You ARE actually still my best friend Pasty. 
WTF! 
Growler is a fickle bear (copyright Nick)
I'm not sure, but I think you're allowed more than 1 bessy friend, grammatically flawed as that is 
Just to clear things up a bit like, I usually have
'bessy mate/s of the hour', but sometimes of the day, ok?
Sometimes, in exceptional circumstances, I can have several or just one bessy mate/s all at once, and they can actually stay in that status for some considerable amount of time, coming and going as things happen like.

I like to be flexible and keep you's on yer toes.