquially referred to as BFFs. For usage in everyday language, you might referred to one person as "the BFF" of another. "Joanna is Susan's BFF." To refer to the set of Joanna and Susan, you could offer than "Joanna and Susan are BFFs."
BFFs in the Media
Books
Author Carly Warner published a book, Best Friends Forever, in 2000. The book features quotes on friendships from various celebrities and is targeted towards a child's audience to help promote the value of best friend forever-friendships. Celebrities featured in the book include renown liberal Leonardo DiCaprio, former host of The View Lisa Ling, and Australian tennis star Patrick Rafter.
Television
One of the most popular online references to Best Friends Forever is the Wikipedia reference to a South Park episode of the same name. Despite the episode's title, the show did not deal with (or promote) the idea of best friend forever friendships. Rather, the show dealt with the bastardization of the friendship between two of the show's main characters while evoking Satanic imagery and satirizing the Terry Schiavo murder.
The episode was awarded an Emmy by the liberal Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Influence
The concept of best friends forever has been used as a means of promoting valuable commitments amongst young adults, placing healthy, platonic commitments are the forefront of social activities which can often be clouded by pressures which lead to sinful alternatives. BFF commitments, while largely unsuccessful because of the young age at which entrants begin the union, can be seen as an alternative to adolescent dating and premarital sex.