With the semester coming close to it’s end, I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes me laugh the hardest. This may seem incredibly obvious, but I’ve found that I laugh the hardest with my closest friends. Their is a difference between just being comfortable and relaxed and being ready to fall into hysterics. Their is something about being with the people I’m most comfortable with that not only relaxes me, but puts me into ultimate play mode.
On Friday night I went to Ol’ South Pancake House with my roommate, Cami, and our friend from across the hall, Kendall. The three of us quickly became best friends at the beginning of the year and now hang out all the time. I became bubbly and found myself laughing at everything, even just small things. Their was really no reason for me to suddenly become all giggly, other than the fact that I was with them. We sat in the restaurant and picked our food, and while we waited we made faces at each other across the booth. I suddenly remembered Kendall was having trouble with her car battery earlier, and that she needed to have it jumped. Being the good friend that I am, I asked her if she had gotten her car fixed. I was cut off by all three of us laughing since Kendall had driven us there. Clearly, her car was fine.
The next day, I FaceTimed with my boyfriend, who attends the University of Cincinnati. Despite doing homework right before talking to him, I was in play mode as soon as I saw him. We’ve been dating about a year and a half so we’re extremely comfortable with each other and it shows. We spent basically the whole time laughing with (and at) each other; the only slightly serious conversation reserved for making Thanksgiving plans. We’re both really goofy, and once one of us starts acting that way the other joins in and it builds up until we’re both just acting ridiculous. If we tried to act that way around people who aren't close to us, they would probably think we're extremely odd.
I think in order to laugh hysterically you have to be in play mode, and in order to be in play mode you have to be around the people you’re most comfortable with. In this category I would include close friends, significant others, and family members. If I was out to dinner with people other than Cami and Kendall, I probably wouldn’t have activated play mode. If I hadn’t activated play mode, it still would have been a good dinner, but it wouldn’t have been nearly as humorous. Being in play mode with my friends not only allows me to find things funny, I often find that it makes practically everything funny. Whenever I laugh hysterically, I know I’m in good company.
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